Tony and What’s Making Us Happy
In the new film Tony , we meet chef and author Anthony Bourdain before he was in the public eye. He was a wayward, overconfident young guy,...
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What's Making Us Happy (1970s Version)
We're traveling way back in time to 1971 -- when Richard Nixon was president, the Beatles were newly broken up, and Fiddler on the Roof was...
Phoebe Bridgers’ album Lost Weekend
Phoebe Bridgers is your favorite pop star’s favorite pop star. And she’s just released a gorgeous new solo album, Lost Weekend . It’s packed...
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
The new movie Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma is a bloody and bewildering queer slasher film. Directed by Jane Schoenbrun ( I Saw the T...
The End of Oak Street and What’s Making Us Happy
In the fun, entertaining new film, The End of Oak Street , Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor star as a married couple in the early 1980s. One...
Summer blockbusters we somehow missed
Summer blockbusters are hugely popular and as a result, financially successful, and seen by lots of people. So with summer blockbuster seaso...
Ted Lasso
Ted Lasso is finally back. But is this new fourth season worth the wait, and does it have anything fresh to say? Ted (Jason Sudeikis) has re...
Our dream TV workplaces
We spend the majority of our adult lives at work. We also see so many depictions of working life on TV. So where’s the fictional place we’d...
One Night Only and What’s Making Us Happy
One Night Only is set in an alternate universe where premarital sex has been outlawed, except for one 12-hour window a year. The film stars...
Ariana Grande’s album Petal
Ariana Grande has been omnipresent the last few years. Discussions of her relationships and her weight have made Grande an internet fixture...
We debate the sweatiest movie of all time
Whether they're lightly perspiring, gently glowing, or soaked through from sweltering, people in the movies sweat a lot. But what movie has...
I Want Your Sex
Sex is back, baby! In the fun new movie I Want Your Sex , Olivia Wilde plays Erika, a mixed-media artist who enters into a very consensual,...
Spider-Man: Brand New Day and What’s Making Us Happy
Zendaya and Tom Holland are back in Spider-Man: Brand New Day , and the movie has a more grounded tone than we’ve seen from the franchise. B...
The Dink
The Dink is pickleball’s very funny new entry into the classic genre of sports comedies. In the new film, Jake Johnson stars as a washed-up...
Furious
The new Hulu show Furious is a twisty serial killer drama with a sense of humor, but does it hit its mark? Emmy Rossum stars as Alice, a low...
The best summer snacks (according to you)
There’s plenty to love about summer: Summer music, summer road trips, summer movies. But to enjoy all those things, you have to sustain your...
Hadestown and What’s Making Us Happy
Can’t make it to Broadway? Hadestown: The Musical has you covered. The film adaptation of the Tony-winning hit captures the musical retellin...
Hot Ones
Hot Ones is the YouTube show where famous people answer questions while eating increasingly hot chicken wings. Now host Sean Evans is bringi...
Our rules for music festivals
Have some people forgotten how to behave at music festivals? Summer is peak music festival season, and that means many of us are braving hug...
The Hawk
Will Ferrell stars as a past-his-prime golfer in the new Netflix series , The Hawk . If you loved watching him play self-absorbed athletes i...