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Rom-Communism: ‘Ted Lasso’ and the Future of the Romantic Comedy

As polarization impacts the cultural landscape, rom-coms like Ted Lasso show how we can work through our differences and disagreements to everyone’s satisfaction.

Office Culture’s Sprawling New LP “Finds Beauty in the Shrapnel”

A tribute to teri garr: a comic genius, the top 10 episodes of ‘are you afraid of the dark’, lou reed’s pre-fame quest to create a national dance craze, the 10 spookiest lou reed songs, kris kristofferson and the myth of american freedom, music reviews, ‘evergreen’ is a new plateau in soccer mommy’s development .

Soccer Mommy wrestles with profound loss on her new record, which is more organic and grander than anything she has released before. 

Kylie Minogue’s Sequel to ‘Tension’ Is a Worthy Follow-Up

Being Dead Embrace the Absurd in Garage Rock

Tish Hinojosa Sweetly Sings ‘With a Guitar & a Pen’ in Hand

Elephant9 and Terje Rypdal Blaze on ‘Catching Fire’

Better to Burn Out: Neil Young’s ‘Archives Vol. III (1976-1987)’

French Shoegazers Healees Add Deft Power Pop on ‘Coin de l’œil’

Diana Panton Sings Soft and Easy Songs of Love

Halsey Reveals Her Truest Self Through Impersonation

Music features.

On the occasion of Office Culture’s ambitious fourth album, Winston Cook-Wilson talks about collaboration, influences, and making dumb sounds on a synthesizer.

20 Overlooked 1980s Music Videos

Fred Thomas Looks Back to Prepare for the Future

Nate Mercereau Is Challenging the Notion of “Genre” Itself

Loud Quiet Loud: The Top 15 Pixies Songs

Masahiro Shinoda’s ‘Demon Pond’ Ripples Through Japan’s New Wave

Mati Diop’s Documentary ‘Dahomey’ Complicates Colonialism

An Older Kind of Fear: Five Classic Halloween Horror Movies on Blu-Ray

Tim Burton’s ‘Batman Returns’ Is a Horror Film of a Different Sort

Filmmaker Lana Wilson Delves into the Psyche of Psychics

‘how women made music’ paints a large, colorful canvas.

From the contributors of NPR’s Turning the Tables series, How Women Made Music paints a large, colorful canvas from years of research and dialogue.

Asian American Pop Culture Stands on the Shoulders of a Giant Robot

What Is the Goal of Andrea Warner’s ‘We Oughta Know’?

The Rise and Fall of New York’s Bohemian Capital Greenwich Village

Death without Dignity: Jewish Loss in ‘The Lady of the Mine’

Neva’s emotion-engine gameplay is a beautiful crowd-pleaser.

Neva ‘s emotion-engine gameplay, inspired more by Disney’s Bambi than the works of Miyazaki Hayao, is the most sentimental game I’ve played in a long time.

Video Games Set in the 19th Century and Their Literary Allusions

‘Five Years Old Memories’ and Naïve Art in Video Games

The 5 Best Video Game Hip-Hop Soundtracks

Horror Puzzle Video Game ‘The Exit 8’ Is an Inescapable Meme

Kelley Mickwee’s Soulful, Spirit-Driven Affection

Jazz Duo Bremer/McCoy Sow the Seeds of a Chilled-Out Future

For this Halloween, we invite you to join us in revisiting ten classic, creepy Are You Afraid of the Dark? episodes. First, turn off the lights.

Deadwood’s Moral Optimism

‘The Underground Railroad’ and Cinema’s Origins in White Supremacy

‘The Boys’ Season 4 Is a Bloody Descent into Hell

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