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  1. theater review
    Vito Dieterle, Ian Riggs, Ethan Lipton, and Eben Levy in 'We Are Your Robots.'
    We Are Your Robots: Do Androids Dream of Electric Guitars?Siri, show me a good play with music.
    By Sara Holdren
  2. dodger blue
    The Mysterious Mariachi Star of Kendrick Lamar’s GNXDeyra Barrera bookends the album.
    By Zach Schonfeld
  3. oscar futures
    Just How Glicked Will the 2025 Oscars Get?Denzel Washington will take his third statue now.
    By Nate Jones
  4. his mom says he’s cool
    Milhouse Van Houten’s Most Milhouse Lines, RankedIn honor of retiring voice actor Pamela Hayden, let’s revisit all the times Bart’s little wiener friend brought pathetic pathos to The Simpsons.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. that’s politics
    Gladiator II Is Kind of a ComedyWhat, like the fall of Rome isn’t a little silly?
    By Fran Hoepfner
  6. the vulture transcript
    How The Sex Lives of College Girls Does ‘Girl-on-Girl Warfare’The show’s creator and cast discuss Reneé Rapp’s departure and how they handled the conflicts in season three, episode one.
    By Jason P. Frank
  7. this week in late night
    Chris Fleming’s Experimental New Play Won Late Night This WeekPlus, quick-change BTS on The Tonight Show and Stephen Colbert and Josh Brolin’s book fight.
    By Bethy Squires
  8. a long talk
    The Comedian vs. the CrowdDisruptive audiences nearly drove James Acaster from stand-up. Instead, he decided to embrace the hecklers.
    By Hershal Pandya
  9. performance review
    Denzel Washington Should Always Have a Little ShawlOnly one element of Gladiator II is serving the pomposity and archness the movie needs: Denzel Washington and his many, many lavish fits.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  10. theater review
    Old Patterns and Bold Stitches: The Blood QuiltKatori Hall’s family-inheritance drama stays within a familiar grid.
    By Sara Holdren
  11. theater review
    Divas at Dusk: Death Becomes Her as Broadway CampThe musical adaptation of the Streep-and-Hawn movie is relentlessly eager for you to laugh with and at its dueling lead actresses.
    By Jackson McHenry
  12. endings
    Wicked’s Cliffhanger Ending, Explained (and What to Expect in Part Two)Wicked tells only half a story, but we’re not exactly in the dark about what happens next.
    By Louis Peitzman
  13. fact check
    Ask a Roman-History Professor: Were There Ever Sharks in the Colosseum?Gladiator II director Ridley Scott famously does not care about historical accuracy in his films but we had to ask.
    By Louis Peitzman
  14. the vulture transcript
    The You’re The Worst Cast Would Like Their Movie NowStephen Falk and his actors are ready for a follow-up film, if FX is ready to pay for it.
    By Jen Chaney
  15. cmas 2024
    The 58th Annual CMA Awards - Show
    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 CMA AwardsIt was a remarkably stale affair.
    By Justin Curto
  16. books
    Percival Everett Can’t Be Pinned DownHis masterful new novel, James, cements his status as one of our most idiosyncratic writers.
    By James Yeh
  17. profile
    ‘I’m Not Letting You Laugh at Me. I’m Perfect.’Twenty years into his stand-up career, Anthony Jeselnik remains the king of crossed lines.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  18. adaptive behavior
    ‘Your Nose Is Pressed Up Against the Ambiguity of It’How Patrick Radden Keefe and Joshua Zetumer captured Say Nothing’s contradictory portrait of The Troubles onscreen.
    By Nicholas Quah
  19. the pluck of the irish
    The Best Irish Novels From the Past 15 YearsWhich works by Sally Rooney, Colm Toibin, and Claire Keegan among others, reign supreme?
    Edited by Tomi Obaro
  20. scene report
    Rust Didn’t Choose to Echo Its Tragedy, But It Courses Through the FilmThe finished movie is an appropriately unvarnished western, starring a lead actor visibly shaken by his experience making it.
    By Nick Newman
  21. a long talk
    Replacing Halyna Hutchins on Rust Was the Challenge of a LifetimeCinematographer Bianca Cline on why the film had to be finished after her predecessor’s tragic death on set.
    By Laura Bradley
  22. the vulture transcript
    How The Penguin Became the Sofia Falcone ShowCristin Milioti thought through every motivation, music cue, and mullet option to craft the most sympathetic psychopath on TV.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  23. theater review
    Out to Sea and Back With Swept AwayThe story of a whaling expedition that turned horrifying, musicalized by the Avett Brothers.
    By Sara Holdren
  24. movie review
    Wicked Is As Enchanting As It Is ExhaustingJon M. Chu’s film adaptation of the hit musical has charm, but the bloat is inescapable.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  25. the vulture transcript
    ‘We’re All Going to Die, and I Think About It a Lot’His Three Daughters star Elizabeth Olsen on why she keeps doing movies about grief and dying and why she’s decided, “Marvel, done.”
    By Rachel Handler
  26. album review
    Linkin Park’s Risky Rebirth Paid OffAn initially messy return paved the way for a balanced new album.
    By Craig Jenkins
  27. chapters
    I Thought the Sun Rose and Set on His Sicilian AssSonny Bono was one of the most charming — and possessive — men I’d ever met.
    By Cher
  28. book review
    Haruki Murakami Has Lost the SauceTwo new works read more like fan fiction set in the extended Murakami universe than the thrillingly strange novels he’s famous for.
    By Bailey Trela
  29. theater review
    Shit. Meet. Fan. Tells Us Lots That We Already KnowNeil Patrick Harris and Jane Krakowski star in Robert O’Hara’s self-described “blistering vulgar satire.” It delivers one of those three things.
    By Sara Holdren
  30. scene report
    Oscar Season Kicks Off With Trump Impressions and a Bond TeaseEverything we saw and heard at the 2024 Governors Awards, the first big event on the awards campaign trail.
    By Jason P. Frank
  31. theater review
    Grey Henson and Sean Astin in 'Elf.'
    Elf: The Musical, Where They Sing Really Loud for All to HearEveryone’s trying, but the show itself is a cotton-headed ninny-muggins.
    By Jackson McHenry
  32. tv review
    Stuck in Prequel QuicksandDune: Prophecy’s derivativeness is both its greatest flaw and its most defining characteristic.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  33. oscar futures
    How Every Oscar Movie Can Be the Anti-Trump MovieLike it or not, we’re in for yet another awards season operating in the shadow of Donald Trump. Which campaigns can take advantage of the vibe shift?
    By Nate Jones
  34. this week in late night
    Late Night With Seth Meyers Delivers the Best Topical Comedy for This MomentThis week, Seth and his team ran the table while the table was actively on fire.
    By Bethy Squires
  35. movie review
    ‘Some People Call It the City of Dreams, But I Don’t’Payal Kapadia’s new film, All We Imagine As Light, is a shimmering portrait of a Mumbai where everyone goes and nobody feels at home.
    By Bilge Ebiri
  36. theater review
    The Lighter Side of Christian Nationalism: Tammy FayeSpinning an evangelist grifter into a camp icon and sorta-feminist heroine is a little hard to take right now.
    By Sara Holdren
  37. theater review
    King Lear at the Fountain of YouthKenneth Branagh’s production is fleet and facile.
    By Sara Holdren
  38. your sandworm syllabus
    5 Things to Remember About Dune Before Dune: ProphecySpice sex. It’s a thing!
    By Roxana Hadadi
  39. tv review
    How to Get Away With More MurderSharon Horgan delivers a second season of Bad Sisters with fewer laughs but plenty more twists.
    By Jen Chaney
  40. superlatives
    Cyndi Lauper on the Freest and Most Provocative Music of Her Career“They looked at me and were like, What the heck?”
    By Devon Ivie
  41. tv review
    Tell Everyone About Say NothingFX’s exploration of the Troubles captures the thrill and romance of revolution — and the cost of its violence.
    By Nicholas Quah
  42. endings
    The Diplomat Is Testing the Limits of My Feminism AgainSeason two ends in a catfight cliffhanger and a Margaret Thatcher namedrop. Bleak.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  43. oscar futures
    Are Netflix Normies Ready for Emilia Pérez?An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers. Most of them will be entirely unprepared.
    By Nate Jones
  44. emergency discussion
    We Have Urgent Questions About the Unholy Provenance of Netflix’s Hot FrostyWho built this ripped, anatomically graphic snowman? Is there a world of snowmen offscreen waiting to be turned into sex objects for widows?
    By Rachel Handler and Jackson McHenry
  45. theater review
    When Robots Meet Cute: Maybe Happy Ending“It might feel like 2064 on the surface, but in its nostalgic, rechargeable heart, the show parties like it’s 1999.”
    By Sara Holdren
  46. finale thoughts
    Alba Rohrwacher Unearths the Mystery of My Brilliant FriendAfter seven years of voicing Elena Ferrante’s ambitious heroine, the Italian actress brings Lenù Greco home.
    By Jasmine Vojdani
  47. theater review
    A Wonderful World Is Also a Familiar OneJames Monroe Iglehart does a fine job embodying Louis Armstrong in a show that’s anything but improvisational.
    By Jackson McHenry
  48. overnights
    Yellowstone Season 5B - Unit Photography
    Yellowstone Midseason-Premiere Recap: The Hill We Die OnThe Duttons are back from a lengthy hiatus with so much to answer for.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  49. hot mic
    The Fantasy of a Liberal JoeTo think you can “build” your own Rogan Experience is to fundamentally misunderstand the power of alternative media.
    By Nicholas Quah
  50. costwatch
    So, Where Is Kevin Costner in This Season of Yellowstone?Viewers of last night’s premiere were greeted with a harrowing scene.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
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