The Rise of CliffsNotes Cinema
Oversimplified literary remakes miss the point of the works they are adapting.
Culture
Why Justin Bieber Played YouTube Onstage for Thousands of People
The pop star transformed the normal act of browsing your laptop into something interesting—and unsettling.
The New Age of Performance Anxiety
With the rise of screen culture, all the world has stage fright.
Where Did ‘Let Them’ Come From?
Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.
A Champion of Modernism, in Literature and Life
Margaret C. Anderson was at the center of a notorious literary-obscenity trial. Then she was forgotten.
A Romance That Actually Takes Sex Seriously
Heated Rivalry understands how relationships develop through physicality.
Julian Barnes Says Goodbye to the Novel
His fiction has found meaning in life’s gaps and love’s absence.
Who Gets to Be Indian—And Who Decides?
The very American story of Chief Buffalo Child Long Lance
The Soul of the Grateful Dead
The late Bob Weir was crucial to shaping the sound of the world’s greatest jam band.
What Black Swan Knew About Leaning In
The psychological thriller, released 15 years ago, offered a sharp social critique of the pitfalls faced by ambitious women.
First Memory
A poem
The Golden Globes Tried to Have It Both Ways
The night’s two big film winners reflected a ceremony uncertain of its own message.
A Sobering Awards-Season Pivot
After winning a Golden Globe for Marty Supreme, Timothée Chalamet did something surprising.
How Bad Bunny Did It
The Super Bowl headliner doesn’t care if you understand his lyrics.