Mapping the Apple TV+ Universe

From mystery-solving women to big-brained sci-fi, these categories reflect the streamers ongoing obsessions. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. In the beginning, Apple TV+ was a blank slate. Thats like saying all of its shows would feature actors and a plot. Apple TV+ has since made many a sleek, expensive-looking, ultimately generic series in its half-decade of existence. In an age of streaming overabundance, thats everything....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 194 words · Nathan Nelson

MountainsIs a Quietly Magnificent Debut

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Dont we all want to watch a performance that transcends from acting tobeing? Acting, at its most divine, is simply being. Mountainsbegins with a Haitian proverb set against a black background that translates to Behind mountains are mountains. Xavier is watching gentrification pick apart his second home like a vulture gorging on a carcass. Little Haiti isnt dead, but its changing....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 399 words · Tyler Stein

Navid Negahban Thinks Hamzad May Have Been ‘Too Advanced’ forThe Old Man’s Afghanistan

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Spoilers follow forThe Old Man throughepisode XI,which premiered on FX on September 26. Weeks before, theyd tried to kill each other. We all want to be part of something. How much of that storyline did you know when you signed on?I knew enough about it. I was familiar with that relationship. I left Iran during the war and I was a refugee in Germany....

September 27, 2024 · 3 min · 501 words · Jeffrey Hughes

Nickel BoysIs a Cinematic Experience Unlike Any Other

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This review was originally published on September 27, 2024, out of the New York Film Festival. On January 23, 2025,Nickel Boyswas nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture. Ive never seen anything like it, before or since. But in Rosss hands, the conceit never feels like a gimmick, or a flourish. Because hes fused it with the impressionistic sensibility ofHale County, it is now organic, immersive, essential....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 240 words · Stuart Thornton

No One Sees the World Like RaMell Ross

The directorsNickel Boysis a staggering achievement one well be talking about for years to come. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. This interview was originally published on September 27, 2024, out of the New York Film Festival. On January 23, 2025,Nickel Boyswas nominated for two Oscars, including Best Picture. Shockingly, he did not. Its a staggering achievement one thats likely to be talked about for years to come....

September 27, 2024 · 7 min · 1394 words · Tonya Baker

Nobody Wants ThisFinale Recap: You Can’t Have Both

Nobody Wants This Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. When Noah forbids him from telling him any gossip (no fun! He doesnt realize how juicy this is! ), Sasha decides to hell with it; he needs to tell Morgan. I need some sweet release from these chains! he tells her while on speakerphone with Joanne in the room. (Shes there to record a podcast, not because she wants to be....

September 27, 2024 · 3 min · 629 words · Alexander Jackson

Nobody Wants ThisRecap: Soft Launching Judaism

Nobody Wants This Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. We always knew Joanne and Noah were headed for this conflict. Well, folks, Rabbi Cohen walks into Noahs office and completely blows up his life. He tells him that he just learned that its actually pronounced Zen-day-a and not Zen-dye-a. Its mostly the second thing that blows up his life. Not all hope is lost: Rabbi Cohen reminds Noah that Joanne could always convert....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 406 words · Jacob Baker

Nobody Wants ThisRecap: The Matzah Ballers Playoff Run

Nobody Wants This Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. He wins them over with ease. Joanne is a different story. Their wives are under strict orders from Esther to hate Joanne no matter what. Theyll grow to like you is not a solution to this problem! Rachel designs inspirational chokers, which seems like an oxymoron but is real Joanne rocks one at the game....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 320 words · Leslie Smith

SleepIs a Near-Perfect Horror Comedy

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But he otherwise enjoys the blissful slumber typically reserved for holy innocents. But Hyun-suisdevoted, which makes his sleepwalking an even more confounding kind of betrayal, because its entirely unintentional. When awake, hes a doting husband and, eventually, father. The pleasures ofSleepcome from the turns it takes but also from the deftness of Yus approach. The film is unpredictable because it feels like its formulating its journey in real time....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 88 words · Loretta Schwartz

Some Theories About Who Teen Has Been All Along

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Potential spoilers forAgatha All Along. Thanks to comics history, theres precedent for their return. And so we come to Lockes Teen. Whats the evidence in favor of Billy here? If this theory is true, the most interesting part will be howAgathareveals it. Nicholas Scratch Wanda looms over this show, sure, but its Agathas name in the title....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 144 words · Sharon Jordan

Stevie Nicks’s New Song Is About Abortion Rights

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September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 17 words · Adam Kramer

The 16 Best Movies and TV Shows to Watch This Weekend

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Live from Vulture, its another edition of what to watch. Youll have to settle for watching her onSNL. Well, were saving you an endless scroll through the streaming services this weekend, so youre welcome. Featured Presentations .The Wild Robot . Adapted from Peter Browns childrens book of the same name, Lupita Nyongo voices Roz, the titular robot....

September 27, 2024 · 2 min · 248 words · Matthew White

Tony Bennett Would Never Say Anything Mean About Lady Gaga’s New Album

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. But how would Bennett have felt about her changing up these standards? Tony didnt love rock and roll. But he wouldve said, Wow, thats amazing. Okay, so, shes saying he would have kinda lied, right? But in a cute way? Why is she singing that way? Why is her stage performance so theatrical? Totally understandable, but also the fun part here is the implication that he probablythoughtit....

September 27, 2024 · 1 min · 84 words · Samantha Castro