Arts & Entertainment
Best of Music in 2025
Street picks our favorite albums of the year.
Why Do We Love the Death Game?
From ‘Squid Game’ to ‘The Running Man,’ death game stories turn our reality into an arena we can understand—and let us imagine coming out on top.
A Love Letter to the Queen of Love
From self–love to genuine relationships, Olivia Dean has mastered The Art of Loving.
Sculptures Can Make People Cry
Josh Kline’s approach to political art is not what you’d expect.
‘Nobody Wants This’ is the Rom–Com We All Need
Can disagreements and arguments actually serve to strengthen connections?
Street at the Philadelphia Film Festival
See Street's latest dispatches from the halls of the Philadelphia Film Society.
‘Urchin’ and the Art of Not Looking Away
Harris Dickinson’s breakout directorial debut combines transcendence and addiction into spiritual horror.
Who Won Film and TV in 2025?
How theaters and streaming pulled in different directions
‘Left–Handed Girl’ Traces Three Generations of Women—and the Pressures That Never Leave
Shih–Ching Tsou’s debut feature is an intimate Taiwanese drama about survival, adaptation, and the unchanging demands on people’s lives.
The Slow Burn of ‘Stranger Things’: Why Hawkins Took Its Time
Netflix’s biggest show grew up too slowly for its own good.
Review: ‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ is The Wake–Up Call We Shouldn’t Need
The darling of the Venice International Film Festival chronicles the day that this six–year–old Palestinian girl should have been rescued.
‘Cover–Up’ Keeps Its Head Buried
The Netflix documentary is about big, explosive truths—but its filmmaking is surprisingly muted.
‘Little Talks,’ Big Feelings
Of Monsters and Men brings its mature, melancholy, yet vibrant latest album to the Met—a reminder that growing up doesn’t mean giving up the magic.
‘It Ends’ Confronts the Horror of Growing Up
Alexander Ullom’s feature debut terrorizes a generation that can’t stop searching for meaning—or an exit.
Marvel’s 2026 Lineup Might Finally Show Us What Comes After the Multiverse
The studio’s most ambitious year in a decade could decide what Marvel means now.
Is It Time to Face the Music?
What background music says about us when we’re not listening.
Eat With Your Eyes
These films don’t hesitate to put food on the table.
Why Horror Hits Home
On the strange comfort of discomforting cinema
ALINA’s Discography is her Diary
The 19–year–old, TikTok–born singer–songwriter turns her messiest feelings into songs worth hearing.




















