Arts & Entertainment
‘Severance’ Episode Four: The Protestant Work Ethic
In 'Woe's Hollow,' the innies try touching grass and find they don’t like how it feels.
'Severance' Episode Two: ‘Who is Alive?’ And Who is on the Severed Floor?
Episode three of the second season of ‘Severance’ introduces new variables and questions about identity.
'Severance' Episode Two: 'Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig' and Hello, The Rest of The Outies
The second episode of Severance’s second season provides a few crucial answers and asks a few gripping questions.
‘Severance’ Season Two Recap, Episode One: Welcome back to Hell…y?
The second season of the hit TV show is off to a gut–roiling start.
Everyone’s a Winner! The 67th Grammy Awards Might Be The Most Predictable Yet
All of the major musical players of 2024 got their flowers. Well … almost all of them.
‘The Batman’ Meets ‘The Godfather’
How HBO’s The Penguin bends genre to create something new.
‘I'm Still Here’ Explores When Personal Loss Becomes Political
The Oscar–nominated Brazilian film is a gripping portrayal of loss, resilience, and the fight for justice.
Bring Out the Pitchforks: Is Music Criticism Dead?
The era of hating professionally seems to be coming to an end—but this process can be stopped.
FKA twigs is the Voice of a Detached, Uninspired Generation in ‘EUSEXUA’
The album gracefully balances club life and existential despair in an insightful reflection on the rave zeitgeist.
In Transit With Roy Blair’s 'Chasing Moving Trains'
The singer–songwriter’s first release in four years sounds stuck in the past, but for good reason.
Weike Wang’s ‘Rental House’ Reminds Us of the Opportunity Cost of Belonging
How do we know where to call home?
Love in the Age of Sampling
In defense of borrowed brilliance and why you’ve definitely danced to it before.
Where to Find New Music (If TikTok Gets Banned For Real Next Time)
It’s not as easy as it sounds, unless you’re willing to do some digging.
Purring Machines: ‘Nature Never Loses’ at the ICA
The major Carl Cheng retrospective is on display until April 6
GRWM: A Genre–Hopping Guide to Pregame Music
The music we get ready to is never just background noise.
How Do We Exhibit the Fear and Fragility of Our Moment?
The Arthur Ross Gallery’s first exhibition of 2025 brings modernism’s past into our present.
From Dorm Room to Dance Floor: Penn DJs Break out Beyond the Bubble
At Warehouse on Watts, these DJs showed off a little bit of madness, badness, and everything in between.
A Look Back at the Golden Age of Hip–Hop Sampling
Sampling's not “a longer term for theft." It’s art.
Sequels Suck and So Does Lil Uzi’s ‘Eternal Atake 2’
Where the original album blasted off, Uzi’s newest project crashes and burns.
