Whitney Museum 2019 Whitney Biennial Review: Precariousness in AmericaThe Atlantic - Kriston CappsThis year’s survey of 75 artists and collectives is quiet and suffused with anxiety. Uh Oh, Look Who Got Wet (2019), Janiva Ellis’s contribution to the latest biennial exhibition at the Whitney Museum
Vida Mines the Highs and Lows of Coming HomeThe Atlantic - Sophie GilbertThe Starz series by Tanya Saracho is a lovely, complex portrait of sisters confronting their past. The magic of Vida, which returns Sunday for a second season on Starz, lies in the way it marries specificity—of
Berlin Film Festival Why Are China's Expat Artists Moving to Berlin?The Atlantic - Melissa ChanThe German capital not only offers freedom, but also invites people to provoke and challenge orthodoxy. BERLIN—We were packed, about 50 of us, a collection of Germans, Chinese, even a prim-looking, older
Daenerys Targaryen How Game of Thrones Lost Its Way as a Political DramaThe Atlantic - Parker RichardsIn its later seasons, the show started relying on heavy-handed historical references to do the difficult work of character-building. When Game of Thrones ended its eight-year run on Sunday, the series
Fleabag (TV Series) Fleabag Has a Poignant Insight About SisterhoodThe Atlantic - Hannah GiorgisIn its second and last season, the Amazon series deepens its portrayal of estranged siblings who both frustrate and protect each other. This article contains mild spoilers throughout Season 2 of Fleabag.
NBC Why Good Girls Is Such a Rewarding ShowThe Atlantic - Shirley LiThe series, which wraps its second season on Sunday, has blossomed into a uniquely flavored, daring drama of the sort found more frequently on cable. When Christina Hendricks first read the script for
Toni Morrison Milton, Flannery O'Connor, Toni Morrison: Books BriefingThe Atlantic - J. Clara ChanAlmost every story has good guys and bad guys, heroes and villains, winners and losers. Convention goes that readers are supposed to root for the former, but let’s face it: The “good guys” aren’t always
Olivia Wilde 'Booksmart': Olivia Wilde's Instant Teen ClassicThe Atlantic - David SimsRefreshingly free of stereotype, Olivia Wilde’s wonderful film Booksmart should easily join the teen-movie canon. There’s a whiff of topicality to the premise of Booksmart, given the mounting scandals
Los Angeles, CA Musso & Frank, 100 Years LaterThe Atlantic - Todd S. PurdumOne hundred years after it first opened, the Musso & Frank Grill is mixing the old and the new with verve. LOS ANGELES—It is 8 p.m. on a soft spring Saturday and the oldest restaurant in Hollywood is to
Anger Game of Thrones’ Final Rebuke of AngerThe Atlantic - Megan GarberDany. Sansa. Bran. Why did the show that used to be so interested in emotion come, in the end, to mistrust it? This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Game of Thrones. It went, roughly,
Renée Zellweger The Remarkable Badness of What/IfThe Atlantic - Sophie GilbertRenée Zellweger acts rings around everyone else in this oddity of an anthology series. Sometimes bad television happens to good actors. There’s no other way to rationalize what’s happening in What/If,
Aladdin It’s Impossible to Take the New Aladdin SeriouslyThe Atlantic - David SimsDisney’s live-action remake of the 1992 animated classic is a special-effects-laden extravaganza that comes off as clumsy and half-hearted. Disney’s 1992 classic Aladdin is one of the greatest cinematic
Tyrion Lannister 'Game of Thrones' Finale: King Bran's Disability ClichésThe Atlantic - Spencer KornhaberGame of Thrones, which always commented on the social effects of disability, ended by selling its final twist as inspirational. This story contains major spoilers for the series finale of Game of Thrones.
George R.R. Martin Game of Thrones Is Over. Now What About the Books?The Atlantic - David SimsGeorge R. R. Martin insists that the final entries in his fantasy series are still coming—even though HBO has finished telling his story first. This story contains spoilers for the final season of Game
Elizabeth Acevedo on the Future of Young-Adult FictionThe Atlantic - Hannah GiorgisThe National Book Award–winning author writes complex teenage protagonists whose real-life counterparts have long faced literary erasure. he night that Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel won the 2018 National
John Okada’s No-No Boy Is a Test of American CharacterThe Atlantic - Karen Tei YamashitaThe re-release of a classic novel about Japanese Americans’ incarceration during World War II is an opportunity to reflect on the nation’s persistent internal conflicts. No-No Boy is a daring book and,
Houses This Old House's Legacy for Home-Improvement TVThe Atlantic - Margaret TuckerIn 40 years on air, PBS’s This Old House inspired a more flashy genre of TV while giving tradespeople the attention they deserve. Now in its 40th season, the PBS home-improvement show This Old House feels
Busy Philipps Busy Tonight Ended Just as Its Host Was Finding Her VoiceThe Atlantic - Shirley LiBusy Philipps exited the late-night lineup right when it felt like she’d finally arrived. As soon as E! canceled her late-night talk show, Busy Tonight, the host and actor Busy Philipps addressed the else?—on
Jon Snow Did Viewers Win or Lose in Game of Thrones?The Atlantic - David SimsSpencer KornhaberLenika CruzThree Atlantic writers discuss the HBO epic’s divisive series finale, which tries to break the wheel one last time. Every week for the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, three Atlantic staffers
Backstreet Boys Running a Backstreet Boys Website for SuperfansThe Atlantic - Dena OgdenTwenty years ago, as the group’s Millennium album topped music charts, one writer found belonging in an online community she unwittingly helped create. In the spring of 1999, I was in the exact target
U.S. Politics Three Border Crossings: One Immigrant’s JourneyThe Atlantic - Darcy CourteauThe first time, she was raped. The second, she nearly drowned. In order to live in the United States legally, she had to leave her family and attempt to cross the border once more. In January of last Mireya
NBA Playoffs The NBA Playoffs Need a MakeoverThe Atlantic - David Dennis Jr.The postseason is lagging in action and viewership. A skunk rule could be the solution. The NBA postseason needs to be shorter. This year’s playoffs started on April 13 and won’t end until sometime in
Play buttonSaturday Night Live The SNL Finale Was a Mishmash of Everything the Show Needs to FixThe Atlantic - David SimsThe send-off to Season 44 might end up functioning as a send-off to a particularly toothless era for Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live opened the last episode of its 44th season with a sketch featuring
World News The Photographer Fighting Visual Clichés of AfricaThe Atlantic - Hannah GiorgisAïda Muluneh’s vibrant images explore Ethiopian identity, and her photo festival aspires to shape a new vision of the continent. In the spring of 2016, the photographer Aïda Muluneh opened a solo exhibition
Game of Thrones I’ve Never Watched Game of Thrones. But Here’s What I KnowThe Atlantic - Adrienne LaFranceHello. I’m a person who has never watched Game of Thrones. You’re a person who has watched every episode. Here is what I have learned about you through the cultural osmosis of seeing random tweets and
Joseph Heller Catch-22 Mines Madness and Magic From a ClassicThe Atlantic - Sophie GilbertGeorge Clooney and Grant Heslov’s six-part Hulu adaptation of Joseph Heller’s novel is a surprising success. The central character in Hulu’s new six-part miniseries Catch-22, Captain John Yossarian (played
I.M. Pei How I. M. Pei's Louvre Pyramid Changed ParisThe Atlantic - Rachel DonadioParisians hated Pei’s pyramid when it first opened. It is now as synonymous with the Louvre as the Mona Lisa. PARIS—Here in France, I. M. Pei, who died this week, is best known for one thing: The glass
Herman Wouk David Means, Julianne Pachico, Steve Coll: Books BriefingThe Atlantic - Rosa Inocencio SmithThe end of May in the United States is a time for memorializing the impact of war—in particular, the sacrifices made by service members and their families. Yet the ultimate costs of war—to individuals,
Play buttonCarly Rae Jepsen Carly Rae Jepsen 'Dedicated' Review: Brilliant Pop GemsThe Atlantic - Spencer KornhaberThe singer gets campier and more creative on her fourth album. Update your glossary: Pop music no longer means “music that’s popular.” Clubby thump, breathy wails, mathematically engineered hooks, rhyming
