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TV
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INTERVIEWS
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Oppenheimer — Matt Damon and Emily Blunt
Beef — Ali Wong, Steven Yeun, and Lee Sung Jin
The Northman — Alexander Skarsgård and Robert Eggers
Rye Lane — Raine Allen-Miller, Vivian Oparah and David Jonsson
BZRKR — Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney
Babes — Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau
Alien: Earth — Noah Hawley, Babou Ceesay, Timothy Olyphant, Samuel Blenkin, David W. Zucker, Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther
No Time to Die — Ana De Armas and Lashana Lynch
Argylle — Bryan Cranston, Sam Rockwell, Henry Cavill, and Bryce Dallas Howard
The Roses — Ncuti Gatwa, Sunita Mani, Jamie Demetriou, Zoë Chao, Kate McKinnon
Moana 2 — Auliʻi Cravalho and songwriters Abigail Barlow and Emily Bear
Heartstopper — Kit Connor and Joe Locke
Queer Eye — Karamo Brown, Jonathan Van Vess, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Bobby Berk
Elemental — Leah Lewis and Mamoudou Athie
The Swimmers — Yusra Mardini and Sally El-Hosaini
The Fall Guy — David Leitch, Kelly McCormick, and Winston Duke
The Super Mario Bros. Movie — Chris Pratt and Charlie Day
Supacell — Tosin Cole, Adelayo Adedayo, Josh Tedeku, Nadine Mills, and Calvin Demba
FEATURES
TECH + DIGITAL CULTURE
Who gets to be the voice inside your meditation app?
How robot tentacles may capture our floating space trash
TikTok's Kel Cripe on the power of one word: 'Scram!'
5 deeply '90s nostalgic things about the rebooted Nokia 3210
Why Tesla's colossal Megapack battery is a big deal
YouTuber Nat's What I Reckon binned jar sauce to empower people
How sleepcasts helped me tackle insomnia
Meet the kickass women teaching girls to code in a neon pop-up classroom
Cockatiels are eating on TikTok and leaving no crumbs
Who is SYNDI8, HYBE's new AI-generated pop group?
How do astronauts practice self-care in space?
I successfully haggled with an AI garage sale by empowering it
FILM
'Fast and Furious' films, ranked
No, the Valkyrie from 'The Northman' isn't wearing braces
34 bloody excellent Australian horror movies that'll mess you up
How 'Grand Theft Hamlet' evolved from lockdown escape to Shakespearean success
The vital 'Saltburn' Shakespeare references you might have missed
How ‘No Time to Die’ could evolve the concept of the 'Bond girl'
'Rye Lane' takes cues from an unlikely source: 'Peep Show'
Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' has so much detail it needed an exhibition
The best monster movies of the 2010s
I hated 3D movies, until Disney's live action 'Little Mermaid'
How 2000s movies thought the world would end
We need to talk about 'The Strays' bold ending
The scariest dinosaur in 'Jurassic World: Dominion' isn't actually a dinosaur
The best part of 'Foe' is how the world is ending
'Enola Holmes 2' includes a real historical event. Here's what happened.
Everything you need to know about Steve McQueen's 3 documentaries on Amazon Prime
TV
Netflix's 'Ripley' is full of Caravaggio references — here's why
How 'The Last of Us' successfully translates the game's best mechanics to TV
You don't have to play 'League of Legends' to enjoy the masterful animation of Netflix's 'Arcane'
Who deserves the Iron Throne in 'House of the Dragon': Team Black or Team Green?
A complete review of all the retro-magical TVA tech in 'Loki'
Every hidden Poe reference in 'Fall of the House of Usher'
Netflix's 'Kaos': A basic guide to the Greek myths and figures in the series
The knitwear of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ is the show's secret weapon in cozy crime
Malala Yousafzai in 'We Are Lady Parts' is the cameo of the year
Sol's best shirts from 'Grace and Frankie', ranked
'Black Mirror' episode 'Loch Henry' could have gone harder on true crime tourism
A gleefully nostalgic guide to the '90s and '00s music in 'Beef'
Every book in 'Heartstopper' Season 3
Beyond the cleanses and colonics, 'Wellmania' has a strong message about grief
'Stranger Things: The Experience' gave me the catharsis the show couldn't
'Neighbours' is ending after 37 years and people have *memories*
'House of the Dragon' just played one of the oldest soap opera tricks in the book
'Fallout' is full of details from the games — here's a handy guide
What exactly is the three-body problem in '3 Body Problem'?
Watching 'True Detective: Night Country'? Chase it with this 'X-Files' episode.
'The Witcher' Season 3's weapons are full of hidden clues
'Yellowjackets' Season 2: What's the deal with Lottie's cult?
© Shannon Connellan, acrylic on canvas, 2024
© Shannon Connellan, acrylic on canvas, 2024