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20 great semi-obscure films from deep in the archives of Amazon Prime, Paramount Plus and more. By Keith Phipps April 2, 2021 Matt Damon and Casey Affleck in Gerry, 2002.Everett Collection / Courtesy of ThinkFilm Inc. There are many reasons to be nostalgic for video stores, often tied to the same qualities that made them

The popular Williamsburg restaurant fed frontline hospital workers and hungry families, and now they’re giving away free donuts and celebrating 15 years in business. By Mahira Rivers April 2, 2021 Pies ‘n’ Thighs co-owners Carolyn Bane and Sarah SannehCourtesy of Pies ‘n’ Thighs When Pies ‘n’ Thighs first opened in South Williamsburg in 2006, it

Netflix’s plan for two sequels could turn what was a fun standalone mystery into the endless content loops demanded by today’s film culture. By Kyle Turner April 2, 2021 Daniel Craig in Knives Out, 2019.Courtesy of Claire Folger for Lionsgate The genre I have turned to the most in the last year has been the

The visionary director behind Shirkers returns with a beautiful, demented, and deeply funny new novel called Lurkers. By Naomi Huffman March 30, 2021 “I’m never really in the right time, somehow,” novelist and filmmaker Sandi Tan tells me. “No one seems to be.” It’s winter and gloomier than it ought to be in L.A, where

The series, now in its second season, presents an intriguing alternate reality—what if the U.S. lost the Space Race—that blends the pleasures of period dramas with the thrill of the unknown. By Jeff Wilser April 1, 2021 Courtesy of Apple TV+ On the latest episode of For All Mankind, a United States astronaut, while hovering

The genre-less artist has already collaborated with Paul McCartney and Justin Bieber. With a new relationship and sobriety influencing his music, Dominic Fike teases what’s next. By Willa Bennett April 1, 2021 Courtesy of Daniel Prakopcyk “I’m normal as shit,” Dominic Fike assures me. Of course, with two albums, a Hulu documentary, a devoted and

The Eames chair! The view! One woman’s demented investigation into a fictional apartment on a TV show that went off the air over 15 years ago. By Gabriella Paiella March 31, 2021 Everett Collection This winter, with more time indoors and on my hands than usual, I learned a new language, finally landed Crow Pose,

The recently Grammy-nominated MC took inspiration from The Last Dance to peak at an age when most rappers are in decline. By Julian Kimble March 31, 2021 James “JMP” Perreira The turning point in Freddie Gibbs’s career came in 2011, when he first connected with Madlib after his longtime manager Ben “Lambo” Lambert brought him

In the wake of Steve Rogers retiring in Endgame, the new Marvel Disney+ series is painting a portrait of five other men who took up the shield at one point or another in the comics. By William Goodman March 30, 2021 Photo Illustration by C.J. Robinson We’re only two episodes into Marvel’s The Falcon and

The country singer reflects on a year of radical change. By Margo Price March 30, 2021 Danielle Holbert “Mama, where is the light at the end of the tunnel? What if there is no other side to the tunnel? What if it’s just dark and it’s always gonna be like this now?” These are big

The Disney+ event series just unveiled the full cast list and there’s a lot to be excited, and cautiously optimistic about. By Kevin Hall March 29, 2021 Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, 1999.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Lucasfilm Ltd. The Mandalorian was a huge hit for

But the closest they’ll probably get to a restored Snyderverse is the multiverse in Flashpoint. By William Goodman March 26, 2021 Jared Leto in Suicide Squad, 2016.Everett Collection / Courtesy of Warner Bros We know what happens when you give a mouse a cookie, but what happens when you give the DC fanbase the Snyder

She invented her beloved Arrested Development role virtually single-handedly, and her 60-year career is full of similar transformations. By Keith Phipps March 26, 2021 Jessica Walter on For the People, 1965.CBS / Getty Images Nobody described what made Jessica Walter’s performance as Arrested Development’s Lucille Bluth so rich and wonderful better than Walter herself. Speaking

The old-man action boom has a trickle-down effect: Meet the trainers who get unlikely heroes like Bob Odenkirk and Liam Neeson into ass-kicking shape. By Jake Kring-Schreifels March 25, 2021 Bob Odenkirk training for Nobody, 2021.Courtesy of Allen Fraser for Universal Pictures In the summer of 2018, the director Ilya Naishuller visited 87eleven, the Hollywood

Duo Armand Hammer and prolific producer The Alchemist discuss how they teamed up to make the new album. By Paul Thompson March 25, 2021 Courtesy of Alexander Richter for Armand Hammer Making Haram was complicated — the juggling of projects like rushing a brood of kids off to school, the record itself assembled from scattered

GQ’s Rachel Tashjian sends a letter of adoration to the New York artist who’s turning celebrity fandom on its head.  By Rachel Tashjian Photography by David Brandon Greeting March 24, 2021 Dear Sam, When I was first assigned to write a profile of you for America’s premier men’s magazine, I was already impressed with your

The rapper’s debut album, out Friday, is full of the bouncy, hard-hitting trap he’s known for as well as a few stylistic swerves. By John Norris March 24, 2021 YBN NahmirCourtesy of Atlantic Records What a difference a few months makes. On November 23rd 2020, one of the most charismatic young rappers of recent years