Imagining a Black Wonder Woman
Growing up, I was told my favorite comic-book heroine was white. And yet her struggles always seemed uniquely similar to my own.
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HBO A Sunny, Funny View of Old Age
In If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast, a new documentary airing on HBO, acclaimed nonagenarians including Carl Reiner and Betty White challenge stereotypes about life after 90.
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Reuters / Handout photo Ariana Grande Returns to Manchester, With Allies
The pop star’s benefit concert came with a message of unity—but also a display of resilience and formidable security.
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Louis du Mont / Getty Finding Your Audiobook Voice
The author of The Mighty Franks on the peculiar pleasures of writing his memoir—and then recording himself reading the whole thing aloud
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HBO Messiah Complexes: Talking to Damon Lindelof About The Leftovers Finale
The show’s co-creator discusses the writing of the third season, its relationship with religion, and the Wizard of Oz.
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HBO The Leftovers: A Nicer Story
In “The Book of Nora,” a brilliant and continually surprising television show came to an end.
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Atlanta Braves The Forgotten Legacy of Bill Lucas
The Atlanta Braves executive became the first black man to run a Major League Baseball team—but few have followed in his footsteps in the last 40 years.
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HBO The Leftovers and Bookstores: The Week in Pop-Culture Writing
Highlights from seven days of reading about arts and entertainment
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Twelve Books How Al Franken Got America to Take Him Seriously
The Minnesota senator’s new book explores his strange career path from Saturday Night Live to Congress.
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Christy Radecic / Invision for Warner Bros. Consumer ... The Atlantic’s Week in Culture
A roundup of our recent writing on arts and entertainment
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Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 13: The Live-Binge Review
The season ends with a separation of powers.
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Poem of the Week: ‘Bored’ by Margaret Atwood
Whether because of the political events currently unfolding in America, the debut of the much-discussed Hulu adaptation in April…
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Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 12: The Live-Binge Review
The Underwoods make some problems go away.
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IFC Films Band Aid Is a Bleak Dive Into a Marriage
Zoe Lister-Jones’s debut film, about a couple trying to salvage their relationship by turning their fights into songs, is too harrowing for its own good.
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Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 11: The Live-Binge Review
Paranoia sets in.
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Warner Bros. With Wonder Woman, DC Comics Finally Gets It Right
A little humor and charm—plus a breakout performance by Gal Gadot—can go a long way.
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Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 10: The Live-Binge Review
Frank draws a red line.
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Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 9: The Live-Binge Review
A nervous Inauguration Day arrives.
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Warner Bros. Wonder Woman, Heroine of the Post-Truth Age
The character, created by a man who helped to invent the lie detector, is perfectly at home in a culture contending with weaponized lies.
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David Giesbrecht / Netflix House of Cards Season 5, Episode 8: The Live-Binge Review
Frank goes camping and Claire plays hardball.
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United Artists Ghost World Endures for Its Cynicism—and Pathos
A Criterion Collection re-release of the 2001 classic of teen disaffection feels dated in all the best ways.
