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Arts And Culture

Kelly Reichardt’s Labors Of Love

<p><a href="https://tomwhyman.com/">Tom Whyman</a> is a British philosopher.</p>


Tom Whyman

Werner Herzog’s New Book Tackles The Problem Of Truth

Jason England

Leonardo DiCaprio in One Battle After Another.

‘One Battle After Another’ Isn’t Up For The Fight

Kelsey McKinney

Lily Allen Takes The “Fuck It” Approach To A Breakup Album

<p>Nicholas Russell is a writer from Las Vegas.</p>


Nicholas Russell

YONKERS, NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 11: A view of autumn foliage at the Untermyer Park and Gardens over the Hudson Valley on November 11, 2021 near New York City.

Interviews

Erin Somers On The State Of Literary Fiction, Hudson Valley Life, And Reviving The Infidelity Novel

Vikram Murthi

Jafar Panahi Returns With The Masterful Revenge Drama ‘It Was Just An Accident’

Soraya Roberts

Diane Keaton’s Solo Act

Israel Daramola

What Even Is ‘After The Hunt’?

Defector Staff

Singer D'Angelo (born Michael Eugene Archer) performs on stage at the Aire Crown Theater, Chicago, Illinois, April 4, 2000.

The Defector D’Angelo Mixtape

Waiting On D’Angelo

The Robe Runner

Alex Sujong Laughlin

A black and white photo of a family gathered around a 1950s era television.

Media Meltdowns

Podcasts Are Not Television

American actress Diane Keaton during the filming of 'Love and Death', November 1974. The film was written and directed with Woody Allen, who also co-starred in it.

Diane Keaton’s Face Told The Story

Albert Burneko

Country singer/songwriter Johnny Cash performs onstage with an acoustic guitar in Sun Records publicity shot in 1957.

Journalismism

Breaking: Some Guy Now Aware Of Most Revered Country Artist Who Ever Lived

Samer Kalaf

Bill Burr Keeps Cycling Through Excuses For Doing The Riyadh Comedy Festival

Jack Hanson

A total lunar eclipse, known as a ''blood moon,'' rises beside the illuminated Parthenon temple at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, on September 7, 2025.

The Pleasures Of Reading Jane Ellen Harrison

Taylor Swift on the red carpet wearing a red dress with winged eyeliner and looking out of the corner of her eye at the camera

No Good Art Comes From Greed

Giri Nathan

Grim Visions Emerge From The Riyadh Comedy Festival

Dylan Fugel

This Is So Stupid

Name A 28-Year-Old

<p>Becky Ferreira is a science reporter based in Ithaca, N.Y. She writes <a href="https://www.404media.co/author/becky/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.404media.co/author/becky/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1740083778769000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3_mk31dNhas5lklZb38a6k">The Abstract</a>, a weekly science column for 404 Media. Her book <em>First Contact</em>, about the search for alien life, <a href="https://www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/becky-ferreira/first-contact/9781523527755/">is available now.</a></p>


Becky Ferreira

National Astronomy Observatory, Socorro, New Mexico (Photo by: Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

Science

A Brief History Of Martian Ruckuses

Nick Sturm

Good Riddance To ‘The Best American Poetry’

Leonardo DiCaprio's character talks into a payphone, from the movie One Battle After Another.

Paul Thomas Anderson Goes Big Game Hunting With ‘One Battle After Another’

To Artistic Freedom: The Cause Of, And Solution To, All Of Life’s Problems

All Your Favorite Sellouts Will Be At The Riyadh Comedy Festival

The cover of the novel Underspin, by E.Y. Zhao

E.Y. Zhao On The Cloistered, Competitive, Slippery-Floored World Of Table Tennis