Arts And Culture

Arts And Culture

The 2025 Hate List

By Israel Daramola

December 23, 2025

387Comments

Year In Review

The Best Things We Saw In 2025

By Defector Staff

December 23, 2025

189Comments

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Merv’

By Israel Daramola, Sabrina Imbler, Kelsey McKinney, and Ray Ratto

December 23, 2025

44Comments

Year In Review

The Best And The Most Of My 2025 In Theater

By Lauren Theisen

December 18, 2025

60Comments

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘She’s Making A List’

By Israel Daramola, Sabrina Imbler, and Dan McQuade

December 18, 2025

49Comments

Arts And Culture

American Cant

By Brandy Jensen

December 17, 2025

348Comments

Arts And Culture

Defector’s Favorite Rob Reiner Credits

By Defector Staff

December 16, 2025

358Comments

Interviews

Filmmaker Ian Bell On ‘WTO/99’ And The Legacy Of The Battle In Seattle

By Dan Schindel

December 16, 2025

29Comments

Defector At The Movies

Everything I Remember About ‘Ella McCay’

By Kelsey McKinney

December 15, 2025

199Comments

Defector At The Movies

‘Wake Up Dead Man’ Defines Justice Differently

By Kathryn Xu

December 12, 2025

132Comments

Arts And Culture

Maggie Nelson Sputters And Stalls In ‘The Slicks’

By Becca Young

December 12, 2025

117Comments

Arts And Culture

Somewhere Between Pettiness And Journalism Lies Netflix’s Diddy Documentary

By Israel Daramola

December 11, 2025

108Comments

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘My Secret Santa’

By Sabrina Imbler, Alex Sujong Laughlin, and Kelsey McKinney

December 10, 2025

41Comments

Arts And Culture

Patricia Lockwood’s Inexhaustible Mind

By Jack Hanson

December 9, 2025

23Comments

Arts And Culture

Make Yourself At Home

By David Roth

December 5, 2025

85Comments

Arts And Culture

‘The Chair Company’ Is A Show About How Fun It Is To Use The Computer

By Brian Feldman

December 5, 2025

78Comments

Arts And Culture

Hal Hartley Is Still Figuring It All Out Onscreen

By August Prum

December 5, 2025

31Comments

Arts And Culture

Defector Watches A Christmas Movie: ‘Jingle Bell Heist’

By Sabrina Imbler, Dave McKenna, and Leigh McKenna

December 4, 2025

71Comments

Arts And Culture

‘Train Dreams’ Is Afraid Of Its Own Shadow

By Robert Rubsam

December 4, 2025

64Comments

Arts And Culture

Tim Robinson Understands What The Boys Are Going Through

By Israel Daramola

December 3, 2025

264Comments

Arts And Culture

‘Chess: The Musical’ Is Somehow More Of A Musical About Chess Than You Can Imagine

By Sabrina Imbler

December 3, 2025

202Comments

Interviews

An Illuminating Conversation With The Man Who Was Willem Dafoe’s Stunt Penis

By Ralph Jones

November 28, 2025

74Comments

Arts And Culture

How Normal Is A Celebrity Allowed To Be? 

By Kelsey McKinney

November 20, 2025

193Comments

Arts And Culture

The Eyes Have It

By Barry Petchesky

November 19, 2025

80Comments

Arts And Culture

Thomas Pynchon Is Laughing All The Way To The Brink

By Patrick Redford

November 19, 2025

72Comments

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