Last summer, Kim Kardashian posted an Instagram Story that showed a picture of Snoopy with the words “I ain’t passed the bar, but I know a lil’ bit” above him—the Jay-Z lyrics a nod to the fact that, despite training to become a lawyer since 2018, she still has yet to qualify. Now, though, she’s … Read more
Like any millennial woman who grew up chewing on plastic Polly Pocket clothes (It’s a thing!), I was excited when I first heard, back in 2021, that the teeny, tiny doll would center a huge Hollywood movie starring Lily Collins and helmed by none other than Girls creator, Lena Dunham. Yet when I read yesterday … Read more
Watching The Bear is guaranteed to make you ravenous—especially if you’re into close-up shots of extremely Chicago-coded meats and breads—but once I’d caught up on the show’s third season this weekend, I found myself hungry for something inedible: namely, more shows about camaraderie forged in the fire of a tumultuous workplace. They didn’t even need … Read more
I love a good historical adaptation (actually, if it’s beautiful and fun enough, I’ve even been known to appreciate a bad historical adaptation, i.e. Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette), so naturally, I was more than ready when I read that My Lady Jane, a historical fantasy-slash-romance series about Lady Jane Grey, was in the works. The … Read more
What I love most about The Crown, especially the early seasons, is that every shot looks like it cost a million dollars. Playwright and screenwriter Peter Morgan’s illustrious stab at the inner workings of the most famous, insular, and once-powerful family on the planet never doesn’t look like the real deal. Excellent acting aside (Olivia … Read more
In a nutshell: Following the Aidan-resurrecting, Big-denying, abortion-dodging, Nya-ignoring, wildly divisive second installment of Michael Patrick King’s And Just Like That, the series will be back for another round of shenanigans. Will the cast of And Just Like That Season 2 be returning for Season 3? “We are delighted to share that since the launch … Read more
As in Breillat’s previous films, however, a sense of timelessness pervades the aesthetic; the exact year and place are left intentionally unclear. “I don’t want my films to ever be dated,” the director explains. “I choose costumes and haircuts for the actors that don’t go out of style because the emotions they’re expressing don’t go … Read more
One scene in America’s Sweethearts finds a fifth-year veteran candidate named Kelcey meal-prepping chicken and potatoes for her busy week ahead—a routine that seems pretty familiar and normal until we learn that Kelcey is a nurse who works from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. every day, then reports to what she calls her “part-time job” … Read more
I know that we’re post-post-post award show by now, but I’m finding myself unusually excited about the 77th Tony Awards. Maybe it’s because the Tonys represent the rare chance for the Broadway community that fed so many of us gay adults as weird kids (sorry, am I projecting?) to bask in the glow of mainstream … Read more
The 77th Annual Tony Awards weren’t short on noteworthy moments, nor did they skimp on fashion. (I’m as obsessed with Jocelyn Bioh’s purple look as I am with Jeremy Strong’s little mustache, albeit in entirely different ways.) Not only were fan-favorite shows including Appropriate, Stereophonic, Suffs, Merrily We Roll Along, and Hell’s Kitchen honored, but … Read more
