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The Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or is cinema's most prestigious award, and unlike the Oscars, its winners are consistently excellent rather than politically selected.
Ryan Okafor · 2026-05-14
Photography books occupy a unique space between art object and document.
Max Calloway · 2026-05-14
Michael Gordon, recording as Mk.
Nina Vasquez · 2026-05-14
Hades II entered early access in May 2024 and immediately proved that Supergiant Games understood what made the original special while having the ambition to expand it significantly.
Nina Vasquez · 2026-05-14
The label foreign language film is reductive, but the category contains some of the most powerful cinema ever made, and streaming platforms have made it more accessible than ever.
Sophie Chen · 2026-05-14
Nick Murphy, better known as Chet Faker, created the sonic template for the modern coffee shop.
Ethan Park · 2026-05-14
Book clubs were your aunt's thing.
Ryan Okafor · 2026-05-14
Street art has evolved from vandalism to cultural tourism driver.
Leo Marchetti · 2026-05-14
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Donald Glover operates across more creative disciplines at a higher level than almost anyone in entertainment history.
Nina Vasquez · 2026-05-14
Hollywood's nostalgia machine is running at full capacity.
Ethan Park · 2026-05-14
At some point in the early 2020s, Wes Anderson stopped being just a filmmaker and became an adjective.
Jordan Blake · 2026-05-13
The essay film sits at the intersection of documentary, personal narrative, and visual philosophy.
Jordan Blake · 2026-05-13
New York's museum density is unmatched, but some of America's most essential cultural institutions are in cities that don't get the same attention.
Leo Marchetti · 2026-05-13
Peggy Gou's trajectory from Berlin's underground club scene to global fashion campaigns and stadium DJ sets is unprecedented in electronic music.
Alex Sterling · 2026-05-13
Ocean Vuong writes like he's trying to save something before it disappears.
Jordan Blake · 2026-05-13
The comedy landscape on streaming platforms is richer than ever, but the sheer volume makes finding the good stuff harder than it should be.
Jordan Blake · 2026-05-13
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Denzel Washington at 70 is doing what most actors his age refuse to: taking risks.
Max Calloway · 2026-05-13
FromSoftware's Dark Souls didn't just create a game in 2011.
Leo Marchetti · 2026-05-13
True crime is one of podcasting's most popular genres and also its most ethically fraught.
Ethan Park · 2026-05-13
Promises, the 2021 collaboration between electronic producer Floating Points, legendary jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders, and the London Symphony Orchestra, is one of those rare recordings that defies every genre category while achieving something genuinely transcendent.
Sophie Chen · 2026-05-13