Brian Eno Has Some Actual Good News
The master of calming music has recorded a wake-up call.
The Indie Horror Film That Everyone Is Suddenly Talking About
Barbarian capitalizes on the thing viewers love and hate most: the unknown.
Tig Notaro Is Still Being Vulnerable
A decade after the stand-up set that revealed her cancer diagnosis, the comedian doesn’t care how people see her.
The Good Nurse Is a Chilling Murder Mystery—And Completely Bloodless
The true-crime genre has become defined by spectacle and vulgar speculation. A new film offers another path forward.
What’s the One Book That Explains American Politics Today?
The Atlantic’s writers have chosen books to help you understand the stakes of the midterms.
Why Is No One Acting Their Age on Blockbuster?
The workers on Netflix’s new sitcom are caught, like so many Americans, between a precarious present and an unsteady future.
Taylor Swift’s Best New Songs Aren’t Technically on Midnights
She hid her rawest, messiest feelings in her bonus tracks.
James Gray’s Vision of American Dysfunction
In Armageddon Time, the filmmaker’s New York childhood is a warning bell for our polarized present.
A Rapper Who Spoke Quietly and Had a Big Impact
Remembering Takeoff, the quiet force of Migos
The Eerie Comfort of Liminal Spaces
Why we’re compelled by images of abandoned shopping malls, waiting rooms, and corridors
Seven Books That Understand Your Grief
Reading alone can’t take away the pain, but prose can be part of one’s internal healing.
The Sex Lives of the One Percent
In the new season of HBO’s The White Lotus, the rich have wandering eyes and intimate desires—and their wallets can satisfy only so much.
The Too-Muchness of Bono
In Dublin with the irrepressible U2 front man
The David S. Pumpkins Effect
The return of the cheery Tom Hanks character let SNL lean into the anarchic comedy of a sketch that makes little sense.
When a Father Is Just Out of Reach
Aftersun charts the exquisite, bittersweet journey of seeing a parent as their own person.
Rihanna Is Back in the Pop Game—On Her Own Terms
Thank goodness.
Bob Dylan Reveals Himself Through 66 Songs
And it’s the closest we’re probably going to get.
Don’t Blame a Man for Midnights
Taylor Swift’s new album surely sounds how it sounds because she, not her producer, wanted it to.
A World Where Death Isn’t the End
Namwali Serpell’s new book explores grief as it’s really experienced.
Where My Characters Come From
I don’t choose them; they choose me.