The Importance of Partying Alone
Is it any coincidence that the No. 1 song in the country is about loneliness and empty streets—or that it’s making people dance like Richard Simmons in their bedrooms?
Getting Through a Pandemic With Old-Fashioned Crafts
Like many others in these times, I’ve turned to arts such as crochet and knitting to make sense of the chaos around me.
When a TV Adaptation Does What the Book Could Not
Hulu’s take on the novel Little Fires Everywhere doesn’t just translate the story to the screen. It goes where the author felt she couldn’t go on her own.
Escape From Quarantine With a Western Movie
The best genre for the age of social distancing is one full of gorgeous scenes of the great outdoors.
The Show That Illustrates the Numbness of Staying Alive
The British HBO series Years and Years imagines a near-future defined by two phenomena: catastrophe and resilience.
Homes Actually Need to Be Practical Now
One of the ironies of social distancing is that it can put privacy in short supply.
Even the Most Versatile Actors Can’t Find Work
“We’re just kind of on a wing and a prayer now.”
Ageism Is Making the Pandemic Worse
The disregard for the elderly that’s woven into American culture is hurting everyone.
The Books Briefing: Books for Feeling Better
Hopeful stories for difficult times: Your weekly guide to the best in books
We’re Finding Out How Small Our Lives Really Are
No new friends. No new plans. Where is there to go in isolation but backwards and inward?
‘The Fact That I Can’t Fix Things Now Is Breaking My Heart’
In the restaurant industry, how to get cash to out-of-work servers—and food to gig workers suddenly without income—is the question on everyone’s mind.
The Controversial Novel That Immerses Readers in Teen Abuse
The difficulty of My Dark Vanessa lies in its adult narrator, who refuses to acknowledge her childhood trauma even as she recounts it.
Hollywood Is Facing an Existential Crisis
The industry is confronting a grim future: What if theaters stay dark all year? What if people are too afraid to go back when cinemas reopen?
The Pandemic Is Hitting One Part of Hollywood Especially Hard
“It’s like, we’re never going back. Things are never going to be the same.”
The Magnetic Song That Is Kenny Rogers’s Most Enduring Legacy
The country musician, who died Friday at the age of 81, was never better than on “Islands in the Stream,” his monumental duet with Dolly Parton.
Why You Can’t Stop Streaming Seinfeld. Or Frasier. Or Bones.
On the psychology of comfort TV
Celebrities Have Never Been Less Entertaining
Top singers and actors are live-streaming from quarantine, appearing equally bored and technologically inept.
Books Briefing: The World Through a Surrealist Lens
Strange worlds in strange times: Your weekly guide to the best in books
10 Perfect Films to Watch While Stuck at Home
Are you longing for human connection? Or looking to laugh for two hours? Here are the best movies for every social-distancing mood.
The Utter Weirdness of Small Talk in a Pandemic
Pleasantries amid a global health crisis are woefully insufficient. They are also what we have.
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