Conversations With FriendsRecap: Ain’t Nothing But a Heartache

Conversations with Friends Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. It is time for Frances to learn some deeper things about Nick, finally. She met him near the end of the school year, and now its … fall? So were talking about people who have been seeing each other for maybe four or five months. Which makes their whole situation a bit topsy-turvy, no?...

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 399 words · Jonathan Williams

Conversations With FriendsSeries-Finale Recap: Here You Come Again

Conversations with Friends Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Frances is so unhappy. She willnotsocialize with Philip; she is committed to her loneliness and misery. The literary magazine with her story in it arrives in the mail. Meanwhile, Bobbi has not replied to a text Frances sent asking to talk. So Frances calls … Melissa! I absolutely love this phone call....

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 366 words · Jennifer Buck

Either/OrIs a Coming-of-Age Story That Moves at the Speed of Thought

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. For Selin, events are overwhelming, and deeper understanding is not available. In the last line of the novel, Selin declares, I hadnt learned anything at all. When I first readThe Idiotupon its release in spring 2017, I felt a real pressure to love it. As a fellow former comp lit grad student, it was kind of like a family obligation....

May 20, 2022 · 3 min · 433 words · David Edwards

For All MankindRecap: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (on the Moon)

For All Mankind Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Welcome to the retrospective recaps ofFor All Mankindseason two. Im just drifting out here. Luckily for us, though, their ambivalence as they navigate their messy situations makes for good TV. Its a striking I told you so moment turning itself inside out. Karen isnt the only one wanting to have a stern word with Ed and Gordo....

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 359 words · Steven Gray

Gaspar Noé Is Not in Control

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Somehow, Gaspar Noe has returned. To that end, his films have become increasingly improvisatory, shot and edited in seemingly record time. And he has never stopped trying to use cinema to cause physical reactions in the viewer. InVortex, the split screen makes the characters alienation visceral. I told him, Its about an old couple. He said, But Im not old!...

May 20, 2022 · 9 min · 1823 words · Jessica Stone

Grey’s AnatomyRecap: We’re Having a Dinner Party

Greys Anatomy Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. That was a rough dinner party. For them, I mean. It was pretty great for us. Meredith isnt going anywhere. But just because Alice survives her first surgery, it doesnt mean anyone is any less angry. Later, Schmitt finds Nico in an on-call room with a bloody fist and a hole in the wall....

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 416 words · Michael Cardenas

Harry’s HouseIs a (Sexy) Shrine to Olivia Wilde

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Now why were we invited toHarrys Houseif all were going to do is third wheel? Gone are the days of coy (read: cunnilingus) fruitreferencesanddespair over the endof his relationship withCamille Rowe. And the current object of his affections? While Harry remains mum on the subject of his relationships, this album does not. Heres everything we can glean about the duos love affair by close-reading a few of the albums horniest tracks....

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 297 words · Michelle Gates

I Regret to Inform You theChip ’n Dale: Rescue RangersMovie Is Pretty Good

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Theres a gender-flipped version ofMrs. Doubtfirestarring Meryl Streep in a bald cap (Now streaming, the poster promises). Then theres the billboard forBatman vs. E.T., featuring the superhero and the beloved Spielberg alien glaring laser eyes at one another. Behind them, a full moon bears the dual silhouettes of the Bat-Signal and Elliott on his flying bike....

May 20, 2022 · 1 min · 115 words · David Serrano

Indian Action EpicRRRIs Streaming, If You Can Figure Out Its Language Options

Streamliner At your service. Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Less than two months after its release, the Tollywood musical epic is now streaming. (If you want an English dub, youre out of luck on either service for now.) RRRs streaming release strategy has been curious all around. To complicate matters further, neither movie is available to stream in Telugu, their other spoken language....

May 20, 2022 · 1 min · 95 words · Dorothy Sanford

It’s Time for the Grand Tour ofHarry’s House

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. I guess youre all mine / When youre sleeping in this bed with me. Ahem, and now we know how comfortable the primary bedroom is! Why yes, wearestaying the night, thanks for offering! Styles previously said he moved into hisHousewhile still promotingFine Line, his second album. Ever the homemaker, Styles even appeared on the coverofBetter Homes & Gardensto chat aboutHarrys House....

May 20, 2022 · 1 min · 100 words · Keith Friedman

John Mulaney and Andy Samberg’s Rescue Operation Won Late Night This Week

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Post-COVID immunity just aint what it used to be, huh? And both times, Kimmel handled it with more aplomb than Colbert. Colberts show simply went dark, while Kimmel brought in guest hosts. Sorry,Late Late Show. The 1200saretoo long ago to matter, and its time someone said it. Heres what else needed saying this week. Haim Really Haims Out onWWHL...

May 20, 2022 · 2 min · 265 words · Danielle Gregory

Judd Apatow on Documenting the Legacy (and Fart Jokes) of George Carlin

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Certain filmmakers seem intent on documenting the culture they love and trying to keep it alive. Im thinking of Scorsese with his Film Foundation or Truffaut interviewing Hitchcock. I just did it for myself. Looking back, that seems like a really strange thing for a young person to do. I paid my friend to write it in, because he had better handwriting than me....

May 20, 2022 · 4 min · 662 words · Crystal Turner

Kevin Doyle Knows He ‘Won the Lottery’ WithDownton Abbey: A New Era

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. (But also getting drunk at a ball if the situation calls for it.) And finally, Molesley is rewarded. How should a man feel, he tells her, if all of his dreams have come true? He certainly does come out on top. His life takes an enormous turn. Its satisfying for the audience to see as well....

May 20, 2022 · 3 min · 579 words · Patricia Parker