Film
Thanksgiving Movies to Watch If You Aren't Into Celebrating Colonialism
From a Martin Scorsese concert film to a classic road trip comedy, enjoy some movies that merely use the holiday as a background detail.
Review
Art
With Incisive Urgency, Howardena Pindell Confronts the Lingering Impacts of Racism
Uniting the personal and the political, Rope/Fire/Water positions Pindell’s creative process as entry points towards learning and healing, for both herself and others.
Art
Kahlil Joseph’s News Channel Revels in Black History and Experience
Joseph’s project is installed in various Black-owned small businesses throughout Los Angeles, from a barbershop to a medical clinic.
Art
Zac Skinner's Survivalist Sculptures
Skinner imagines the jury-rigged technology that would enable survival in the wake of apocalyptic climate disaster.
Books
Yayoi Kusama’s Self-Portrait as a Young Provocateur
Kusama: The Graphic Novel is an ode to the power of art, which, on multiple occasions, saved her.
Books
Poems About the Business of Being a Poet
Kent Johnson skewers the silliness of the swarming poetry world.
Music
The Heavenly Queens of R&B
Sharp, smooth, smoky new albums from Toni Braxton, Chloe x Halle, Ariana Grande, and K. Michelle.
Art
The Absurdist Echoes of Tudor Tyranny
Cate Giordano’s immersive tableaux hurl the viewer headfirst into a historical clusterfuck that eerily recalls the present day.
Film
Bringing Ta-Nehisi Coates’s Between the World and Me to Life
HBO has turned the stage adaptation of Ta-Nehisi Coates's acclaimed book into a multifaceted television special.
Film
Behind the Scenes at a Groundbreaking Clinic for Transgender People
Born to Be looks at the doctors and patients at Mount Sinai Center for Transgender Medicine and Surgery.
Film
A Lively Reinterpretation of Charles Dickens
The new adaptation The Personal History of David Copperfield brings the classic novel to life with energetic editing and colorblind casting.
Books
Rereading Georgia O’Keeffe’s Biography in a New Light
Roxana Robinson’s biography of the artist features letters from a young O’Keeffe to a lover, which offer some unexpected art historical insights.