The True Story Behind ‘Obsession: Murder of a Beauty Queen’
Obsession: Murder of a Beauty Queen, out Dec. 17 on HBO Max, revisits the life and death of Agnieszka Kotlarska, one of Poland’s most accomplished...
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Emma Mackey on Becoming Ella McCay
In Emma Mackey’s very first screen role, on the Netflix series Sex Education, she played a rebellious teen. As the star of James L. Brooks’...
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The Historians Behind Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution”
THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, the new six-part, 12-hour series that is currently streaming on PBS (directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein and David Schmidt) examines how...
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Country Music Has Long Been Political
Country singer Zach Bryan is making headlines after a snippet of his new song “Bad News,” posted on the singer’s Instagram, revealed what some observers...
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Breaking Down the Ending of ‘The Price of Confession’
The Price of Confession, a masterfully paced crime drama, challenges the assumptions we make about people and questions the biases held by people in power....
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Breaking Down the Ending of ‘The Abandons’
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Abandons There are plenty of juicy conflicts in The Abandons, but none bigger than a land war between two matriarchs:...
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Immigrant Workers Didn’t Invade the U.S. They Were Recruited
A harrowing new normal has emerged in U.S. immigration enforcement. The chase-down of immigrants, traditionally a tactic employed by the Border Patrol in remote borderlands...
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How The Secret Agent Appeals to Brazilian Collective Memory
I can’t remember the man’s name, or the year we met, but I remember the conversation we had. It was the early 2010s, at a...
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Breaking Down the Unexpected Twists and Turns of ‘Eternity’
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Eternity Death comes suddenly in Eternity, but the story that follows moves with a slower rhythm. After bickering with...
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The Real Shakespearean History Behind ‘Hamnet’
Warning: This story contains spoilers for Hamnet. Many scholars have attempted to read personal history into the writings of William Shakespeare. One work that has...
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The Model for a U.S. Military Intervention in Venezuela
It is becoming increasingly apparent that the U.S. may be preparing for some kind of military intervention or covert action in Venezuela to dismantle drug...
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The Roman Republic Crumbled When Patriarchy Prevailed
The story of the fall of the Roman republic involves dysfunctional government, political selfishness, and constitutional collapse, played by the usual actors in togas, famously...