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  1. comedy review
    Conan O’Brien Must Go Takes One Giant Step for Travel-Show IdiocyThe talk-show host messes with the genre’s tropes while acting like a nitwit in multiple countries.
    By Jen Chaney
  2. now streaming
    The 30 Best Movies to Watch on Every Streaming ServiceYour Netflix algorithm can only work so hard.
    By Brian Tallerico
  3. now streaming
    The 30 Best TV Shows on MaxTokyo Vice, Game of Thrones, The Sympathizer, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  4. cancel culture
    2024’s Canceled Shows, for Your Final ConsiderationThe Talk will have its last conversation at CBS.
    By Jason P. Frank
  5. chat room
    Show Kasamatsu Isn’t Trying to Make Smoking Look So CoolThe Michael Corleone of Tokyo Vice on perfecting the cigarette etiquette of the period, Backstreet Boys karaoke, and why he ad-libbed a crucial scene.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  6. now streaming
    The 30 Best Movies on HBO and Max Right NowPulp Fiction, Lost in Translation, Barbie, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  7. ratings
    Quiet on Set Was the Most-Watched Title on Streaming in Its Debut WeekIt’s a big (and rare) Nielsen win for Max.
    By Josef Adalian
  8. trailer mix
    The Jinx – Part Two Picks Up at Robert Durst’s ConfessionA full trailer shows that the series will follow “Bob” Durst in his (failed) attempt to evade capture and (also failed) attempt to avoid conviction.
    By Zoe Guy
  9. queening out
    If Pride Is of the Devil, We’re Here Season Four Looks Sinfully GoodStakes are high for the new cast. Like threat-of-arrest territory.
    By Jason P. Frank
  10. endings
    Tokyo Vice Goes to PressJake’s big exposé, and what it took to publish it, cements the series as a great gangster show that’s also a great journalism show.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  11. close read
    What Quiet on Set Leaves Out Is Just As DamningThe docuseries’ tendency toward sensationalism fails to dig into the system’s biggest failures.
    By Ben Rosenstock
  12. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Finale Recap: A Different Kind of JusticeAll the main players are in place for a thrilling end to the battle for Tokyo’s underground.
    By Andy Andersen
  13. now streaming
    The 20 Best Family Films on MaxMy Neighbor Totoro, The Peanuts Movie, Wonka, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  14. now streaming
    The 20 Best Comedies on MaxDr. Strangelove, Kingpin, Barbie, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  15. now streaming
    The 20 Best Action Movies on MaxBatman, Mad Max: Fury Road, Infernal Affairs, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  16. now streaming
    THE STRANGERS, from left: Glenn Howerton, Kip Weeks, 2008. ©Universal Pictures/courtesy Everett Coll
    The 20 Best Horror Movies on MaxFrom Dusk Till Dawn, The Strangers, The Visit, and more.
    By Brian Tallerico
  17. now streaming
    New on HBO and Max: April 2024The Sympathizer, Conan O’Brien Must Go, The Zone of Interest, and more.
    By Savannah Salazar
  18. great moments in journalism
    I Simply Must Know What Dale Does to The Girls on the Bus NextCole Escola as the moral compass of presidential-campaign reporting? Sure, why not!
    By Jackson McHenry
  19. buffering
    Can TV Procedurals Save Streaming?Max and Netflix are making old-school hospital dramas from network veterans. Is this the next front in the streaming wars?
    By Josef Adalian
  20. exodus in the city
    And Just Like That, Karen Pittman Exits And Just Like ThatGood thing this show has plenty of experience writing out its characters.
    By Tom Smyth
  21. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Houses Burning FastJake weighs his options as his story slips away.
    By Andy Andersen
  22. i’ll be your guide
    The Boy and the Heron Will Poop on Streaming SoonThe freshly crowned Oscar winner is coming home … eventually.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  23. trailer mix
    Conan O’Brien to Defile the Globe in His New Max SeriesAll four episodes of the host’s new show debut April 18 on Max.
    By Hershal Pandya
  24. pilot season
    2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones - Arrivals
    Save Me, Rachel Sennott Coming-of-Age Pilot, Save MeIt’s heading to HBO, obvi.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  25. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Missouri ViceThe dreaded family reunion isn’t enough to take Jake off the case.
    By Andy Andersen
  26. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Underestimate Your Enemies at Your PerilEveryone is left licking their wounds.
    By Andy Andersen
  27. password policing
    Max Is Also Cracking Down on Password Sharing Later This YearAnd once-united houses will be divided.
    By Savannah Salazar
  28. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: A Death Wish Isn’t SexyBig baddie Tozawa reveals his master plan to go semi-legit, which doesn’t bode well for all the other players.
    By Andy Andersen
  29. departures
    Ciao, Che DiazChe Pasa with Sara Ramírez? They might not return to And Just Like That… next season.
    By Alejandra Gularte
  30. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Who Will Burn First?The new order of cops and robbers goes full “chaotic evil” this week.
    By Andy Andersen
  31. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Nothing Comes Without CostThe cost of doing business may be too high of a price.
    By Andy Andersen
  32. vibe squad
    We’re Going to Miss Vibing With Tokyo ViceSeason two of Max’s yakuza drama seems likely to be its last, so let’s celebrate its ineffable appeal while we still can.
    By Roxana Hadadi and Nicholas Quah
  33. overnights
    Curb Your Enthusiasm Recap: A Cause CélèbreLarry accidentally becomes a political hero.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  34. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Bedtime StoriesPete now has his own tragic cover-up that will haunt him for the rest of his life.
    By Amanda Whiting
  35. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Recap: Get High, Steal Bikes, Do CrimeJake gets another scoop about a whole new, complex underworld.
    By Andy Andersen
  36. overnights
    Tokyo Vice Season-Premiere Recap: Who Deserves to Have Their Story Told?After a lengthy wait, Jake and Detective Katagiri are finally back on the case.
    By Andy Andersen
  37. vulture sports!
    A Big New Sports Streaming Service Is Coming This YearFox, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Disney are teaming up for a new Hulu-like bundle devoted to live sports.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  38. overnights
    Curb Your Enthusiasm Season-Premiere Recap: The Beginning of the EndA clever nod to the Seinfeld finale shows just how much Curb’s ending is on Larry David’s mind.
    By Sarah Nechamkin
  39. overnights
    True Detective Recap: Night Country NowIt’s getting more difficult to ignore the supernatural in Night Country.
    By Amanda Whiting
  40. buffering
    The Truth Behind Max’s Cancellation Spree“You didn’t get many things that were broadening out from HBO. You got things that were adjacent to HBO.”
    By Josef Adalian
  41. overnights
    True Detective Recap: We Were Here BeforeEvangeline is beginning to feel the tension between her culture and her career, between who she is and what she does.
    By Amanda Whiting
  42. freebies
    5 Mobile Plans That Can Get You a Free Streaming ServiceYou get a free Disney+! And you get a free Max! And you get a free Netflix!
    By Savannah Salazar
  43. overnights
    True Detective Recap: The Slow ThawLiz can no longer deny the connection between whatever happened at Tsalal and Annie’s unsolved murder.
    By Amanda Whiting
  44. a bad idea worth considering
    The Gilded Age Should Cast Che DiazSara Ramirez threw light shade at the “performative” representation of their ‘And Just Like That …’ character, so we formed an exit strategy.
    By Rebecca Alter
  45. trailer mix
    Tokyo Vice Finally Reveals the Fate of Sato“We underestimated the level of viewers’ attachment to Sato,” says EP and director Alan Poul.
    By Roxana Hadadi
  46. gondor calls for aid
    Max’s Tech Issues Take Out a Lord of the Rings MovieIt’ll be back, but this isn’t the first glitch of its kind.
    By Eric Vilas-Boas
  47. cancel culture
    If You’re Reading This, Your Favorite Show Is CanceledNetflix canceled 14 shows in 2023.
    By Jason P. Frank
  48. chat room
    Xolo Maridueña Is Excited to Finally Talk About Blue BeetleWith the movie now streaming (and the end of the SAG-AFTRA strike), the 22-year-old ‘Blue Beetle’ star can finally celebrate out loud.
    By Rafael Motamayor
  49. comedy review
    A Slam Dunk From Gary GulmanBorn on 3rd Base shows the vast possibilities of observational comedy — and how an “important” topic can also be delightfully petty.
    By Kathryn VanArendonk
  50. new life
    Warrior Gets a Fighting Chance at NetflixThe series, which has survived Cinemax, HBO Max, and Max, is now heading over to Big Red.
    By Jason P. Frank
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