The Best Movies of 2023 (So Far)This year has delivered a bounty of independent, meticulously assembled cinematic stunners along with actually good superhero movies.
ByAngelica Jade Bastién, Bilge Ebiri, and Alison Willmore
in conversation
50 Cent Has Stories to SellEvery record label once wanted what he had (and was afraid of it). Now all of Hollywood wants it too.
ByCarvell Wallace
encounter
The Gospel of JohnIn his first solo stand-up special, John Early savages our hackneyed millennial mores.
It’s the End of Top Chef As We Know ItWith Padma Lakshmi’s departure, the venerable series is losing something irreplaceable. But its latest season hints at an even deeper identity crisis.
ByRoxana Hadadi, Nicholas Quah, and Jason P. Frank