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Appreciations
appreciations
Dec. 6, 2023
A Lifetime of Norman Lear
Rita Moreno, John Amos, Valerie Bertinelli, and other collaborators reflect on working with the 101-year-old TV legend.
By
Josef Adalian,
Stuart Miller,
and
Dan Reilly
at the club
Mar. 25, 2023
An Ode to John Wick’s Many Nightclub Brawls
The whole world was John Wick’s dance floor, and what a delight to watch him bust a move (and some heads).
By
Roxana Hadadi
appreciations
Dec. 30, 2022
Los Espookys
Was a Blessing
In the queer Latinx horror aficionados at the center of the series, I saw the people I surround myself with on-camera for the first time.
By
Reanna Cruz
appreciations
Sept. 9, 2022
Kate Berlant Is Destroying New York City!
The theater is finally making people mad.
By
Madeline Leung Coleman
appreciations
May 26, 2022
The Standard-Setting Beauty of
Live in Crenshaw
Lil Rel Howery’s 2019 stand-up special shows that when a special looks distinctive, the comedy feels that way too.
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
appreciations
May 9, 2022
Gilbert Gottfried, Remembered by Those Who Knew Him
“He was not a negative person in any way, shape, or form. He was a great spirit. He was so unique. That’s the word for Gilbert:
unique.
”
By
Dan Reilly
appreciations
Jan. 20, 2022
Bob Saget, Remembered by Those Who Knew Him
“Luckily, I got to tell Bob I loved him a lot while he was still here. But I’d sure love to be able to tell him again.”
By
Stuart Miller
appreciations
Sept. 2, 2021
Watching Tony Leung Gets Us All in the Mood
American audiences will soon learn why it’s hard not to fall in love with the Hong Kong superstar.
By
Frankie Huang
appreciations
June 24, 2021
A Tribute to ‘Good King’ Conan
Twelve comedians reflect on O’Brien’s incredibly influential late-night legacy.
By
Dan Reilly
art review
Apr. 6, 2021
The Detonations of Alice Neel
The artist’s portrait show at the Met is packed with raw emotional power.
By
Jerry Saltz
cmas 2020
Nov. 11, 2020
Give Miranda Lambert Entertainer of the Year Already
There’s no better time for Lambert to win CMA Entertainer of the Year than now, when she has nothing left to prove.
By
Justin Curto
appreciations
Aug. 24, 2020
Patriot Act
Wasn’t Perfect, But It Was Ours
Though flawed in several important ways, watching the show became a communal experience for South Asian families like mine.
By
Mano Sundaresan
obits
July 25, 2020
Regis Philbin Was a TV Personality in the Truest Sense
When Regis Philbin was on television — which was very, very frequently — he came to play and seemed to absolutely relish it.
By
Jen Chaney
tv review
June 10, 2020
What We Do in the Shadows
Is the Best Comedy on TV Right Now
Why aren’t you watching this show yet?
By
Kathryn VanArendonk
appreciations
May 18, 2020
Tina Fey Is 50, So Here Are 50 Great Tina Fey Moments
Rounding up the funniest jokes, best performances, and revealing moments from one of comedy’s greatest writers.
By
Lizzie Logan
appreciations
May 12, 2020
My Mom and Arthur Spooner
You wouldn’t expect my mom to be a
King of Queens
fan. But Jerry Stiller’s character was “her guy.”
By
Rae Sanni
books
Feb. 6, 2020
The Best New Novel Was Written 90 Years Ago
An unearthed book by the Harlem Renaissance’s Claude McKay is a modern masterpiece.
By
Molly Young
appreciations
Jan. 10, 2020
Clare Torry’s Voice Is Seared Into Your Brain Whether You Know It or Not
Her performance on Pink Floyd’s “The Great Gig in the Sky ” manages to express the full range of human emotion without relying on words.
By
Craig Jenkins
appreciations
Jan. 9, 2020
Gillian Armstrong and Her Protagonists Redefined the Modern Movie Heroine
Her work was vibrant and searching and messy in the best sense, and she put women’s psychology onscreen in ways that were never reductive.
By
David Edelstein
appreciations
Jan. 8, 2020
Alice Childress Didn’t Defang Her Plays, and Producers Said No
Any list of great American playwrights is incomplete without her — she saw deep into history, into the theater, into blackness, into whiteness.
By
Helen Shaw
the essay
Dec. 2, 2019
Laura Dern Changed Our Idea of Stardom
There is no one performance you can point to as the reason for her decades-long success.
By
Bilge Ebiri
the race to animate
Nov. 13, 2019
The Mythical Endurance of Wile E. Coyote
The cartoon carnivore’s relentless 70-year pursuit of the Road Runner feels eternal in the best sense of the word.
By
Austin Gilkeson
appreciations
Oct. 16, 2019
Elton John’s Rivalry With Rod Stewart Is the Most Iconic Friendship
We can all only hope to have a friendship as … invested … as Elton John and Rod Stewart’s.
By
Justin Curto
appreciations
Sept. 4, 2019
The
Street Fighter
Movie Is Good, Actually
It’s a class on everything that can go wrong with a film, and how all of that failure adds up to something truly special.
By
Mike Drucker
appreciations
July 31, 2019
Frank Rich: Hal Prince Directed the Greatest Musical Production I Ever Saw
And, Frank Rich recalls, there was a lot more greatness where that came from.
By
Frank Rich
appreciations
July 11, 2019
Rip Torn Was an Unforgettable Force on
The Larry Sanders Show
As Larry’s producer Artie, the late actor epitomized the ultimate showbiz friend.
By
Dave Schilling
appreciations
Apr. 30, 2019
When It Comes to John Singleton, Don’t Forget
Poetic Justice
and
2Fast 2Furious
Whether he was making a historical epic, a social drama, or a disposable chase flick, Singleton told stories of real people and real mistrust.
By
Bilge Ebiri
appreciations
Apr. 25, 2019
Tim Robinson’s Netflix Sketch Show Is Comedy Perfection
It’s Robinson’s world and we’re all screaming our way through it.
By
Fran Hoepfner
appreciations
Apr. 5, 2019
In
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
, Nobody Was Ever Just a Sidekick
Even the goofiest West Covina residents could break out into song and reveal deep inner lives. Here’s 11 times they did.
By
Rebecca Alter
close reads
Mar. 20, 2019
High Maintenance
and the Aspirational Kindness of The Guy
He’s a testament to thoughtful living through the sheer act of treating strangers with basic decency.
By
Vikram Murthi
appreciations
Mar. 14, 2019
A Eulogy for the Dearly Departed
One Day at a Time
Even though Netflix canceled it, this sitcom mattered.
By
Jen Chaney
vulture lists
Mar. 8, 2019
Every Oscar Isaac Movie Role, Ranked (by How Much I Want to Marry His Character)
More like P-
oh Daaaamn
-eron.
By
Lizzie Logan
appreciations
Mar. 5, 2019
Luke Perry’s Most Essential
Beverly Hills 90210
Episodes
As Dylan McKay, Perry was effortlessly cool but approachable. These episodes show what made him so integral to the teen soap’s legacy.
By
Maris Kreizman
appreciations
Jan. 7, 2019
Now That
You
Is on Netflix, You Should All Worship Peach Salinger
Don’t steal her
Ozma of Oz
.
By
Jackson McHenry
appreciations
Dec. 18, 2018
The Hall of Fame Scene in
A League of Their Own
Will Always Be Sob-Inducing
We’re all for one. We’re one for all. We’re All-American.
By
Jordan Crucchiola
appreciations
Dec. 14, 2018
Save
Detroiters
, the Most Brilliantly Stupid Show on TV
Seth Meyers loves
Detroiters
so much, he wrote this for us.
By
Seth Meyers
appreciations
Nov. 27, 2018
SpongeBob SquarePants
and the Indestructible Faith of Imagination
Always hold on to your magic pencil, kids, and remember that mayonnaise is not an instrument.
By
Matt Zoller Seitz
appreciations
Nov. 8, 2018
Everything You Wanted to Know About Andy Warhol in Eight Works
An appreciation of an American revolutionary, ahead of the Whitney’s can’t-miss new retrospective.
By
Jerry Saltz
appreciations
Oct. 18, 2018
Elton John Is Not the Man They Think He Is at Home
He’s sold 150 million albums and been famous for five decades. But do we really know him?
By
Bill Wyman
appreciations
Sept. 7, 2018
Why Burt Reynolds Was Such a Compelling Sex Symbol
No film better synthesizes his appeal than
Boogie Nights.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
appreciations
Sept. 6, 2018
Harry Potter
Turns 20. It’s Time Minerva McGonagall Got the Praise She Deserves.
The baddest witch around.
By
Maggie Fremont
close reads
Sept. 3, 2018
How André Holland Keeps
Castle Rock
Afloat
His deft performance is a voice of reason amid horror, bloodshed, and madness.
By
Amy Woolsey
appreciations
Sept. 3, 2018
Why Ice King Is
Adventure Time
’s Best Character
He wasn’t just an evil, crazy wizard.
By
Eric Thurm
appreciations
July 24, 2018
God Bless Young Christine Baranski in
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
The eerie accuracy of this actress is really quite something!
By
Kyle Buchanan
appreciations
Apr. 15, 2018
In Praise of Alex Lawther’s Scene-Stealing Humor on
Howards End
Tibby is the funniest part of the period drama.
By
Jackson McHenry
Apr. 4, 2018
An Appreciation of
Cowboy Bebop
, 20 Years Later
Bebop
, like the jazz that inspired it, can never truly fall out of style.
By
Frank Guan
obituaries
Feb. 5, 2018
Remembering John Mahoney, the
Frasier
Star With the Twinkle in His Eye
On
Frasier
and in his film roles, Mahoney’s exuberance shone brightly.
By
Jen Chaney
close reads
Jan. 30, 2017
The Dangerous Beauty of Jude Law
Law is the ne plus ultra of actors who innately understand how beauty can add complexity to a role.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién