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Love on the Spectrum, Bitter Pop Queens, Studio Ghibli—and More!
Pop stars hate you. Reality television is a spectrum. Forever 21 is dead. Welcome back to Suzy Weiss’s weekly tour of American culture.
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: Abigail Shrier on When Harry Met Sally
‘When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible.’
Abigail Shrier
‘Snow White,’ Woke Preppers, David Blaine—and More!
Welcome to a new Free Press culture column from Suzy Weiss.
Suzy Weiss
Anora and the Pain and Power of Being Sexy
The Oscar-winning film reveals that a woman can be smaller, weaker, and victimizable, but also have the upper hand—not in spite of these things, but…
Kat Rosenfield
Timothée Chalamet and the Rise of the Try-Hards
Out with ironic distance, and in with excellence—or at least the pursuit of it.
Suzy Weiss
Things Worth Remembering: On Being Safe, Free, and Miserable
In ‘A Real Pain,’ which deserves an Oscar today, Jesse Eisenberg asks: How dare we be so overwhelmed by our own freedom when our ancestors were denied…
Hadley Freeman
Make Actors Apolitical Again
Once upon a time in Hollywood, Oscar winners were booed for making their acceptance speeches political. It was a golden age.
Kat Rosenfield
‘The Brutalist’ Asks: Do Jews Belong in America?
A hugely consequential film dares to ask a question that was unfathomable before October 7, 2023.
Peter Savodnik
‘Emilia Pérez’ and the Curse of Oscar Bait
Why is the academy obsessed with movies no one wants to see?
River Page
The Truth About Bob Dylan’s Falling Out with Pete Seeger
The ’60s folk singers didn’t hate Dylan because he went electric, as ‘A Complete Unknown’ suggests. It was because he didn’t care about their lefty…
Michael C. Moynihan
For Women, Aging Is Like a Horror Film
Yes, at 61, Demi Moore is still on screens. But in her new movie, ‘The Substance,’ her character’s body literally falls apart.
Paula Froelich
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