How Black Creators Are Changing Hollywood
In the past few years, it seems a floodgate has opened, releasing a deluge of tremendously successful media that centers the Black experience. “Get Out,” “Black Panther,” and HBO’s “Watchmen” are just...
25 Feb 202228min
How Should President Biden Respond to Putin’s War on Ukraine?
Since last summer, Russian troops have been amassing on the Ukrainian border, and, in recent weeks, President Vladimir Putin warned that he intended a military takeover of Ukraine. This week, Russia b...
24 Feb 202226min
Peter Dinklage on “Cyrano”
Joe Wright’s film “Cyrano,” nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design, was based on Erica Schmidt’s 2018 stage musical of the same name. Peter Dinklage starred in both, as the unattractiv...
22 Feb 202216min
Nicholas Britell on the Art of the Film Score
Nicholas Britell has emerged as one of the most in-demand film composers working today, creating original music for projects that hew to no style or model. He wrote the infuriatingly catchy theme of H...
18 Feb 202218min
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Path Forward for the Left
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of the most prominent progressives in Washington. Her political ascent began with her shocking 2018 defeat of a longtime incumbent in a New York district that includes ...
14 Feb 202248min
On Cancel Culture and the State of Free Speech
Every few weeks, it seems, another example of so-called cancel culture is dominating the headlines and trending on social-media platforms. The refrain “you can’t say anything these days” has become a ...
11 Feb 202249min
David Remnick Talks with Lee Child, the Creator of Jack Reacher
Lee Child didn’t start writing novels until he lost a prestigious job producing TV in England during a shakeup that he attributes to Rupert Murdoch. He tried his hand at writing a thriller, and found ...
8 Feb 202230min
Black Thought Takes the Stage
Tariq Trotter, best known in music as Black Thought, the emcee of the Roots, is regarded by many hip-hop fans as one of the best freestyle rappers ever. His work changed shape when the Roots became th...
4 Feb 202219min
