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May 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
A bunch of writers think Donald Trump is bad.
May 25, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
The Office Romance of Anthony Weiner
The tortured relationship at the heart of a new documentary is that of the former congressman and his loyal staffers.
May 25, 2016
Alex Shephard
Have the Oklahoma City Thunder figured out the Golden State Warriors? Or are they just on another level?
May 25, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Gawker is still paying the price for its old way of doing business.
May 25, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 18: Cannes Recap, Nice Guys, and Neighbors 2
May 24, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is someone trying to bankrupt Gawker?
May 24, 2016
Alexandra Molotkow
How Love Works
A new history shows our dating habits have always been shaped by our work lives.
May 24, 2016
Svetlana Alexievich
On a Loneliness That Resembles Happiness
An excerpt from Svetlana Alexievich's book "Secondhand Time."
May 23, 2016
Alex Shephard
Is Benjen Stark about to return to Game of Thrones?
May 23, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
The concept of Manchester United has lost all meaning.
May 23, 2016
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones book readers are finally through the looking glass.
May 23, 2016
Tess Crain
Still Waters Run Deep: Reassembling Karl Ove Knausgaard
How do you distinguish between the man and his protagonist?
May 21, 2016
Will Leitch
Neighbors 2: Equal Opportunity Idiocy
The progressive themes of 'Sorority Rising' can't save this uninspired sequel.
May 20, 2016
Navneet Alang
Why Animal GIFs Make Us Feel Better
They're the only thing on the internet nobody fights about.
May 20, 2016
Muna Mire
All The Way: Proof That You Can’t Escape the Past
The new HBO film examines Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, and shows that history is our best guide to the present.
May 20, 2016
Sarah Marshall
Welcome to Maria Bamford’s Neighborhood
In Netflix's 'Lady Dynamite,' Bamford mines comedy from mental illness.
May 19, 2016
Will Leitch
The Nice Guys: A Back-to-Basics Buddy Cop Movie
Ryan Gosling gives a great comedic performance in this throwback from the writer of 'Lethal Weapon.'
May 19, 2016
Alexandra Pechman
Emily Dickinson Isn’t You
Biographers try to see themselves in the reclusive poet, and fail to show us who she really was.
May 19, 2016
Natasha Lennard
How to Create a Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley’s latest book is an urgent appeal to humanity and reason.
May 18, 2016
Will Leitch
Weiner: Portrait of a Marriage
Huma Abedin is the star of this riveting documentary about Anthony Weiner's disastrous mayoral campaign.

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