A roundup of our recent writing on arts and entertainment
Highlights from 12 months of interviews with writers about their craft and the authors they love
The iconic actress, writer, and comedian—who died at the age of 60—was the kind of star Hollywood only sees once in a lifetime.
In a franchise first, Rogue One’s soundtrack isn’t helmed by the legendary composer.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time Barry Jenkins’s film about a young man’s life in three acts.
The 19th-century writer believed that the power of poetry and democracy came from an ability to make a unified whole out of disparate parts.
Highlights from seven days of reading about arts and entertainment
We asked readers to share the tunes that get them in the holiday spirit, and we compiled our favorite answers…
As stars avoid inauguration bookings, the president-elect tries to divide America’s population from its popular culture.
J.A. Bayona’s tear-jerking fantasy film doesn’t come close to earning its inevitably devastating emotional climax.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time a dystopian comedy about love and relationships.
Doubled quotes developed as indications of a rational world. Now they’re developing as indications of the opposite.
How much do you know about the films that, each year, insist on The Magic of Christmas? How much do you want to?
The Atlantic’s editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time an escapist 1970s throwback from Richard Linklater.
The Illumination Entertainment comedy stars Matthew McConaughey as a koala desperately seeking a musical hit.
A reader, Rick Jones, writes: This video of Stephen Foster’s great song “Hard Times Come…
Here we go again: “I still haven’t had an abortion,” the writer/actor/advocate said recently, “but I wish I had.”
And the titles their authors say they loved
Rarely do mainstream films treat religious questions with seriousness and specificity. Silence, a movie about 17th-century Jesuit missionaries, shows what that can look like.
The Atlantic looks back at key cinematic moments in 2016, this time a sweeping drama from one of today’s most acclaimed Chinese filmmakers.
High-concept sci-fi? Interstellar romance? Pulse-pounding thriller? The space-castaways movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt is a little of each—and a lot of nothing.