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A rising star has almost instantly rendered hip-hop's previous generation out of date.

In 1986, the Civil Rights icon was willing to go negative against his best friend to win a Congressional primary.

The new biopic stars Timothée Chalamet as the musical genius, but it's less about him than about his effect on others.

It's time to crown this year's funniest, floppiest, and most unforgettable moments online.

David Greenberg's comprehensive biography draws on more than two hundred interviews and previously unseen documents.

Period epic, original screenplay, tiny budget: How Brady Corbet did the impossible with The Brutalist.

Imagine a Hoover novel with an idealistic heroine who has horrible things happen to her--and then: "I heard rumors of something bad up near My Lai."

Few comics have achieved such notoriety by being so brilliantly anodyne.

One of the best documentaries of the year is also one of the most misunderstood.

Mufasa crosses the uncanny valley. That's a problem for Mufasa.