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Samuel L. Jackson - Tarantino's Leading Man

Six collaborations in, no one understands the directors vision better than Samuel L. Jackson.

Jonathan Franzen's Great Expectations - The Novelist As Pundit

How Americas foremost novelist became its leading public moralist.

Fears Of A Clown

No one is better at making children laugh than Boswick the clown. He doesn't understand why adults are so scared of him.

Insider Tips from Renovation & Decor Experts

Renovation and decor advice from top professionals in five disciplines: decorative painter, window-treater, general contractor, interior designer, and landscape architect.

The Bipartisan Pontiff

Pope Francis likes to keep them guessing.

8 Exonerated Prisoners On Their First Week As Free Men

Eight exonerated prisoners on their first week on the outside.

The Importance of Donald Trump

Far from destroying our democracy, he's exposing all its phoniness and corruption in ways as serious as he is not. And changing it in the process.

The Prom Queen of Instagram

High-school popularity can now exist well outside of high school - particularly if you are a certain kind of teenage girl.

The Unprecedented Garth Risk Hallberg

City On Fire, a debut novel, generated a headline-making $2 million bidding war. Which means quite a lot is riding on its 36-year-old author. Believe it or not, hes chasing even bigger things.

Steven Soderbergh - The Binge Director

Steven Soderbergh can make a whole season of The Knick almost as fast as you can watch it.

Identity-Free Identity Politics

A report from the agender, aromantic, asexual front line.

Willie Nelson's Crusade To Stop Big Pot

Mountain Climber Klian Jornet is on a mission to scale the world's highest peaks faster than any man alive. There's just one problem: so is Karl Egloff.

The Bong Next Door - Inside America's Most Stoned Suburbs

Ambling through America's most stoned suburbs.

Terrorism In the Age of Trump

Whats changed in the right-wing brain since 9/11.

Can the Democrats "Win"On Abortion?

The candidates are no longer treating it like a dirty word.

450 Minutes With Michael Grimm

Out of prison, looking to get back into Congress.

Glamazon Prime

Bridget Everett spent years as a New York downtown-artist icon. Amid off-screen chaos at Amazon Studios, she’s finally coming to TV.

Backlash To The Flashback

Stranger Things returns with all the mystery, but missing a bit of the magic.

Less Talk, More Shock

The New Museum’s show on gender doesn’t go far enough.

Adorkable No More

Lady Bird marks the arrival of a major directorial talent.

Best Supporting Oddball

Several of the year’s best films have one thing in common: Caleb Landry Jones, who’s just as adept at playing unhinged bullies as he is at playing their victims.

A Lot Of People Think I Am From New York. Nothing Could Be Further From The Truth.

In Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, home is a place to leave but not let go of.

In Conversation Jimmy Kimmel

“I go to bed worried, and I wake up worried, and I honestly don’t know if things are going to be okay.”

The Cold War Is Over

The Americans stars Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys aren’t as sad about the end of their show as you might think.

Learning From Nashville

Walkable downtowns will save the American city! Except that most of them aren’t really, and won’t.

No Days Off

Undocumented immigrants work six days and play soccer on Sundays in En el Séptimo Día.

Michelle Wolf Couldn't Escape D.C. Fast Enough

After the Correspondents’ Dinner, a merciful break from politics.

The Most Polite Young Man In Prime Time

Freddie Highmore apologizes even when he doesn’t need to. His network bosses must be thrilled.

Old Masters

Frenchette’s confident takes on timeworn classics brim with that rare combination of creativity and finesse.

Inside The Binge Factory

Netflix IS HIRING Everybody IN AND OUT OF HOLLYWOOD to make more TV SHOWS THAN ANY Network EVER HAS, AND IT ALREADY KNOWS EXACTLY which ones you’ll like.