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The best stuff to watch with your friends on Netflix Party

The vast majority of humanity is in isolation for the next few weeks or months, maybe longer. Which means people are desperate for ways to connect with their loved ones from afar. With so many households undoubtedly binging similar things (ahem, The…

By Kara Weisenstein

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Gen Z can't believe you crusty millennials are still watching TV
By Kara Weisenstein
The gap between what older and younger generations find entertaining appears to be widening. According to Deloitte’s 2021 Digital Media Trends survey, watching TV or movies at home was the most popular activity for millennials, Generation X and…
It’s time for Black horror to move beyond trauma
By Genie Lauren
I've always been fascinated with the way horror can turn the familiar into the disturbing and use that dissonance to teach us something about ourselves. Arguably, the genre is one of the best ways a storyteller can offer social commentary and avoid…
Pete Davidson is playing Joey Ramone, and I can kind of see it?
By Kara Weisenstein
Aside from being lanky and generally rough-around-the-edges, Pete Davidson doesn’t really resemble Joey Ramone. Nevertheless, the SNL cast member has signed on to play the legendary punk rocker in a new biopic, Netflix announced on Thursday — which…
RAINN and ‘Promising Young Woman’ are confronting sexual assault on college campuses
By Kara Weisenstein
According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, 13% of all students experience rape or sexual assault during their time in college. Compared to all women, female students aged 18 to…
Will Smith won't shoot his next blockbuster in Georgia to protest voter suppression
By Kara Weisenstein
The reaction to Georgia’s regressive, discriminatory new voting laws left no room for interpretation. Delta Airlines and Coca-Cola, both based in Atlanta, called the legislation “unacceptable” and “a step backwards,” respectively. Major League…
The messy, ambitious documentary that ties together genocide, white supremacy, colonialism ... and Josh Hartnett?
By Nicholas Russell
Raoul Peck’s critically acclaimed I Am Not Your Negro utilized the words of James Baldwin to weave together a lyrical documentary that ruminated on whiteness and racism in the United States. That film was, in many ways, an easy sell that put renewed…

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