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Michael Shannon’s R.E.M. tribute reminded me why I love the band
If you stayed up late on Sunday nights to watch MTV’s “120 Minutes,” if you made sure your VCR was correctly set up to record IRS Records’ magazine show “The Cutting Edge,” if your record collection is mostly vinyl because…
Trump’s tariffs may kill free chips and salsa
There are certain sensations you don’t realize belong to an era until they’re gone: the modem’s electronic shriek as it connected to the internet, the satisfying clack of a landline receiver, the little metallic weight of an arcade token in…
The Daily Wire is too mad to make a movie
Do me a favor: Picture Charles Bronson. Black moptop over a face lined like a well-traveled map, and a jacket with the collar turned up against the perennial winter of cinematic 1970s New York City. His hand’s in the coat…
Lizzie Borden was no suffragist, no matter what Ryan Murphy says
“Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story” takes a lot of liberties with the truth. But the most egregious one comes in the last fifteen minutes of the eighth and final episode of this portrait of an axe murderer. At this point…
HBO’s “Lanterns” was always about its heroes’ fears, and our own
John Stewart was always going to claim his ring. That much was a given on “Lanterns” from the moment HBO debuted the first images of Aaron Pierre’s John and Kyle Chandler’s Hal Jordan – there’s that, and DC Comics’ established…
Your soup needs a little vinegar
A version of this recipe first appeared in The Bite, Salon’s food newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this, plus recipes, food-related pop culture recommendations and conversations about what we’re eating, how and why. There comes a…
There’s no solving a problem like Tom Cruise’s “Digger”
To film Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s new movie “Digger,” a satirical black comedy about an aging oil tycoon facing a potentially apocalyptic crisis he fathered, Tom Cruise needed extensive prosthetics — six hours of prosthetics, to be exact. Upholding his reputation…
“Oh my God! He tricked us!”: SNL’s Rubio and others panic over midterms
“Saturday Night Live” imagined a Republican Party scrambling for a winning message ahead of the midterm elections and finding little help from some of its biggest names. The show’s cold open featured Republican strategists trying to record campaign ads as…
At 30, “That Thing You Do!” is the perfect fake one-hit wonder
With all apologies to David Lynch, in “That Thing You Do!” the film isn’t the thing. Tom Hanks’ directorial debut, which was released to critical praise but was a box office disappointment, doesn’t hinge on the charming, passable performances of…
Please don’t send me your robot music
I couldn’t help but notice some people on social media dunking on a post from @nicksaraev, a self-described entrepreneur helper, who boldly proclaimed on X a few days ago: “I am not joking when I say this. Spotify, Apple Music,…