Plus, how 2023 was the year A.I. came for culture, and more
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Many of this year’s most notable shows swam in a sea of raw trauma and psychic violence.

By Phillip Maciak

 

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Cord Jefferson’s film starring Jeffrey Wright skewers American publishing—and its main character.

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The events of 2023 showed that A.I. doesn’t need to be that good in order to do damage.

By Lincoln Michel

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Benny Safdie, Nathan Fielder, and Emma Stone take social awkwardness to the most painful levels TV has ever seen.

By Phillip Maciak

 

Yorgos Lanthimos’s film, starring Emma Stone, is his least brutal, least original work to date.

By Annie Berke

 
 

Bradley Cooper’s biopic never really captures Leonard Bernstein’s passion for music.

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A far-from-exhaustive guide to the books that our writers and editors enjoyed in 2023

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