When Did Film Get So Boring?

When Did Film Get So Boring?

Why is nothing new happening in film? You’ve noticed. Sequel after sequel, unmemorable plots, films you don’t care about discussing the next day. Yeah, it didn’t use to be like this.  Filmgoers in the 20th century had a bonanza of new genres or styles of film. Every decade birthed two or more. Film started in…

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Screw Parenting Books, I Have Noah Kahan

Screw Parenting Books, I Have Noah Kahan

“You guys are so happy right now, I feel bad for what’s about to happen,” Noah Kahan jokes from the center of Boston’s MGM Music Hall at Fenway’s stage. It’s a running joke for the musician, but although he plays music that makes people want to cry, his New England-inspired poetry is more powerful than…

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Here Are Our Editors’ Favorite Albums of the Year

Here Are Our Editors’ Favorite Albums of the Year

Bartees Strange performs on August 9, 2025 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (Credit: Matt Jelonek/Getty Images) Arsenio Orteza, Senior Editor Everything’s Better, The 1910 Chainsaw Company The band’s name is a riff on the 1910 Fruitgum Company, a late-’60s bubblegum act that scored three Top Fives, none of which are as catchy or diverse as any of…

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