Matt And Kim: How To Go Outside And Not Die
Indie pop duo Matt and Kim talk about why their latest album, Almost Everyday, is a departure from their earlier work. Then, they play a game called "How To Go Outside And Not Die."
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Here Are The 2018 National Book Award Longlists, Featuring A Fresh Category
Fifty nominated books now remain in contention for prizes in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, young people's literature — and, in a fresh twist to the annual slate, translated literature.
'Forever': A Couple's Comfortable Coexistence Comes To A Crossroads
Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen play a reasonably happy couple whose relationship undergoes a series of big changes in this low-key, 8-episode meditation on love, life and roads not taken.
'Hale County This Morning, This Evening' Is A Fascinating And Frustrating Collage
First-time filmmaker RaMell Ross' camera captures fleeting moments in the lives of two black young men in rural Alabama, and refuses to supply us with context. We grow to care about them anyway.
After A Promising Start, 'The Predator' Loses The Scent
Director/co-writer Shane Black's attempt to infuse snappy dialogue and dark humor into the alien-hunter franchise works until it, suddenly, doesn't. Blame a mess of a script and cheap-looking effects.
In The Wan, Airless 'The Children Act,' A Judge Shows Poor Judgment
Emma Thompson stars as a British High Court judge who becomes embroiled in the life of a teenager brought before her, for reasons about which "it's hard to tell and harder to care."
Michael Che And Colin Jost On 'SNL,' Hosting The Emmys And Hating Twitter
The SNL head writers have different attitudes toward co-hosting the Emmy awards Monday night. Jost admits to being nervous, but Che says, "It's comedy! ... There's nothing to be afraid of."
'The First' Is A Human Mission To Mars, With A Focus On The Humans
Hulu's new series features Sean Penn as a veteran astronaut facing the personal sacrifice of deep space travel. Critic David Bianculli says the characters are explored just as deeply as outer space.
'The Dinosaur Artist' Dusts Off The Debate Over Who Should Own Fossils
Author Paige Williams brings the discussion to life by recounting the exploits of commercial fossil hunter Eric Prokopi, highlighting one find — a 24-ft.-long Tarbosaurus fossil, the book's star.
Bill Cunningham And 'Fashion Climbing'
Photographer Bill Cunningham democratized fashion by showing that style wasn't dependent on money or status in his photos for The New York Times. He died in 2016 but had secretly written a memoir.