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Candice Frederick is a freelance TV/film critic living in New York City. You can find more of her work here. Follow her on Twitter.

Noomi Rapace Tapped into Her Maternal Instinct While Filming Lamb
While portraying a farmer who raises a half-lamb, half-human baby as her own child, the actress, a mom in real life, fully immersed herself in the role. Here, she discusses A24's new release and shares her own behind-the-scenes photos with ELLE.com.

Annaleigh Ashford Says Portraying Paula Jones in Impeachment Was a "Gift of a Lifetime"
The American Crime Story star talks transforming into her "dynamic and larger than life" role, staying grateful, and her early stint in the Sex and the City movie.

Sabrina, the Teenage Witch Co-Creator Reflects on the Iconic Show 25 Years Later

Evil Star Katja Herbers Gets Existential
The actress talks season 2 of the Paramount+ series, her upbringing, and philosophical musings.

Platonic Love Is Not a Consolation Prize
Romantic soulmates get plenty of play on screen and IRL, but finding friends who love you unconditionally is just as worthy an end game.

Sierra Teller Ornelas Has Been Telling Great Stories for Years. With Rutherford Falls, It’s Personal.

Reckoning With Early Aughts Celebrity Culture Starts With Reckoning With Ourselves
How ‘Framing Britney Spears’ and ‘Kid 90’ reflect a culture we’re not yet fully removed from.

Saint Maud Examines a Crisis of Faith Through Unmitigated Horror

Promising Young Woman Is a Devastating Portrait of Survivor’s Remorse
Emerald Fennell's audacious debut feature reckons with our bleak reality, where too few women get any measure of justice for crimes grounded in misogyny.

Enough with the Oscar Diversity Requirements. The Academy Needs to Change Its Mindset.

The Haunting of Bly Manor, Monsterland, and Finding Love in the Darkest of Stories

‘The Studio Wanted Cameron Diaz’: Salma Hayek on the Role That Changed Her Life
On the 25th anniversary of ‘Desperado,’ the actress and producer reflects on overcoming fear and Hollywood’s representation shift

How Lovecraft Country Costume Designer Dayna Pink Makes Clothes That Transcend Era

The Haunting of Bly Manor's T’Nia Miller Wants It All—And Deserves It

Geraldine Viswanathan Is Living Her Dream in The Broken Hearts Gallery

Sasheer Zamata Just Wants to Have Fun
And use her platform for good. The actress and comedian on her new series 'Woke' and creating joy in quarantine.

What It’s Like to Be a Black Intimacy Coordinator in the Era of Consent and Political Resistance
Hollywood has hyper-sexualized Black bodies for too long. Sasha Smith and Teniece Divya Johnson are trying to change that.

Lovecraft Country and Wynonna Earp Give Women the Space to Be Bold
Genre TV has been dominated by white men for too long. Two of summer's best shows give Wunmi Mosaku and Melanie Scrofano a freedom they haven't seen before.

The 13 Most Shocking Emmy Nominations Snubs and Surprises
The 2020 noms are actually...not terrible?

P-Valley's Brandee Evans Doesn't Need Your Validation
The actress and star of Katori Hall's Starz drama on her dance roots and forming a sisterhood on set.

Palm Springs' Cristin Milioti Sees a Silver Lining

Search Party’s Shalita Grant Is Ready to Own the Fact that She’s a F*cking Star

Pamela Adlon Wishes She Saw Sam Fox on TV Decades Ago

Premature Is a Coming-of-Age Love Story That Never Undermines Its Heroine
Star and co-writer Zora Howard talks conveying freedom through storytelling and the complexities of mother-daughter relationships.

Parasite Is the Only Movie That Deserves Best Picture

The 10 Most Underrated Movie Performances of 2019

Shia LaBeouf Exposes a Nerve with Honey Boy
The actor recounts his traumatic childhood by playing his own father in this semi-autobiographical film.

Jojo Rabbit Finds Hope in Tragedy
Taika Waititi's latest film offers a lesson in compassion—if you can get past his less-than-artful Hitler act.