Avatar: The Last Airbender

Avatar: The Last Airbender: "Chapter Sixteen: The Southern Raiders" and "Chapter Eighteen: The Ember Island Players"

In which a clip show is not a clip show

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The cast of The Invite kicks back and relaxes in an upscale living ro

The Invite, Obsession, and the runaway success of movies for straight people to argue about

Who is responsible for your own unhappiness? The answer may disappoint you.

David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest, in an open elevator, the door just starting to slide closed.

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Six

We're talking irony, sincerity, and, of course, Randy Lenz.

Mr. Gower, an old man, takes in what the young George Bailey tells him. They are surrounded by drug and pill bottles. The scene is in black and white.

The memories of a deadly pandemic hidden in one of America's most beloved films

Art about pandemics and plagues rarely gets made after the fact. Yet here's the Spanish flu in It's a Wonderful Life.

Dolly Parton, a buxom blonde woman wearing all denim, raises her hands toward the sky in a back alley set.

Dolly Parton never met a song she couldn't make her own

Also: A trip to the Minnesota State Fair, The End of Oak Street, and America's reigning Garfield princess