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I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Bad Romance

Charlie Kaufman's latest imagines a world where the only light at the end of the tunnel for damaged men is love. But why?

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Olivia Rodrigo, wearing a nurse's outfit, lays on a hospital bed, long trails of red yarn running from her body like blood.

Olivia Rodrigo, theater kid

Or: Why Olivia Rodrigo was voted most likely pop star to write a musical in her 40s.

The characters from Community are turned into stop-motion animated toys.

Community is a sitcom about dissociating

Is that why I liked it so much?

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Episode 4, "Seven"

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: Episode 4, "Seven"

Whither Tanselle?

Episodes Monday Rundown June 8–14 2026

Episodes Monday Rundown June 8–14 2026

This week: the new Olivia Rodrigo, Ragtime at Lincoln Center, and an exceptional novel.