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When Blaxploitation Went West

Django Unchained seems tame by comparison.

Aisha Harris | CULTUREBOX | Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at 8:00 AM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

When the replacement refs gave the game to the Seahawks (and Twitter exploded).

Dan Kois | TELEVISION | Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at 7:30 AM ET

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Django Unchained

I laughed, I was bored. I pumped my fist, I felt nauseated.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 6:10 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Damages: A long-running drama bids a bitter farewell.

Virginia Choi | TELEVISION | Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 12:31 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Breaking Bad: The kid on the motorbike.

Emily Bazelon | TELEVISION | Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 8:30 AM ET

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I Dreamed a Tween

Kids will never stop loving Les Misérables.

Rachael Maddux | CULTUREBOX | Monday, Dec. 24, 2012, at 5:30 AM ET

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Jack Reacher

If you’re still haunted by the Newtown shooting, do not see this movie. (Don’t see it anyway.)

Dan Kois | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 3:41 PM ET

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The Music Club, 2012

The rise of the Alabama Shakes and other reasons to love Americana.

Ann Powers | THE MUSIC CLUB | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 1:14 PM ET

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The Music Club, 2012

The mixtape renaissance.

Lindsay Zoladz | THE MUSIC CLUB | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 12:50 PM ET

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The Music Club, 2012

How bottle service has changed pop music—for the worse.

Jason King | THE MUSIC CLUB | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 12:33 PM ET

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Amour

A compassionate, rigorously unsentimental masterwork about love and death.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 12:21 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Bunheads: Michelle’s cathartic one-night stand.

June Thomas | TELEVISION | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 10:32 AM ET

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The Perfect Classical Music App

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s The Orchestra puts the Philharmonia on your iPad—in very clever ways.

Seth Colter Walls | CULTUREBOX | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 8:15 AM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Rachel Maddow makes a cocktail.

Troy Patterson | TELEVISION | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 7:45 AM ET

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Nordic Quack

Sweden's bizarre tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons on Christmas Eve.

Jeremy Stahl | HOLIDAYS | Friday, Dec. 21, 2012, at 6:30 AM ET

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On the Road

Not a great movie, but an interesting work of literary criticism.

David Haglund | MOVIES | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 7:32 PM ET

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Is The Impossible Reprehensible?

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois argue about the new movie based on the 2004 tsunami.

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois | IM | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 2:09 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Louie wears a dress.

David Haglund | TELEVISION | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 2:02 PM ET

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The Music Club, 2012

Why are Mumford & Sons so popular?

Will Hermes | THE MUSIC CLUB | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 1:00 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Frank Ocean’s début.

Forrest Wickman | TELEVISION | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 12:15 PM ET

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A Map Made of Dirt

The man who charted all 50 states using soil from each one.

Seth Stevenson | DESIGN | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 11:25 AM ET

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The Music Club, 2012

How did South Korea turn into a gigantic drag show?

Jody Rosen | THE MUSIC CLUB | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 9:17 AM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

The Olympics: The announcement of the women’s gymnastics team.

Aisha Harris | TELEVISION | Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012, at 7:30 AM ET

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The 10 Best Movies of 2012

Presidents, plagues, love, death, a hot dance number, a hell of a carnival ride, and more.

Dana Stevens | MOVIES | Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at 10:35 PM ET

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2012: The Year in TV Moments

Mad Men: Lane Pryce sits in his new Jaguar.

Dan Kois | TELEVISION | Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012, at 12:00 PM ET

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Arts

Django Unchained seems tame by comparison.

When the replacement refs gave the game to the Seahawks (and Twitter exploded).

I laughed, I was bored. I pumped my fist, I felt nauseated.

Damages: A long-running drama bids a bitter farewell.

Breaking Bad: The kid on the motorbike.

Kids will never stop loving Les Misérables.

If you’re still haunted by the Newtown shooting, do not see this movie. (Don’t see it anyway.)

The rise of the Alabama Shakes and other reasons to love Americana.

The mixtape renaissance.

How bottle service has changed pop music—for the worse.

A compassionate, rigorously unsentimental masterwork about love and death.

Bunheads: Michelle’s cathartic one-night stand.

Esa-Pekka Salonen’s The Orchestra puts the Philharmonia on your iPad—in very clever ways.

Rachel Maddow makes a cocktail.

Sweden's bizarre tradition of watching Donald Duck cartoons on Christmas Eve.

Not a great movie, but an interesting work of literary criticism.

Laura Helmuth and Dan Kois argue about the new movie based on the 2004 tsunami.

Louie wears a dress.

Why are Mumford & Sons so popular?

Late Night With Jimmy Fallon: Frank Ocean’s début.

The man who charted all 50 states using soil from each one.

How did South Korea turn into a gigantic drag show?

The Olympics: The announcement of the women’s gymnastics team.

Presidents, plagues, love, death, a hot dance number, a hell of a carnival ride, and more.

Mad Men: Lane Pryce sits in his new Jaguar.

From The Root & Foreign Policy