Arts & Culture
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The Movie Set That Ate Itself
Michael Idov • GQInside one of the wildest experiments in film history.
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Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation? Part 9: 1998: You’re Either with Korn and Limp Bizkit, or You’re Against Them
Steven Hyden • The Onion A.V. ClubThe birth of nu-metal.
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And I Should Know
Roseanne • New YorkLosing perspective while winning in Hollywood.
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Killing Orson Welles at Midnight
Zadie Smith • New York Review of BooksOn Christian Marclay’s film The Clock.
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Interview: R. Kelly
Will Oldham • InterviewA conversation between Will Oldham and R. Kelly.
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Very Deep in America
Lorrie Moore • New York Review of BooksFriday Night Lights as book, film, and TV show.
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The Schleppers: Stale Gags & Stale Food in Mid-Century Manhattan
Kliph Nesteroff • WFMUThe pioneers of modern stand-up.
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The Day the Movies Died
Mark Harris • GQHow Hollywood became a factory for sequels and comic book adaptations.
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When Reality-TV Fame Runs Dry
Kate Arthur • The Daily BeastThe post-Hills life of Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag.
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And...Scene.
Brian Raftery • New YorkAn oral history of the Upright Citizens Brigade.