Tim Grierson and Will Leitch are lifelong best friends who have been writing and talking about the movies for 25 years. Grierson is vice president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. Leitch is doing hi...
Produced by The New Republic and hosted by literary editor Laura Marsh and writer Alex Pareene, The Politics of Everything is a podcast about the intersection of culture, politics, and media.
Explore the 2016 election and today’s political news with host Brian Beutler and his friends from both sides of the aisle. A weekly podcast from the New Republic.
New Republic editor Jamil Smith explores how race, gender, and all the ways we identify ourselves and one another intersect. He brings in journalists, activists, politicians, and everyday folks like you to fuel...
We have a very tired co-host, so bear with Leitch this week. Two new movies: Dave Franco's "The Rental," and the coming of age religion comedy "Yes God Yes."
In the Reboot, it's Bong Joon-ho! Who is awesome! We...
This was SUPPOSED to be the weekend that "Tenet" came out. It, uh, has not turned out that way. Thus, we have only one new movie: The grueling World War II drama "The Painted Bird."
We have two very different R...
The mess of hystrionics and misinformation that passes for right-wing media these days didn’t spring from nowhere. How did this increasingly influential and well-funded sphere become what it is? On Episode 11 o...
Is this the best movie weekend of the year so far? It might be! Three big, fascinating movies this week.
First, the Gina Prince-Bythewood/Charlize Theron comic book collaboration "The Old Guard." Then, the Andy...
Happy Fourth! America ... eff yeah? Anyway, we've got a doozy of a show this week. First off, we do a deep dive on "Hamilton," the movie version of a musical we had actually never seen before. We have a lot to ...
Two new movies this week, from a couple of big names from the comedy world. First, it's Jon Stewart, who returns with his political satire "Irresistible." Then Will Ferrell gives us the Netflix comedy, "Eurovis...
After the weird thing called "joy" that we all experienced in the wake of the President's Tulsa faceplant, we had a good attitude this week until we talked about baseball. So. No baseball talk! Instead, we disc...
After three weeks of protests against police violence, the energy of the demonstrations remains undiminished. Episode 10 of The Politics of Everything explores what is motivating the actions, the political effe...
It is almost like the Before Time this week, with three new movies, all of them interesting, and two from major filmmakers. Exciting!
First, the big one: Spike Lee's Netflix film "Da 5 Bloods." Then Judd Apatow...
Wow, so ... what a week. A week unlike any in American history, and we discuss the best we can. (Which is not that well.) Then we get into the movies. Two new movies this week. First, the Elizabeth Moss/Michael...