AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarA Time Capsule of the 2010sverified_publisherThe AtlanticThe 27 works, moments, and objects that define the best—and worst—of the past decade In an attempt to do the impossible and sum up the past decade of pop culture in a single list, we gave our writers a prompt: Choose three works or moments that captured the past 10 years for you. First, pick a …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 10 Best Movie Scenes of the 2010sverified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David SimsA decade’s worth of stellar cinematic sequences, from The Social Network to Parasite Every December, I dissect some of my favorite sequences from my favorite movies of the year for a series called “And, Scene.” But because it is the end of the decade, I’m instead presenting my favorite moments from …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 50 Best Podcasts of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Laura Jane Standley and Eric McQuadeThe shows that kept listeners refreshing their apps this year The scales have finally tipped: As of 2019, more than half of all teens and adults in the U.S. have listened to at least one podcast, according to one consumer survey. It has been a time of tremendous growth for the medium. This year, the …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 15 Best Books of 2019verified_publisherThe AtlanticThe novels, reportage, and memoirs that stood out most In books as in life, 2019 was a year of monstrous revelations—trusted figures abusing their power, cities uncovering their cruelest corners, family structures imploding when long-held secrets came to light. There were also small, illuminating …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 15 Best TV Moments of 2019verified_publisherThe AtlanticLooking back at a year of memorable television, thanks to Succession, Tuca & Bertie, the World Series, and more As the era of too much TV lumbers on, the mystery of how to conceptualize television as a format remains. When people praise a show, are they talking about its entire run? A season? An …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 14 Best Music Moments of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Hannah Giorgis and Spencer KornhaberThe year’s most memorable songs, by Beyoncé, James Blake, Hot Chip, and more Like our list of the best albums of this year, The Atlantic’s roundup of 2019’s notable songs results from some combination of our writers’ personal obsessions and a sense of what mattered in popular culture. We’ve taken a …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 7 Most Defining #MeToo Moments of 2019verified_publisherThe AtlanticHow the movement continues to spur a cultural reckoning When Tarana Burke’s movement became a mass phenomenon in the fall of 2017, #MeToo’s expansion led to both exhilaration and anxiety: Was this reckoning sustainable? Would it lead to backlash? Two years later, the answer to both questions is yes. …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 5 Best Cookbooks of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Corby KummerFood guides you’ll want to read and, more importantly, cook from Okay, it’s impossible to name the best cookbooks. This year, after all, featured a top-to-bottom run-through of The Joy of Cooking, at least one edition of which every household must own. Picture books? History? Chef extravaganzas? …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 18 Best Albums of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Hannah Giorgis, Spencer Kornhaber, and James ParkerOur staffers pick the most resonant and exciting music of the year. Though Kanye West hovered over 2019 like a sentient burial shroud, other artists took a less self-hagiographic approach to their projects and personas. This has been a year of longing, unease, and collective reaches toward a more …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 15 Best TV Shows of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By Sophie GilbertThe year’s most distinct and worthwhile series It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Television in 2019 offered up sweet birthday babies and hot priests; exposed nuclear cores and examined injustices; giant octopuses and the king of edible leaves, His Majesty the Spinach. It was a …
AvatarThe AtlanticAvatarAvatarThe 10 Best Films of 2019verified_publisherThe Atlantic - By David SimsStandouts from a thrilling year in cinema Perhaps fittingly for the end of the decade, 2019 was filled with thoughtful, retrospective works from master filmmakers who cast an eye on the past amid the rapid changes of the present. While veterans like Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino wrestled …