Fandom: The Next Generation

Maybe the 80th attempt to get your kids to like your show will be the one that sticks.

The Queer-Normative World of Killing Eve

In a new book, Clare Sears talks to Killing Eve creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge about gender, kink, and queer relationships.

Lessons From a Heated Media Rivalry

How we learned that the New York Times has a Fansplaining account.

Putting Away Childish Things

In The Book of Dust trilogy, Philip Pullman does what few authors for young readers ever attempt: he lets his protagonist grow up.

Lanterns: Are You Afraid?

In episode 1, Hal Jordan and his protégé, John Stewart, investigate a shooting in small-town Nebraska.

Special Episode 39: The Vampire Lestat

“Congratulations for your historical proximity to me.”

Inside The Vampire Lestat’s Brilliant Production Design

Blood farms and custom guitars: TVL production designer Andres Cubillan shares insights into the season’s most memorable setpieces.

The Bachelor and the Fantasy of Performance

In Here for All the Reasons: Why We Watch The Bachelor, Ilana Masad imagines competing on the show, imaginary straightness and all.

What Spider-Man Can’t Save

In which our hero contemplates a career writing about superheroes and pop culture—and imagines an ending.

Special Episode 38: The Odyssey

“Wet and normal”—just two of many descriptors for Christopher Nolan’s epic.

The Vampire Lestat: The Long Table

In episode 7, “The Failures,” Louis has a gruesome reunion with Armand, while Lestat faces judgment from specters of his past.

How Fans Make Fictional Languages Real

Na’vi, Klingon, and other conlangs get more use IRL than they ever have onscreen.