critics

Entertainment

We Asked M. Night Shyamalan Fans to Defend Him

01.23.19

By Noel Ransome
Food

Ligaya Mishan Is a Different Kind of Food Critic

12.03.18

By Mitchell Kuga
Food

As a Chef, I Wish Yelp Didn’t Exist

02.26.18

By Anonymous
Food

How Fancy Wine Labels Brainwash You

06.08.17

By Alex Swerdloff
Tech

Valve: Steam Reviews by Players Who Didn’t Buy the Game Don’t Count

03.10.17

By Emanuel Maiberg
Tech

Elon Musk Critic Sues Tesla, Says Musk’s ‘Agents’ Hacked His Twitter

11.04.16

By Joseph Cox
Entertainment

We Read One-Star Reviews of ‘Run Lola Run’ to Franka Potente

07.25.16

By Brian McManus
Music

Ausmuteants Divulge How They Really Feel About Music Writers On Their New Song

06.12.16

By Tim Scott
Entertainment

5 Art Minds You’ll Be Hearing About This Year

02.24.16

By Tanja M. Laden
Games

How Modern Video Game Coverage Has Reduced Critics to Human Punching Bags

04.13.15

By Dave Cook
The Worst Advertising, Guerrilla Marketing, and Social Media Screwups of November

11.25.13

By Mark Copyranter Duffy
Music

Chatting with the Founder of the Polaris Prize

06.26.13

By Conrad Sweatman

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Music

More Genres (And Artists) I Would Add to the ‘Dad Rock’ and ‘Cigarette Mom’ Musical Canon

Dad Rock and Cigarette Mom genres often boil down to a simple concept: mainstream music that white people like. Here’s more of that.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Music

North Carolina Man Must Pay Back the Millions He Acquired in First-Ever Streaming Fraud Case

Michael Smith used AI-generated songs and bots to scam millions from streaming platforms since 2017, and now must face the music.

4 hours ago

By Lauren Boisvert
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Life

Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

7 hours ago

By Luis Prada