The 25 Best Singles of 2010

I don’t want to overstate the case for our new decade’s first breakout star, but I can’t help hearing 2010’s pop music in terms of the Gaga Effect.

New York Film Festival 2010

Beefing about snubs has become an annual sport, but committee deserves credit for filling the slate with a range of intriguing, less buzzed about films.

The 100 Best Albums of the 2000s

That something vital to pop discourse might be lost if full-length albums disappear should give pause as we dive headfirst into the 21st century’s gangly, awkward teenage years.