Dave Chapelle: The Closer
This comedy special is a cultural cannonball. Dave Chapelle aims at every sacred cow grazing the internet. It’s also got the biggest discrepancy between user and critic ratings I’ve ever … Read more
Month: April 2025
Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
In 2002, Clarence “Coodie” Simmons dropped everything to follow a little-known Chicago producer named Kanye West to New York City. Kanye West didn’t sign off on this docuseries—and that’s what … Read more
The Staircase
When novelist Michael Peterson called 911 to report his wife had fallen down the stairs, cops find a blood-soaked crime scene that looks nothing like an accident. If you’re into … Read more
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
James Hetfield just got out of rehab. Lars Ulrich just sold his Basquiat. Then they hired a $40,000-a-month group therapist…and accidentally turned their midlife crisis into a $13 million rock … Read more
Chris Rock: Bring the Pain
After years of middling success post-“SNL”, Rock locked himself in clubs for nearly two years, sharpening every line until it could cut glass. The result: a 58-minute HBO special so … Read more
“We Try Harder” Ad Campaign Explained by Bill Bernbach
Bill Bernbach basically turned underdogging into a marketing religion. Check out this old clip of how he wrote the now-famous “We Try Harder” ad campaign for Avis. This will surely … Read more
Paradise Lost (The Trilogy)
Metallica, murder, and the miscarriage of justice that made HBO rewrite true crime TV. Meet the West Memphis Three. Three teenagers. One brutal murder. Zero evidence. Warning: The opening scene … Read more
Gimme Shelter
Imagine Woodstock with fewer hugs, more knives, and Hells Angels security guards paid in Budweiser by the gallon. And a murder at the show — all caught on film. “Gimme … Read more
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn
A barefoot CEO with a man bun sells spiritual capitalism to Wall Street—and nearly pulls it off. It’s like “Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened” meets “The Big Short”. … Read more
Elephants Form Protective Circle During Earthquake (2016)
When elephants feel an earthquake, they don’t scream—they huddle. Watch a calf break from the group to prove he’s brave… until a teenage elephant aunt wraps her trunk around him … Read more