
In 2017, Netflix added “inclusion” as one of its cultural values—and to no one’s surprise, there was valid reason to do so. At the time, Netflix’s U.S. workforce included only 6% Hispanic/Latinx […]
In 2017, Netflix added “inclusion” as one of its cultural values—and to no one’s surprise, there was valid reason to do so. At the time, Netflix’s U.S. workforce included only 6% Hispanic/Latinx […]
Last year, Netflix dropped a Twitter thread announcing its slate of 2020 movies. This year it’s upped the ante, perhaps sensing that in a world now populated by Disney+, Apple TV+, HBO Max, and others, […]
Behold the power of colorful language. The Walking Dead can graphically depict a pack of zombies gang-disemboweling a man while he still draws breath, but the series cannot drop an f-bomb. Many people […]
Tiger King, The Queen’s Gambit, and now Bridgerton: Thanks to its popular original content, which resonated with viewers forced to entertain themselves at home, Netflix added over 5 million U.S. subscribers over the past […]
Christmas used to be a sleepy time for splashy new movie and TV releases. By the time the holiday rolled around, Hollywood had pretty much packed up and headed off to Maui, […]
When adapting the works of celebrated playwright August Wilson, you’d be hard-pressed to find someone as studied in the subject as Ruben Santiago-Hudson. Throughout his 45-year career, Santiago-Hudson has either produced, directed, […]
One of the silver linings to this year’s wave of social uprisings has been the renewed urgency for Black creators to tell their stories. A new platform aims not only to provide […]
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey has all the familiar beats of a classic Christmas movie: There’s the gruff yet lovable guy who’s given up on believing in magic. There’s the plucky kid who […]
There’s been no shortage of documentaries covering the perils of Big Tech. Most recently, Netflix’s The Social Dilemma made waves, for better or worse, as it leaned on insiders to unpack the manipulative designs of social […]
At 2:54 p.m. Pacific time on Sunday, May 31, the Twitter account for Nextdoor, the fast-growing, neighborhood-centric social network for sharing local news or promoting a yard sale, let its almost 40,000 […]