As critics issue their year-end lists, we want to know your personal favorites of 2024.
Author: Melissa Kirsch
Your Heart’s Desire
Understanding what’s “for you” or “not for you” is part of refining taste. But what if it’s also closing you off to pleasure and connection?
Satisfying vs. Productive
Weekends are, ostensibly, for relaxation. But the impulse to make every moment productive can make guilt-free leisure a challenge.
Playing Favorites
The foods and music and culture that move us most might not be very good, but that doesn’t diminish their power to comfort and delight.
Taking Time
Daylight saving time ends tomorrow. How will you make use of the extra hour?
Novelty Acts
We’re so accustomed to researching, planning and curating every millisecond of our lives that we rarely stop to consider the mental cost.
Fear Factors
Sometimes the scariest movies are the ones that depict the ordinary horrors of life.
At Capacity
If we can’t remember the things we read and watch and even loved, do they still “count”?
Shoulder Season
It’s still summer today, but fall arrives tomorrow. Take a minute to pause on the threshold.
Divided Attention
On the eve of the Emmy Awards, it’s worth taking a look at what we’re actually watching.