Review: F1 (2025)
If the first half of the summer movie season belonged to a plane-jumping Tom Cruise on the eighth leg of his impossible mission, the second
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Election Hangover
💊 Blackburn won, but the landslide went missing · Anti-nostalgia in the millennial South · Remembering Martha Ingram · Much more!
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The Zone of Interest
🏛️ Last night at the Metro Council · Trump nominates Tennesseans · AG takes over · Deportee of the day · Much more!
Living beyond the headlines
🤠 Dispatch from Story, Wyoming · Tomorrow's council meeting · New Laws · Governor on the road · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (July 1st)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
Thinking about town
🎶 What is Nashville · Ogles vs. the World · TikToks new owners · Homeless relocated · Much more!
Eternal Y2K2
👾 The post 9/11 summer high · Competency stands trial · Abrego Garcia · New Black Caucus · Hit-and-runs · Film rundown · Much more!
Forever 2002
Why the Long Post-9/11 Summer still defines our cultural imagination.
Growing Power Levels
☀️ Someone turn up the heat · Lamberth calls for federal ban · Walking away from Pride · Chinese batteries · Art for Everybody review · Much more!
Review: Art for Everybody
“I have about twenty of his paintings,” a woman says in the trailer promoting Art for Everybody, the new documentary about Thomas Kinkade. W
The Wrecking Ball of History
💥 Damaged institutions do not magically heal themselves · Councilmembers sue · East Bank puppet · Assessment audit · Local activist all-star · Much more!
O'Connell out on the tightrope
🏛️ The mayor tries to balance pragmatism with politics · Drake cleared · Bad drivers · Metro priorities · Week in streaming · Much more!
This Week in Streaming (June 24th)
Our recommendations to counteract the endless scrolling.
What are we calling hot weather this year?
🔥 It's hot outside · Immigration conflicts · Abrego Garcia · VUMC reductions · Sexton's tease · Much more!
The State of Protest
🪧 MAGA is putting protestors out of jobs · Honoring Frank Niceley · O'Connell hands over the papers · Visions of Nashville past · Film rundown · Much more!
Protest as Performance Evaluation
No Kings wasn't an altruistic groundswell. It was an act of self-preservation that brought the Left into an era of Capitalist Magical Realism.