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Culture Guides

The 51 Best Movies on Netflix This Week

From Spaceman to Suzume, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.

Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff

Culture Guides

The 47 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now

Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff

The Monitor

The Taylor Swift Album Leak’s Big AI Problem

Angela Watercutter

Movies and TV

The 33 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

From The Sympathizer to Conan O’Brien Must Go, here's everything you need to be watching on Max this month.

Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff

The 25 Best Movies on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

From Black Swan to The Zone of Interest, here are our favorite movies on the streaming service.

Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff

Alex Garland’s Civil War Plays Both Sides

Civil War is a big and loud and visually arresting film, but its politics are confused and potentially radicalizing.

David Gilbert

The 60 Best Movies on Disney+ Right Now

From Taylor Swift: The Era's Tour (Taylor's Version) to The Marvels, here’s what you need to watch on the streaming platform.

Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff

Video Games

Delta Is an iOS Game Boy Emulator That (Likely) Won’t Get Taken Down

A new app called Delta that lets iPhone owners play old Nintendo games is available on the App Store. Apple removed a similar emulator Monday.

Megan Farokhmanesh

How a Picturesque Cozy Game Hit Its Antiauthoritarian Stride

The title character of Snufkin: Melody of Moominvalley scares cops and destroys park signs in the latest game adaptation of Tove Jansson’s creation.

Laurence Russell

Fallout Nails Video Game Adaptations by Making the Apocalypse Fun

Westworld creator Jonathan Nolan’s new show keeps Fallout’s gallows humor. He also packed the first season because “you have to be careful not to leave too much down the road.”

Marah Eakin

Influencers Are Trying to Go Viral by Playing a Game About Going Viral

Horror game Content Warning is a metanarrative about the things streamers will do to get clicks.

Megan Farokhmanesh

Digital Culture

Nas’ Illmatic Was the Beginning of the End of the Album

Nas’ critically revered Illmatic hit record store shelves 30 years ago today. The digital age has ensured that there will never be another album like it.

C. Brandon Ogbunu and Lupe Fiasco

Taylor Swift’s Music Is Back on TikTok—Right Before Her New Album Drops

Taylor Swift has seemingly reached a deal with TikTok to get her music back on the platform, just in time for the release of The Tortured Poets Department.

Reece Rogers

Pop Music Is Mad. Social Media Loves It

A new study found that song lyrics are now angrier, more repetitive, and vain. Consensus wavers, but what remains incontestable is social media’s impact on the music we hear most.

Jason Parham