Thrilling Tales of Modern Men lets Danny McBride’s worst guys tell on themselves
His first story collection turns male bravado into a trapdoor—dark, bruised, unexpectedly tender, and best heard in the voice already in your head.
Every pick comes with The Move. Readers can add a Second Move.
THE WORTHWHILE
Specific recommendations for what to buy, watch, read, play, hear, and visit—and why each one earns your time or money.
Vitsœ 606 is the shelving system you can keep revising
Dieter Rams designed a kit of parts that can move, expand, and survive the room around it.
Found MUJI is a better way to shop for ordinary things
A collection built by noticing enduring everyday objects before inventing another replacement.
The Creative Act belongs next to the work, not on a pedestal
Rick Rubin’s compact observations are most useful when you read a page and return to making something.
PlayTime turns background detail into the whole movie
Jacques Tati turns modern Paris into a machine for sight gags, sound cues, and beautiful confusion.
Severance makes office design feel like a threat
A workplace mystery whose production design is as persuasive as its premise.
Nala Sinephro’s Endlessness makes forty-five minutes feel weightless
Nala Sinephro joins harp, modular synthesis, jazz players, and strings without breaking the spell.
Mars After Midnight gives the crank an actual job
Lucas Pope’s tiny work simulator turns alien community care into a tactile nightly routine.