
The Diddy Trial Is Over, but My Mind Is Still Racing
3 July - 45 mins explicitThe trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs ended on Wednesday when he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but was acquitted of the most serious charges against him: racketeering and sex trafficking. Wesley Morris, our critic at large, attended some of the court proceedings over the past couple months, and he walked away with deep and complicated feelings about witnessing the drama of, as he put it, “yet another very famous Black man on trial.” On today’s episode, Wesley wrestles with those feelings in conversation with our producer John White.
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The Summer Movies That Made Us
explicitWesley was formed in the glory days of the summer movie: “Total Recall.” “Ghost.” “Pretty Woman.” All from the same epic summer of 1990. He found this year’s slate disappointing by comparison. So in this episode, Wesley invites his friend, the New York Times Magazine writer Sam Anderson, to travel back in time with him — to reimmerse themselves in the movies that shaped their adolescences, and maybe give you the edge-of-your-seat cinematic experience you deserve before summer is over.
57 mins
28 August Finished

Is the New Spike Lee Joint Serving Pound Cake?
explicit“Highest 2 Lowest” is an over-the-top, bougie and unapologetically New York movie. It might also be Spike Lee’s most conservative offering to date. Wesley invites critic Vinson Cunningham to discuss whether the 68-year-old director is picking up an old refrain, and telling young Black men to pull up their pants.
52 mins
21 August Finished

‘And Just Like That …’ Is Over Too Soon
explicitWesley is joined by another unapologetic fan of the “Sex and the City” reboot, Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Together, they celebrate a show about old friendships and middle age. And blame you for its untimely end.
54 mins
14 August Finished

Beyoncé Isn’t Giving Up on America
explicitWesley went to the final stop of the Cowboy Carter Tour. He talks through what he saw — the genre of it all, and the quietly powerful politics — with Salamishah Tillet, Times contributing critic and the professor behind an entire class about Beyoncé.
54 mins
7 August Finished

Don't Let the Vampires In
explicitWhat does Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie “Sinners” have in common with the Drake-Kendrick beef? Wesley has a theory that he’s been sitting with for weeks. He shares it with the writer Rembert Browne, and together they consider the vampiric threats facing Black art in America right now.
42 mins
31 July Finished

What NYT’s Top 100 Movies Missed: 2 Former Video Store Clerks Get Real
explicitTwenty-four years ago, Wesley Morris and the film curator Eric Hynes were just a couple of “cooler-than-you” cinephiles working at Kim’s Video, the beloved New York City video store. They recently got together to dissect the trends, snubs and outliers on the Times’s 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century list and to shed a few tears over their own top 10s, which are shared below. FROM WESLEY MORRIS: 1. Norte, The End of History 2. Mad Max: Fury Road 3. The Piano Teacher 4. O.J.: Made in America 5. Wall-E 6. Moonlight 7. The Holy Girl 8. Inherent Vice 9. Love and Diane 10. Magic Mike XXL FROM ERIC HYNES: 1. In the Mood for Love 2. The Act of Killing; The Look of Silence (tie) 3. A.I. Artificial Intelligence 4. The New World 5. Hale County This Morning, This Evening 6. Synecdoche, New York 7. Cameraperson 8. 35 Shots of Rum 9. Inside Llewyn Davis; A Serious Man (tie) 10. Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
1 hour 9 mins
24 July Finished