Culture Queue
Culture Queue
An ongoing series of recommendations for timely books to read, films to watch and podcasts and music to listen to.
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Netflix adaptation of a once-banned classic illustrates how period dramas have evolved
Marianna Cerini, CNN
Editor's choice
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'It's getting dark': 'Good Night Oppy' recounts the sudden death of a Mars rover
Ashley Strickland, CNN
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'Calendar Girls' shows senior women like you've never seen them (but probably should)
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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Documentary chronicles an unexpected side of prison life
Hanna Pham
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'Transform her into Marilyn': Inside Ana de Armas' 'Blonde' metamorphosis
Marianna Cerini
fashion
New documentary unearths troubling links between Victoria's Secret and Jeffrey Epstein
Leah Dolan, CNN
beauty
A prosthetic forehead and a puppeteered appendage: Behind the making of 'Pam and Tommy'
Leah Dolan, CNN
Books You Should Read
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'Little Fires Everywhere' author says new novel's dystopic vision is 'plausible — and plausible soon'
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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'Dark Matter' author says his new book, already being adapted into a film, isn't just an 'alarm bell'
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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In new pandemic novel, 'Station Eleven' author explores how the apocalypse is always now
Brienne Walsh, CNN
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6 books beyond 'The Handmaid's Tale' that explore the loss of reproductive rights
Brienne Walsh and Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
fashion
'Anna' reveals an unseen side of fashion's most influential figure
Marianna Cerini
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Wildlife and celebrity photographer reveals secrets behind most iconic shots
Jacopo Prisco, CNN
More from the archive
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Alexa Demie of 'Euphoria' transforms into 9 creatures for Petra Collins' 'Fairy Tales'
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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Thriller 'SWEAT' shows the perils of influencer fame
Leah Dolan, CNN
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Bob Ross documentary complicates the legacy of an artist who painted 'happy little trees'
Jacqui Palumbo, CNN
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'Ammonite' and 5 more works about women overlooked by history
Katie Hunt, CNN
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We need more 'trauma-free Blackness.' Here's a start
John Blake, CNN
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'Beginner's Guide to America' and 5 other works that illuminate the US immigrant experience
Chantal Da Silva, CNN
