Emma Straub, known for novels like “Modern Lovers” and “The Vacationers,” has a new book inspired by a fan cruise. After her father, the novelist Peter Straub, died, she found ...

Critics are far from euphoric about the third, and presumably final, season of “Euphoria,” HBO’s gritty, stylized spin on adolescence that served as a launchpad for many of today’s most ...

Looking for a specific section of this chapter? Use the links below to jump between each main section. When you have the tape, look to the right of the counter and you’ll see a green VHS player below ...

Deaths always happen in threes.” So it was, recently with three of my longtime audio-video pals. I said goodbye to my compact disc recorder, my ...

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To use the parlance of our time, back in my day, if you wanted to watch a movie, you had to use a tape. That’s right, kids, we did not have iPads or streaming services, just Blockbuster and a ...

Project Songbird is ambitious, atmospheric and, while not super original, still manages to be interesting and enjoyable, even if it doesn’t quite reach its full potential.

It’s been half a century since the VHS (Video Home System) tape was introduced to the world, allowing movie lovers to watch their favorite flicks on demand for the first time. We kept playing (and ...