For a little under two years, I ran two verticals, Entertainment and Lifestyle, at Observer (f.d.b.a. The New York Observer). The gig was wild: I got to set the mix and tone of two verticals, manage two great staff reporters, and even edit the famously tendentious critic Rex Reed (a typical hed: “‘Free Guy’ Is a Zero-Star Ryan Reynolds Vehicle With Zero Imagination“). I kickstarted a few things that seemed to endure past my time — a TV recommendations column, a raft of smart freelancers I introduced to the site, and (I hope) an energetic sensibility — and a few things that didn’t.

Here are some edits I look back fondly on:

• The Intimate Local History Hidden in ‘High Maintenance’
• ‘Minari’ Actress Youn Yuh-Jung Knows That Awards “Mean Nothing to Me”
• ‘The Expanse’ Team Unpacks Its Abuse Storylines
• The Anti-Fascist ‘Bedknobs and Broomsticks’
• Nolan/Time: A Series on Christopher Nolan’s Biggest Obsession
• Translation Is a Huge Problem No Streaming Platform Has Solved
• The Costumes of ‘The Green Knight’ Helped Tell Its Surreal Story
• Why Streaming Companies Are Determined to Keep Ratings Hidden at All Costs
• The ‘Ma Rainey’ Team on Transforming Viola Davis and Making Oscar History
• 10 Years Ago, ‘Lost’ Said “The End”
• The Supernovas

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