In recent years, the idea has been floated that there is no such thing as “quality”—a hierarchy of accomplishment—in art. The Journal’s “Masterpiece” column was launched in 2005 to refute that notion.

As we come to the end of 2025, fans of some of the year's best shows will be left reminiscing about what was. However, for lovers of the beloved British series All Creatures Great and Small, all eyes ...

A BBC drama that many viewers believe may have "inspired Saltburn" has gone viral again after fans rediscovered it - with many calling it "addictive" and "brilliantly ahead of its time." Originally ...

Stream now with KPBS Passport on KPBS+ / Watch / Watch Fridays Dec. 5 - Dec. 19, 2025 from 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. on KPBS 2 Meet Chief Inspector Maigret as he solves Paris’s most complex crimes using ...

Even Quentin Tarantino has a favorite Tarantino movie. During an expansive interview on “The Church of Tarantino” podcast, the two-time Oscar winner revealed which of his films is his favorite and ...

With an unforced approach and humble wit, musician and visual artist Alexandra Levy reflects on creativity, community, and writing a song even Bob Dylan can’t. Levy made when i paint my masterpiece in ...

Katrina joined GBH in 2023. She manages the EXPLORE GBH member publication and supports newsletter and annual report production, writes for gbh.org, and curates gbh ...

A cinematic obsessive with the filmic palate of a starving raccoon, Rob London will watch pretty much anything once. With a mind like a steel trap, he's an endless fount of movie and TV trivia, borne ...

In case you forgot, the venerable Michael Caine is actually retiring from acting, yes really this time. (Caine, if you’re on the set of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey right now, we swear to God…) He ...

In Death of the Masterpiece, Istaara Amjad ’28 explores our ever-changing relationship to art in the modern world. Hushed voices, carefully lit works separated by tastefully blank walls, ...

Artificial intelligence has to date been enlisted as a bogeyman in cultural circles: Software will take the jobs of writers and translators, and AI-generated images ring the death toll for ...