Alyssa Rosenberg

Actress Mary Tyler Moore attends the 11th Annual Broadway Barks in Shubert Theatre on July 11, 2009 in New York City.

Commentary: Mary Tyler Moore taught us to face changing times with joy and spunk

January 25, 2017 at 5:08 p.m.

The news Wednesday that Mary Tyler Moore had died at 80 felt like a continuation of the grimmest trends of 2016, the death of important artists precisely at the moment...

Essay: In 2017, spend less time and energy on jerks and hucksters

January 12, 2017 at 3:36 p.m.

By Alyssa Rosenberg, The Washington Post Though I'm generally staying away from rigid resolutions for 2017, in the process of planning my coverage for the year, I've reached one conclusion:...

A scene from "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story."

In PG-13 movies, audiences see gunshots — but not the pain that follows

January 12, 2017 at 12:43 p.m.

New data published in the journal Pediatrics Wednesday shows that the rate of gun violence per hour in top-grossing PG-13 movies has more than doubled since 1985.

Forget the movie date: Seeing a film is a perfect solo activity

December 30, 2016 at 6:14 a.m.

Long before I dreamed of writing about pop culture, I was a fan of the movie date.

Ben Foster, left, and Chris Pine in "Hell or High Water."

2016 was the year that Hollywood got working-class white men right

December 30, 2016 at 4:11 p.m.

In 2016, Hollywood turned out three excellent movies about working-class white men that neither classed their characters as deplorables nor responded to them with slavish deference.

This year’s Golden Globe nominations are totally delightful

December 15, 2016 at 12:06 p.m.

Awards season can be awfully fraught for critics and fans of pop culture. But in talking to my critic friends, I found that a lot of us share the sense...

Amy Poehler as Leslie Knope in "Parks and Recreation."

Essay: From “Parks and Recreation” to “Hamilton,” pop culture turned from promise to elegy

November 10, 2016 at 12:52 p.m.

As a critic, I've spent years writing about the kind of world that pop culture tells us is possible, especially when it comes to visions of social change. On Wednesday,...

Former Congressman and then-New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner talks with Staten Island residents at homes damaged by Hurricane Sandy in 2013.

Rosenberg: Our gawking at Anthony Weiner reveals something ugly about us

August 30, 2016 at 3:30 p.m.

Pushing our noses up against the glass to ogle Anthony Weiner and his sexting problem can be a way to avoid examining our own voyeurism too closely.

Mylan, currently in the cross-hairs over severe price hikes for its EpiPen

Rosenberg: EpiPens are my armor against disaster; they shouldn’t be priced like a luxury

August 25, 2016 at 6:07 p.m.

The skyrocketing cost of epinephrine injectors, which counteract a severe allergic attack, has been particularly grotesque for allergy sufferers like me.

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