Nick Schager

Entertainment Critic

Nick Schager is an Entertainment Critic for The Daily Beast, covering everything great (and not-so-great) in the worlds of film, TV, music, and pop culture. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, his work has also appeared in Variety, Esquire, Entertainment Weekly, Rolling Stone, Vulture and dozens of other entertainment publications.Send him tips: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

Ethan Hawke as Lee Raybon.

TRULY UNMISSABLE

TV’s Best Series Gets Better in Exhilarating Second Season

“The Lowdown,” Ethan Hawke’s hilariously crazy detective show, is must-see television.

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Jeremy Strong as Mark Zuckerberg.

RECKON WITH THIS

Why Trump’s New Buddy Will Despise ‘Social Network’ Sequel

Aaron Sorkin returns to once again censure Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook with “The Social Reckoning.”

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A photo illustration of a Vladimir Putin and fire following a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine on April 16, 2026.

LET FREEDOM RING

Vladimir Putin’s ‘War Crimes’ Exposed in Shocking New Film

“My Undesirable Friends: Part II—Exile” is a riveting and vital portrait of media courage under fire.

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Andrew Garfield and Yura Borisov

Trumpy Billionaire Tried to Kill This Movie—Now We Know Why

“Artificial” is a scary portrait of the origins of A.I.—and the man who helped build it.

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Aaron Pierre in "Lanterns"

IN BRIGHTEST DAY

TV Mastermind Takes Us Inside HBO Hit’s Bombshell Finale

The creator of “Lost” answers all our questions about the stunning conclusion of “Lanterns”—and the DCU’s future under David Ellison.

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