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Tim Grierson

Tim Grierson is a contributing editor at MEL. He writes about film and pop culture for Screen International, Rolling Stone and Vulture.

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How ‘Jenny From the Block’ Went From Jennifer Lopez’s Triumph to Ben Affleck’s Shame

The 2002 smash single (and especially its video) is a permanent monument to the legacy of Bennifer — and a reminder of all the reasons the world (unfairly) hated the couple

How ‘MLK/FBI’ Chronicled an American Disgrace

Director Sam Pollard takes us inside his documentary about the FBI’s surveillance campaign against Martin Luther King Jr. — and the danger of putting heroes on pedestals

WandaVision’s Lazy Nostalgia Isn’t as Smart as It Thinks

The MCU’s first television series wants to point out that picket-fence America isn’t as innocent as it appears. But it’s not so much an indictment of nostalgia as a cynical exploitation of it