The problem with Heathers: The Musical
The musical flirts with nonconformity and then, scared, retreats into its own shadow
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Tuesday
The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson at his most transparent
Everything is a dolly shot of dolled-up people in a doll’s house
Sunday
Is Hilma af Klint overrated?
Her show at the Museum of Modern Art is a head-scratcher
Friday
The Paper is really, really bad
It’s not the worth the paper it was written on
Is Austin Butler a movie star?
Might he be the next Brad Pitt? Or something better?
Saturday
The Rockefeller Wing reopens
The Met’s newly reopened galleries are breathtaking
Rolling Thunder falls flat
The musical is all cliché – and not in a good way
Wednesday
Is Jack White washed up?
The White House seems to think so
Highest 2 Lowest is the summer’s best movie
Spike Lee does the right thing
Sunday
Springsteen’s Born to Run turns 50
The album was born out of necessity
Thursday
What is KPop Demon Hunters?
It’s something C.S. Lewis might have liked
Wednesday
The greatness of Bob Odenkirk
It took a few decades, but he’s finally achieved the prominence he deserves
Monday
Alien: Earth is unfriendly and brilliant
What makes the show distinctive, and will undoubtedly account for its interest over future weeks, is its marriage between human consciousness and android bodies
Wednesday
Zach Cregger’s Weapons is a new kind of cinema
Turns out adults are still interested in more than the usual banal superhero slop
Tuesday
Is it safe to be conservative in Hollywood?
Gina Carano’s settlement with Disney may have big consequences
Sunday
Howard Stern disappeared years ago
He became the very thing he always raged against
Saturday
The strange life of Lindsay Lohan
The Freaky Friday star has lived more in one life than most people could in ten
Thursday
South Park is ICE-cool on Trump
How do we know we live in a free country? When a cartoon can depict a president as having a gay love affair with Satan
Tuesday
The evolution of Andrew Lloyd Webber
The septuagenarian is, somehow, hip
Monday
An American in Paris
John Singer Sargent was was destined for greatness – and scandal
