The Running Man runs out of steam
Glen Powell is great, but this movie feels distinctly dated
Stephen king
Friday
Friday
Stephen King, The Long Walk and Charlie Kirk
King feels too much and thinks too little
Who’s next on the Ambassador’s Sofa?
Plus: No Kings day
Thursday
This month in culture: February 2025
What to watch this February
The dark passion of Bryan Singer
Does a 22-year-old film point to the director’s alleged perversions?
Monday
Joe Biden refuses to give up
Plus: ‘National Conservatives’ on Trump’s Project 2025
Monday
Stephen King’s You Like it Darker shows a master at his peak
You Like It Darker inevitably harks back to Carrie, King’s debut novel, published fifty years ago this spring
Wednesday
The case for the Twitter blue check
Contra Elon Musk, mocking the platform’s over-serious ‘lords’ is half the fun
Thursday
Never Trumpers play 4D chess over Russia — and lose
They’re thankful Putin didn’t invade under Trump — but if Trump was so weak, why didn’t he?
Friday
Long live the New England horror story
America’s most haunted place makes for great storytelling
Tuesday
The way we read now
The thrill is gone for lovers of fiction. Joseph Bottum on the strange death of the novel
Tuesday
Stephen King and the warped morality of identity politics
Liberals as a whole still tend to believe that people (and the art they make) deserve to be judged individually and on their own merits
Monday
Gays triggered after mass murdering clown outed as homophobe
Oh no, not Pennywise, I used to like him…
