The real reason straight people aren’t going to see Bros
Billy Eichner is repellant
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
October 4, 2022
Don’t Worry Darling was almost interesting
Welcome to 2022, when movies hew the progressive line and audiences walk out polarized
October 2, 2022
Trevor Noah got lost in a sea of Jon Stewart wannabes
Late-night comedy has become group therapy for liberals
September 30, 2022
The Woman King is satisfying but it sanitizes African slavery
The real-life kingdom of Dahomey was not so progressive
This season should be Saturday Night Live’s last
The comedy show should be put out of its misery
September 29, 2022
Blonde and Hollywood’s immortal sucking machines
The eternal rot in the Marilyn Monroe biopic
September 26, 2022
Maren Morris should transition to pop where she belongs
There’s no room for cancel culture in country music
September 23, 2022
Scarface lands on post-woke Netflix
Subscribers are finally getting better content — along with a healthy dose of toxic masculinity
September 22, 2022
Ken Burns’s angry new film
The director acknowledges ‘The US and the Holocaust’ was inspired by America First
September 21, 2022
Beyoncé’s new album kind of sucks
Sales plummeted after the first week of its release
September 20, 2022
Woody Allen’s non-retirement retirement
Whether he stays or goes, he’ll always be a tainted prospect
September 19, 2022
Make art free, not digital
A museum sells off a collection in favor of NFTs and virtual exhibitions
September 15, 2022
The new Pinocchio is straight up trash
This reincarnation of a classic chooses pointless nihilism over redemption
September 14, 2022
Remembering Jean-Luc Godard, one of the great film directors of our time
He was innovative, influential, and, at times, infuriating
September 13, 2022
The glorious rebirth of Brendan Fraser
With a superb performance in The Whale, his acting career has taken on new life
September 10, 2022
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is brimming with ponderous aphorisms
Any pedants watching will have been delighted by the scrupulous observance of old-school linguistic rules
September 9, 2022
Is the Don’t Worry Darling drama part of an elaborate publicity campaign?
The mediocre movie is the most talked-about film at Venice thanks to its cast
September 1, 2022
The Rings of Power just might turn Tolkien in his grave
The new Amazon Prime series is an exercise in artistic necrophilia
August 30, 2022
The time trap of Irma Vep
Books and ArtsThe HBO Max miniseries shows a rare interest in the present moment
Country music finds its independent streak
Books and ArtsNew singers are bucking bro-country and reconnecting with their roots
Chroma chameleon
Books and ArtsThe Met brings out its bread and butter: stunning galleries devoted to Greek and Roman art
Not your average Jo
Books and ArtsJoanna Hiffernan is now at the center of The Woman in White, an exhibition at the NGA
Closing the curtain on Norm Macdonald’s comedy
Books and ArtsHe was willing to pulverize all we hold dear in modern America
Crimes of the Future is David Cronenberg at his best
Books and ArtsWhich scenes will cause you to walk out or flee in disgust? Caveat emptor
August 26, 2022
The dynamic genius of Milton Avery
His work exists on the boundary of abstraction and realism
August 24, 2022
Beast is a throwaway summer thriller too tame for its own good
Though you do get to see Idris Elba punch a lion
The Hillary and Chelsea Clinton docu-series of your wildest dreams
Thanks for making this, Apple!
August 23, 2022
Game of Thrones was the last water cooler show
While its prequel seems just another tale of a girlboss girlbossing
August 22, 2022
The delight of Only Murders in the Building
In some ways, the series is about itself: the fun of following along with an investigation, however grisly
