Reconciling dreams with reality
Books and ArtsTruth to tell, surrealism lent itself to individuals who were inherently off-the-beam
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Truth to tell, surrealism lent itself to individuals who were inherently off-the-beam
Creativity in proximity to genius without its obligations
Monet also captured another element of the open air: smog
Train Dreams, often hailed as a ‘miniature masterpiece,’ is not a story of defeat
The fifth season is full of self-referential excess, but it’s also an example of great homage
Anthology 4 makes the extraordinary band seem ordinary
The spy learned his final lesson in No Time to Die
Jacob Elordi might well be about to capture Heathcliff’s mixture of brutality and magnetism
He skillfully suggests what a fascinatingly complex character Herman Göring was
Joachim Trier’s film shows us what compassion is
Sleuths rediscovered a stolen painting, galvanizing efforts to uncover even more
His new exhibition at the Guggenheim is a sour birthday party
The Met’s exhibition shows that the artist tried to destroy everything human about himself
Apple’s new paean to the man certainly suggests as much
Masquerade honors and innovates the legacy of Phantom of the Opera
Glen Powell is great, but this movie feels distinctly dated
Apple has finally got its act together when it comes to original content
YouTubeTV knows it remains in the driver’s seat
Death by Lighting is uproarious fun
In The Etcher: The Life and Art of Oskar Stoessel, he has lifted a great artist from obscurity
If only the rest of the cast had showed up
The long-unfinished Smile reveals the musician’s talent and madness
The show feels like an undergraduate thesis
Spectrum of Desire is somewhere between blasphemous and libelous
Your eyes and your brain cells will hate you for watching this
The band’s new album, Everybody Scream, contains some of the best music released this year
There’s no economic incentive not to use AI actors – but doing so is morally repulsive
Still, it’s a relief that Netflix, for all its faults, is bankrolling work as individual and striking as this
That his film might be seen as a risk says a lot about how tainted the brand has become