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
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
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
August 19, 2022
Disney’s transgender tampon experts
Why the streaming service is striking out
The quiet end of the Golden Age of television
The Better Call Saul finale wraps up an era
August 17, 2022
Bryce Dallas Howard’s throwback femininity
Old-fashioned women make the world go round
The ongoing farce of Ezra Miller
Why does the actor still have such a hold on film executives?
What’s so wrong with Netflix’s Purple Hearts?
The movie offers near-perfect messaging for post-woke Netflix
August 15, 2022
Di another day
There’s a Princess Diana photography exhibition in a DC shopping mall. Why?
Bullet Train is a neon-washed delight
The fun thriller breaks up the summer’s lengthy movie drought
August 14, 2022
Robert Icke’s smart pairing
The British director offers seven hours of Hamlet and Oresteia
August 11, 2022
The Sandman is a confused disappointment
The problems begin in the first episode, a kind of demonic take on Downton Abbey
August 5, 2022
Why do films get canceled?
Batgirl is the latest movie to get the ax
Louis’s comebaC.K.
The canceled comedian has directed a new movie
August 3, 2022
Taylor Swift finally faces the woke mob
Her response to reports about her private jet sparks ire
August 1, 2022
Philip Guston in the padded room
Books and ArtsAfter a controversial postponement, the Philip Guston retrospective has landed in Boston
Sinking into the pixels
Books and ArtsWe’re All Going to the World’s Fair is an important film about the internet
Ukraine in black and white
Books and ArtsRecalling the moral clarity of Lillian Hellman’s The North Star
Arcade Fire: the last of the art-rockers?
Books and ArtsThe band’s return is not just welcome but overdue
The underrated Kenny Dorham
Books and ArtsOn the fiftieth anniversary of his death, it’s well worth revisiting his remarkable career
SoHo’s downtown drawings
Books and ArtsCultural mavens shouldn’t miss out on a knockout exhibition curated by Emily King
The Princess is misanthropic TikTok schlock
With a toxic masculinity all its own
July 28, 2022
Ron Howard: nobody’s favorite Hollywood director
He’s a careful pair of hands but little else
July 27, 2022
Where the Crawdads Sing reduces a rich novel to a love triangle
Gone are the book’s themes of Christianity and the poverty of marsh life
July 24, 2022
Beastie Boys were masters of cultural appropriation
Yet liberal New Yorkers just named an intersection after them
July 15, 2022
The latest Jane Austen adaptation is dreadful
‘It’s often said that if you’re a five in London, you’re a ten in Bath’
