Country music drowns out cancel culture
The snitches came for Morgan Wallen — until his fans fought back
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
Richard Lester at ninety
Books and ArtsHe lent ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ the spirit of untamed frivolity
January 2, 2022
On the road with Bob Dylan
The Rough and Rowdy Ways Tour is on and Dylan is like no 80-year-old you’ve ever seen
December 31, 2021
How Covid killed grown-up movies at the theater
Audiences may never leave their couches again — unless it’s for Spider-Man 7
December 21, 2021
The Christmas carol canon that could have been
Pheasants? ‘Dickory dock’? Here’s how a narrow slice of our history changed the holidays forever
December 20, 2021
Seventy-five years of It’s a Wonderful Life
In George Bailey, we see our own fathers, our own brothers and husbands and sons
December 10, 2021
Glee gives us a lesson in wokeness
No toleration for intolerance
The problem with Christmas movies
Our writer gets grinchy about Love Actually and Elf
December 8, 2021
The return of the brilliant Nicolas Cage
He’s one of our most talented actors, elevating even the most awful of scripts
December 7, 2021
What if the Beatles never broke up?
Peter Jackson’s new movie shows fans everywhere would swoon, but maybe they should just let it be
December 6, 2021
Yellowstone appeals to a nation of soft hands
The show reminds us of a time when men knew how to do more
November 29, 2021
Remembering the brilliant Stephen Sondheim
Our greatest dramatist has died
November 28, 2021
The forgotten poetry of John Martin Finlay
He was an eccentric and a traditionalist
November 26, 2021
Hunter Biden: portrait of the scam artist
I can’t think of many other art shows that have been more heavily discussed than seen
November 22, 2021
The unstoppable Meghan Markle
A sit-down with Ellen shows she isn’t going anywhere, for better or for worse
November 18, 2021
A brush with Joan Mitchell
Books and ArtsJoan Mitchell was a female star of the Abstract Expressionist boys’ club
Prints of Wales and elsewhere
Books and ArtsAmid the turbulence of modernism, British artists made art for themselves
Broadway’s back(side)
Books and ArtsSix and Chicken & Biscuits reviewed
A dream of a dress
Books and ArtsIt’s easy to see why Dior still rules the red carpet
Roy Hargrove doubles up
Books and ArtsFor anyone looking for a stocking stuffer for the aficionado — or merely the lover — of good music, here it is
Sounds of Christmas past
Books and ArtsI tend to associate Christmas music with the records I received as gifts when I was a kid
November 16, 2021
Threatened with yet another Downton Abbey film
The (initially glorious) franchise plods on and on and…
November 12, 2021
Taylor Swift tells it all too well on her ‘Red’ re-release
Heartbreak, drama and damn good songwriting
November 11, 2021
The Crown flirts with the unthinkable
Will the next season suggest what many already believe about Princess Diana’s death?
November 9, 2021
Spencer gives us a haunted and one-note Princess Di
The latest royal family biopic feels perfectly timed
November 8, 2021
The decline of the woke Marvel superhero movie
The formula has run out of gas — and audiences seem to have had enough
October 26, 2021
Afrofuturism and the decline of our art museums
A new period room at the Met shows the spirit of the times
October 25, 2021
The latest Dune entertains and underwhelms
Dune reviewed
Mel Gibson defies the keyboard cancelers
The bête noire for liberals in Hollywood is back yet again