Over the Moon renders the present with an eye toward the timeless
The play rises from social commentary to legitimate art piece, avoiding mere parody and ax-grinding
Culture
Tuesday
Monday
Jason Bateman breaks bad in Black Rabbit
The actor follows in Bryan Cranston’s footsteps
Thursday
Don’t cry for Jimmy Kimmel
His schtick wore thin a long time ago, and his continued presence owed as much to a lack of imagination as it did genuine talent
Wednesday
Splitsville defends monogamy
The movie knows we long for monogamy even as we court licentiousness
Tuesday
Is Antifa a terrorist organization?
Probably, but designating it as one won’t change much
Sunday
Please let this be the end of Downton Abbey
Grand? Probably not. Finale? Hopefully.
Friday
America’s ‘fringe’ has taken over the country
How did regular people become so radicalized?
Stephen King, The Long Walk and Charlie Kirk
King feels too much and thinks too little
After Charlie Kirk, Trump should crack down on campus ‘safetyism’
Kirk’s murder should spur the administration to compel colleges to live up to their duty to the public and to their own students
Tuesday
Why Jane Austen is still the queen of romance
The writer remains supreme in part because women don’t merely want dazzling men, we want to be dazzling ourselves.
Vermeer’s Love Letters is something of a riddle
The paintings become mysteries, enticing and deserving of attention precisely because there are so few
How Esther inspired the imagination of Rembrandt
The enchanting and historically haunting show consists of more than 120 objects
The problem with Heathers: The Musical
The musical flirts with nonconformity and then, scared, retreats into its own shadow
The Phoenician Scheme is Wes Anderson at his most transparent
Everything is a dolly shot of dolled-up people in a doll’s house
Sunday
Camus comes to America
His travel journals reveal him to be a hopeful, humane thinker – unlike Sartre
Is Hilma af Klint overrated?
Her show at the Museum of Modern Art is a head-scratcher
Saturday
I love Labubu
Demonic? Maybe. Irresistible? Definitely.
Friday
The Paper is really, really bad
It’s not the worth the paper it was written on
Is Austin Butler a movie star?
Might he be the next Brad Pitt? Or something better?
Tuesday
In praise of Tony McNamara
The Roses and Cruella clearly show that he is the maestro at creating dialogue
Sunday
Boomer hate has gone too far
The idea that we’ll be better off without them is laughably naive
Friday
What is Prince Andrew hiding?
My book raises questions about the late Queen’s second son and financial corruption at the heart of the Royal Family
Robin Westman and the unstoppable tide of ‘slop violence’
These shooters are radicalized, but in no particular direction. Their identities fragment. There is a deep fear of being forgotten
Thursday
Taylor Swift: queen of the normies?
Swift had no effect on the course of the election. She’ll have no effect on birth rates. This is probably for the best
Wednesday
Worse than woke, Smithsonian art is bad
Hey Grok, generate an image of white guilt
Sunday
Vegas’s seedy soul will save Sin City
Las Vegas is in trouble, but as anyone who has ever loved Vegas knows well, you are only one big win from turning it around
Saturday
A Gen Z defense of America
Why it’s all going to be OK
Tuesday
Elon is coming for your marriage
Grown men – and increasingly, grown women – are building intimate, complex, sustained romantic relationships with AI
Monday
What the skibidi?
The Cambridge Dictionary has added a few Gen-Z and Gen-Alpha slang terms
