Kirstie Alley, the woman left out in the cold
She remained witty and wise about the industry that had rewarded her and then all but ditched her
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Tuesday
Thursday
An unapologetically Jewish Fiddler on the Roof returns to New York
The production balanced the conviction that forward is always best
Thank God: Netflix releases Harry and Meghan doc trailer
‘How on earth does this pair have anything left to say?’
Wednesday
Tár is more than a #MeToo story
The film’s gender politics reveal the long shadow of the European canon
The Menu serves up clever and tangy social commentary
It satirizes elite exotic experiences that come at the expense of the help
Tuesday
Is Glass Onion a victim of its own success?
The Knives Out sequel almost loses the plot
Monday
The Oirish Question
On the ‘stage Irishness’ of Martin McDonagh’s Banshees of Inisherin
Wednesday
‘Alice’s Restaurant’ and how the hippies blew it
Arlo Guthrie’s rambling, satirical anti-Vietnam ballad still plays every Thanksgiving
Thirty-five years of crying to Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I like to spend every Thanksgiving with John Candy
Monday
Murillo the masterful
The Spaniard’s painterly skill outshines his congenital weakness for schmaltz
The shock value of Lena Dunham
She was the low-culture Mary Tyler Moore
Why is there no great Thanksgiving movie?
The holiday lacks the magic of Christmas and already has too much drama
The return of Lindsay Lohan
Falling for Christmas looks bound to be tragicomic and artless pulp, but so what?
David Bowie is bigger than ever
His stature as rock music’s greatest iconoclast shows no sign of being threatened
Thursday
Taylor Swift is one of America’s great storytellers
She’s trained the Swifties to read between the lines
Wednesday
Blockbuster is the best argument in favor of That ’90s Show
TV’s worst-reviewed show makes you nostalgic for Gen X
Tuesday
Happy birthday Martin Scorsese, the Don of movies
He has given the art of cinema more than virtually any other filmmaker
Friday
Keep your California out of my country music
The Country Music Awards revealed a genre in crisis
Black Panther’s claws are still sharp
Is Ryan Coogler’s sequel worth the watch?
Thursday
The White Lotus is a comic feast for the ‘eat the rich’ generation
A hit show for those who prefer their billionaires medium-rare
