Don’t Worry Darling was almost interesting
Welcome to 2022, when movies hew the progressive line and audiences walk out polarized
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Tuesday
Sunday
Trevor Noah got lost in a sea of Jon Stewart wannabes
Late-night comedy has become group therapy for liberals
Friday
The Woman King is satisfying but it sanitizes African slavery
The real-life kingdom of Dahomey was not so progressive
This season should be Saturday Night Live’s last
The comedy show should be put out of its misery
Thursday
Blonde and Hollywood’s immortal sucking machines
The eternal rot in the Marilyn Monroe biopic
Monday
Maren Morris should transition to pop where she belongs
There’s no room for cancel culture in country music
Friday
Scarface lands on post-woke Netflix
Subscribers are finally getting better content — along with a healthy dose of toxic masculinity
Thursday
Ken Burns’s angry new film
The director acknowledges ‘The US and the Holocaust’ was inspired by America First
Wednesday
Beyoncé’s new album kind of sucks
Sales plummeted after the first week of its release
Tuesday
Woody Allen’s non-retirement retirement
Whether he stays or goes, he’ll always be a tainted prospect
Monday
Make art free, not digital
A museum sells off a collection in favor of NFTs and virtual exhibitions
Thursday
The new Pinocchio is straight up trash
This reincarnation of a classic chooses pointless nihilism over redemption
Wednesday
Remembering Jean-Luc Godard, one of the great film directors of our time
He was innovative, influential, and, at times, infuriating
Tuesday
The glorious rebirth of Brendan Fraser
With a superb performance in The Whale, his acting career has taken on new life
Saturday
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings series is brimming with ponderous aphorisms
Any pedants watching will have been delighted by the scrupulous observance of old-school linguistic rules
Friday
Is the Don’t Worry Darling drama part of an elaborate publicity campaign?
The mediocre movie is the most talked-about film at Venice thanks to its cast
Thursday
The Rings of Power just might turn Tolkien in his grave
The new Amazon Prime series is an exercise in artistic necrophilia
Tuesday
The time trap of Irma Vep
The HBO Max miniseries shows a rare interest in the present moment
Country music finds its independent streak
New singers are bucking bro-country and reconnecting with their roots
Chroma chameleon
The Met brings out its bread and butter: stunning galleries devoted to Greek and Roman art