The Oscar noms are out but does anyone care?
The Academy Awards have come to matter less
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Wednesday
Tuesday
Is Euphoria too bleak to be good?
The show claims to be honest but its hopelessness may be leading teens astray
Thursday
Will the real Pamela Anderson please stand up?
The actress and model has confounded expectations and taken control of her own story
Monday
J.P. Morgan and our gilded age
The house of Morgan — the literal house of Morgan — is tying itself into knots to ‘prioritize’ all things black
Friday
The Gilded Age is a Bridgerton-esque disappointment
Some of the acting has promise but the show is a reminder that Julian Fellowes has passed his prime
Wednesday
Don’t cancel Damon Albarn for attacking Taylor Swift
He was wrong and the Swifties swarmed him, but there’s value yet in his critique
Monday
Hogarth framed
Great artists like Hogarth are getting the trigger-warning treatment
John Wayne behind the blue line
The Seventies weren’t John Wayne’s decade, and that was fine by him
Serve and volley
King Richard reviewed
Nanny bait
Mrs. Doubtfire reviewed
Returning to live gigs
When Covid rampaged through the world like a Viking raid of death-cult realtors, the world was suddenly shorn of live music
Get with the program
Both in Pittsburgh and Miami, I was struck by the rousing enthusiasm that the symphony and soloists evoked with their temerarious playing
Friday
Hollywood awards shows have become boring
Let’s just hope Spider-Man doesn’t sweep all the Oscars and Golden Globes — then we’ll know we’re in real trouble.
A fond remembrance of Meat Loaf
The singer once christened ‘the uncoolest man in the universe’ delivered Big Rock Drama in spades
Wednesday
Where does Joss Whedon go now?
The talented writer-director is disgraced but Hollywood loves a penitent comeback
Monday
Writing and the conservative impulse
All writers are, in a certain sense, conservative
Saturday
The joie de vivre of Emily in Paris
It’s a charming escape from all the virtue-signaling and haranguing — which is why the elite critics hate it
Monday
Thanks for the laughs, Bob Saget
He was America’s dad and a filthy comedian; his range was just one reason so many loved him
If Hamilton is cringe, then America is done for
The woke, and a few on the right, are ready to jettison the Founding Fathers
Sunday
Sidney Poitier refused to be defined by race
The Old Hollywood great once declared, ‘I am artist, man, American, contemporary’
