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
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
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
Monday
The superficial edginess of the Emmys and The Studio
The awards were perfectly entertaining, but had absolutely nothing to say about bigger, more serious issues
Sunday
Please let this be the end of Downton Abbey
Grand? Probably not. Finale? Hopefully.
Friday
Stephen King, The Long Walk and Charlie Kirk
King feels too much and thinks too little
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
Is Hilma af Klint overrated?
Her show at the Museum of Modern Art is a head-scratcher
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?
Saturday
The Rockefeller Wing reopens
The Met’s newly reopened galleries are breathtaking
Rolling Thunder falls flat
The musical is all cliché – and not in a good way
Wednesday
Is Jack White washed up?
The White House seems to think so
Highest 2 Lowest is the summer’s best movie
Spike Lee does the right thing
Sunday
Springsteen’s Born to Run turns 50
The album was born out of necessity
