Is Kevin Spacey crafting a final masterpiece?
His videos are fascinating examples of the sheer uncanniness of American life
Arts Reviews
The good, bad and ugly in arts and exhbitions
Friday
Thursday
We’re deep into Cats
Why T.S. Eliot, who loved cats, might have liked this feline filth
Tuesday
A former Fox producer separates the fact from fiction in Bombshell
The Fox News aesthetic is as consistent as it is rigorously enforced
Monday
Christmas crackers: the tragic soul of Natalie Cole
Natalie Cole had an instant pocket pop career. Her family, she said, were like ‘the black Kennedys’; and look how the Kennedys turned out
Monday
Star Wars: the force a-weakens
In space, no one can hear you yawn
The call of the wild
Pod help you in the wilderness
Sunday
Richard Jewell was a victim of ‘fake news’
Over two decades ago, the security guard hero’s life was ruined by an agenda-driven media
Wednesday
Why is everyone pretending reporters never sleep with sources?
The Twitter reaction to Richard Jewell is completely expected and completely contrived
Tuesday
Is London Calling Boris Johnson?
Conservatives and the Clash, 40 years on
Monday
What the Art Basel Banana says about our world
It’s rotten even if the banana is not
Saturday
Disney wants A Whole White World
These white supremacists certainly like to play the long game
If you like Joe Biden, you’ll love The Irishman
The Irishman reviewed
Wednesday
Leonardo da Virtual
Mass tourism has overwhelmed our major museums. Could virtual reality be the solution?
Sunday
Payton’s place
Netflix’s The Politician is satire without purpose
Tuesday
Tough gospel: the twin cities of Sesame Street and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is the world we have lost: grandparents, honest jobs and Sunday school teachers
Thursday
A motel room of one’s own
Adman to American existentialist: Edward Hopper at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Sunday
Andrei Serban and the importance of acting out
His style of hands-on direction — honest critique without regard for feelings or compassion — led students to serious artistic breakthroughs
Friday
Brazilian wax
Before the Beatles were boss, there was bossa nova
Wednesday
Audio blitzkrieg
‘Motörhead, remember me now’
Tuesday
The perfect crime
Once true crime has you by the listicles, you’re compelled to return to the scene
