Arts Reviews

When I was a young boy, I socialized plenty and spent very little time inside the house

Life had cast the half-pint hedonist for the circus, but he had family money as well as talent

The Smollett story is so perfectly Wolfeian I wouldn’t be all that surprised if somebody told me it was his last unfinished book

The Beach Bum and The Mustang reviewed

Was he guilty? Or just a jackass? 

When a man throws things at his staff, it’s assault. When a woman does it, it’s a punchline

Not so Funny, Girl

Jacob Wohl, Laura Loomer and Ali Alexander are the true heirs to Andy Kauffman

…although, if you fail to give it positive reviews, you are vile misogynists

How Johnny Depp became a pirate parody

The Wedding Guest reviewed

The festival is attempting to position itself as politically and socially relevant with initiatives like the presidential candidate interviews

It is a morbid sign for a democracy when the electorate chooses superheroes to do its bidding, rather than politicians

The accusations of Leaving Neverland are as grotesque as they are plausible

Nothing that Flint or Perry could do would ever eclipse their Nineties’ output

Everybody Knows reviewed

The multiplication of hosts will ensure that we’re sprayed with a greater barrage of politically correct drool than usual. I can’t wait

Being a gay black man could be a career-saving move if Smollett plays the part for liberal white media