Wes Anderson movies have become meaningless
No one really wants to watch this make-cute anymore
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April 1, 2023
Meet Leonardo Bigazzi: the man behind the art in Inside
Every work of art in the film is there for a reason
March 31, 2023
John Wick: Chapter 4 is the strongest installment yet
This is what action filmmaking should be
March 30, 2023
Jonathan Majors’s arrest is the ultimate headache for Marvel
The Ant-Man star was being groomed as the new face of the brand
March 29, 2023
The forgotten art of Hollywood backdrops
The Boca Raton Museum succeeds where the big beasts in LA and New York have failed
When Salvador Dalí met Alice Cooper
‘All of a sudden this troupe of five androgynous midgets in pink chiffon floated in’
March 28, 2023
A stripped back Doll’s House on Broadway
Books and ArtsThe difference between a divorce and a funeral seems lost on the director Jamie Lloyd
Listen: Kamala Harris’s Afrobeats playlist
Is the Veep trying to model herself after Obama?
March 25, 2023
Why were 2000s movies so hypersexual?
Books and ArtsAre we decent yet?
March 22, 2023
Is Quentin Tarantino finished as a filmmaker?
It may be heresy to say, but he seems to be running out of ideas
March 21, 2023
Drinking with Picasso
Books and ArtsTo mark the half-century since Picasso’s death, I invited two art experts to lunch at Els Quatre Gats
March 17, 2023
Chris Rock’s wonderful way to make a living
‘They’re the OGs of racism. They’re the Sugarhill Gang of racism.’
March 14, 2023
65 is a better B-movie than it has any right to be
Once you commit to the outrageous setup, the film gets straight to the point
March 13, 2023
The first post-slap Oscars was a bit dull
Despite Jimmy Kimmel’s and Hugh Grant’s best efforts, this wasn’t a memorable affair
March 7, 2023
The Christian movie finally finds its niche
These films might not reach the Academy Awards, but they have an adoring fan base
March 5, 2023
Russell Brand reminds John Heilemann he’s not one of the media cool kids
It didn’t go well for Mark Halperin’s former pal on Real Time With Bill Maher
March 1, 2023
A century of Bing Crosby
In the spring of 1923 in Spokane, Washington, you might have stumbled upon a young jug-eared drummer…
German patriotism collides with All Quiet on the Western Front
The popular film did not go over well in its home country
Everything Everywhere All at Once might not be complex enough
The Oscars contender is a philosophically interesting film — but it fails in form and quantum theory
February 27, 2023
The magnetism of His Dark Materials
Books and ArtsPullman’s color palette is of vibrant grays. He rejects absolute goods and evils
Greg Lansky: the artist with a scandalous past
Books and ArtsAs an adult film magnate, he profited off the broken aspects of our society for years
Mary Blair, doyenne of Disneyland
Books and ArtsTo preserve an outsider artist such as her, you have to preserve the messy reality of life
& Juliet and Titanique: two newly minted cult classics
Books and ArtsLet me tell you a secret: the theater world still adores Shakespeare, even in 2023
February 26, 2023
Woody Harrelson trolls the authoritarian left on SNL
Scandalized critics are branding him an ‘anti-vaxxer’
February 24, 2023
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania is Marvel losing the plot
There’s no time for sophisticated themes and literary allusions any more — it’s all about CGI
February 19, 2023
Roseanne is trapped in her own cancellation
What happened to the original?
February 17, 2023
The glorious rise of the superhero anti-vaxxer
What happens when big-name actors veer off-script? Sit back and enjoy the chaos
February 16, 2023
Behind bars: should rap lyrics be used as evidence in court?
Young Thug and Gunna don’t want their own words to be used against them
Knock at the Cabin is a better-than-average Shyamalan film
It packs an emotional wallop, though its religious motifs leave something to be desired