Francis Ford Coppola and Megalopolis: genius or flop?
All will be revealed soon enough at the Cannes Film Festival
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
May 6, 2024
How progressive will the new Doctor Who be?
The show is perhaps the most overtly liberal mainstream entertainment in the English-speaking world
April 25, 2024
Shōgun is a great show… but the novel was still better
It was innovative in exploring themes not present in the original novel or 1980s show
April 22, 2024
Is it time that Zack Snyder retired?
Even the dismal artistic results that have ensued with Rebel Moon will do little to check the filmmaker in his tracks
April 16, 2024
Civil War is the first success of A24’s new box-office strategy
Even if it fails to meet expectations
Christopher Nolan, creator of worlds
Books and ArtsThe filmmaker has Hollywood at his feet
A cultural summer in the city
Books and ArtsNew York is great in summer, but the art scene can sometimes be fleeting
An Enemy of the People is hit-or-miss
Books and ArtsThe language itself — and the on-the-nose themes that Amy Herzog has unsubtly emphasized — feel like they could be sourced directly from Twitter/X
Sotheby’s latest gamble
Books and ArtsThe storied auction house is making a major change to its fee structure. What will it mean for the art world’s future?
April 15, 2024
Michael Douglas dazzles in Franklin
If only the rest of the show lived up to its lead performance
April 9, 2024
Curb Your Enthusiasm’s finale was a mission statement for the show
Don’t tune in expecting that Larry would somehow be redeemed
April 8, 2024
Monkey Man proves fighting the gods is a bloody affair
The movie is a raw, stylish, aggressive action flick with a pulsing rage beneath it
April 6, 2024
Sugar offers sweet then rotten noir
Apple TV+’s latest is an incredible noir… until it tries to be more than that
April 4, 2024
Ripley is not the edge-of-seat thriller you expect
If you don’t care for him, that’s because he doesn’t want you to
April 1, 2024
The Regime is bad eastern European pastiche
It was clearly inspired by satirical American and British shows about politics
March 31, 2024
AI music is here and scarily easy to make
I made a Spectator album in minutes
March 28, 2024
Peter Duchin makes us happy
He is the classiest of class acts
March 22, 2024
Road House is a triumph of awful filmmaking
There are hints of substance, but they go unexplored
March 19, 2024
Stormy depicts porn star heroism
The documentary is loaded with cameos from celebrities, commentary from liberal pundits… and scenes from Daniels’s striptease act
March 17, 2024
The intriguing revival of the British gangster picture
Books and ArtsIt is unlikely that either Sexy Beast or The Gentlemen will have their legacies seriously challenged by the television series based on them
Reconsidering Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice
Books and ArtsIf the Thomas Pynchon novel adaptation has anything to say about the American dream, it is to mock its high-falutin’ nature
Finally, a version of Merrily We Roll Along that works
Books and ArtsDirector Maria Friedman has harnessed revelatory performances from her three leads to create a theatrical masterpiece
March 15, 2024
Masters of the Air is an old-fashioned TV masterpiece
It’s one of the best shows since Better Call Saul ended
March 14, 2024
One-on-one with Broadway powerhouse Betsy Aidem
‘Things that upset you are fuel to take you through a story’
March 11, 2024
A Best Stunts Oscar is long overdue
After a century of amazing stunt filmmaking, stunt actors remain unsung
Oppenheimer and Poor Things clean up at the Oscars
Christopher Nolan, Robert Downey Jr. and Cillian Murphy all secured their first Academy Awards
March 8, 2024
Predictions for the 2024 Oscars
2023 was the best year for film in more than a decade
March 4, 2024
Why we hope something will go wrong at the Oscars
A look back at other snafus, which are richly celebrated
March 3, 2024
Dune: Part Two and Paul’s struggle
The young Atreides is horrified by what becoming the Fremen messiah will mean
