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Culture
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November 18, 2025
South America is flush with Nazi-looted art
Books and ArtsSleuths rediscovered a stolen painting, galvanizing efforts to uncover even more
Rauschenberg is a bore
Books and ArtsHis new exhibition at the Guggenheim is a sour birthday party
Man Ray is alluring in the way a psychopath is
Books and ArtsThe Met’s exhibition shows that the artist tried to destroy everything human about himself
Is Martin Scorsese America’s greatest living director?
Books and ArtsApple’s new paean to the man certainly suggests as much
A new Phantom comes to Broadway
Books and ArtsMasquerade honors and innovates the legacy of Phantom of the Opera
November 14, 2025
The Running Man runs out of steam
Glen Powell is great, but this movie feels distinctly dated
November 13, 2025
Vince Gilligan wins again with Pluribus
Apple has finally got its act together when it comes to original content
Will Disney strike a deal to end its YouTube TV blackout?
YouTubeTV knows it remains in the driver’s seat
November 9, 2025
On less famous presidential assassins
Death by Lighting is uproarious fun
November 8, 2025
Bryan Garner has recovered a lost master
In The Etcher: The Life and Art of Oskar Stoessel, he has lifted a great artist from obscurity
November 7, 2025
Die My Love is Jennifer Lawrence at her best
If only the rest of the cast had showed up
November 5, 2025
Uncovering Brian Wilson’s real genius
Books and ArtsThe long-unfinished Smile reveals the musician’s talent and madness
Sixties Surreal at the Whitney is a bad trip
Books and ArtsThe show feels like an undergraduate thesis
Why is the Met making medieval art perverse?
Books and ArtsSpectrum of Desire is somewhere between blasphemous and libelous
Drowning in the neon swamp of Tron: Ares
Books and ArtsYour eyes and your brain cells will hate you for watching this
November 4, 2025
Florence and the Machine is back
The band’s new album, Everybody Scream, contains some of the best music released this year
October 31, 2025
The free market can’t stop AI actress Tilly Norwood
Books and ArtsThere’s no economic incentive not to use AI actors – but doing so is morally repulsive
October 29, 2025
Del Toro’s Frankenstein deserves the big screen
Still, it’s a relief that Netflix, for all its faults, is bankrolling work as individual and striking as this
October 28, 2025
Why was Steven Soderbergh’s Star Wars film rejected?
That his film might be seen as a risk says a lot about how tainted the brand has become
October 24, 2025
It’s a shame that Crooked Cross isn’t better
Director Jonathan Bank is unable to do the play justice
October 23, 2025
Is OCD hip?
Olivia Levine’s one-woman show takes the mental illness as a subject
October 22, 2025
Is Jeremy Strong our John Cazale?
The actor is the best part of Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
October 21, 2025
Unpacking Tucker Carlson’s 9/11 documentary
Books and ArtsThe documentary claims the Saudis were behind 9/11 – and the CIA then protected them
Adam McEwen’s small masterpieces of the uncanny
Books and ArtsIt’s a strange time, McEwen reflects, to be an artist
Taylor Swift’s new album balances glitter with grit
Books and ArtsThe Life of a Showgirl is conceptually mature and compelling
One Battle After Another may be the worst movie ever made
Books and ArtsIt is a grand, multifaceted masterpiece of badness
The Who’s farewell tour marks the end of an era
Books and ArtsThe band never lost sight of what first made them great, and what made rock ’n’ roll great
October 17, 2025
We need Sabrina Carpenter
She’s the nation’s court jester
