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Books and ArtsLeonard Baskin was not to everyone’s taste, and the feeling was mutual
Culture
The good, the bad and the ugly in books, exhibitions, cinema, TV, dance, music, podcasts and theatre.
The heart of The Rings of Power
Books and ArtsAmazon’s Tolkien adaptation does justice to the aesthetics as well as the ethics of his world
Is this Tom Stoppard’s last act?
Books and ArtsIf Leopoldstadt does not convince the theatergoing public, then what will?
At eighty, Casablanca embodies Hollywood high style
Books and ArtsThe movie still resonates with viewers even to this day
October 19, 2022
The myopia of the ‘Sunflowers’ protesters
They could not be farther from the beauty of this earth
Halloween Ends succeeds because it’s barely a horror film
The third in the trilogy trades a high body count for a sophisticated reckoning with evil
October 14, 2022
Amsterdam explores friendship in a complicated world
The film focuses less on overbearing ideology than on living well
October 13, 2022
Angela Lansbury was so much more than Murder, She Wrote
Her passing demands a reflection on a stunning career
October 11, 2022
Loretta Lynn’s music celebrated tough wives
She was proud of her heritage and infused her upbringing in her songs
John Singer Sargent comes to Spain
Books and ArtsThe artist created his own synthetic Spanish vision
Kimono Style is more than just East-meets-West fashion
Books and ArtsIt is also a glimpse into a mystifying period of Japanese history
Bullet Train is an unabashedly manly palette cleanser
Books and ArtsAn action movie can be good or woke, but not both
Bodies Bodies Bodies cancels its characters to death
Books and ArtsIt’s a successful satire of cancel culture that never hectors or patronizes
A visit to Louis Armstrong’s old home
Books and ArtsIn any assessment of jazz’s founding fathers, he has to stand as the most influential figure
Weighing in on the unauthorized Hamilton
Books and ArtsIt was probably inevitable that the culture wars would come for the show
The deeply human Walking Dead
Books and ArtsThe show made us feel we could find light in that which set us apart from savagery
October 6, 2022
Is it ever acceptable to drink wine at a football tailgate?
The Spectator World’s writers weigh in
October 5, 2022
The real reason straight people aren’t going to see Bros
Billy Eichner is repellant
October 4, 2022
Don’t Worry Darling was almost interesting
Welcome to 2022, when movies hew the progressive line and audiences walk out polarized
October 2, 2022
Trevor Noah got lost in a sea of Jon Stewart wannabes
Late-night comedy has become group therapy for liberals
September 30, 2022
The Woman King is satisfying but it sanitizes African slavery
The real-life kingdom of Dahomey was not so progressive
This season should be Saturday Night Live’s last
The comedy show should be put out of its misery
September 29, 2022
Blonde and Hollywood’s immortal sucking machines
The eternal rot in the Marilyn Monroe biopic
September 26, 2022
Maren Morris should transition to pop where she belongs
There’s no room for cancel culture in country music
September 23, 2022
Scarface lands on post-woke Netflix
Subscribers are finally getting better content — along with a healthy dose of toxic masculinity
September 22, 2022
Ken Burns’s angry new film
The director acknowledges ‘The US and the Holocaust’ was inspired by America First
September 21, 2022
Beyoncé’s new album kind of sucks
Sales plummeted after the first week of its release
September 20, 2022
Woody Allen’s non-retirement retirement
Whether he stays or goes, he’ll always be a tainted prospect
September 19, 2022
Make art free, not digital
A museum sells off a collection in favor of NFTs and virtual exhibitions
