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Medieval gore for millennial gamers
Meryl Meisler’s photographs captured the family life and nightlife of Seventies New York
Bruckheimer may think that the Oedipus Complex is a Greek shopping mall, but the set-ups of Bad Boys and Top Gun are classical
I called the FBI but so far they have not called me back
Liberals as a whole still tend to believe that people (and the art they make) deserve to be judged individually and on their own merits
Your foul and reckless actions have caused my intestines to spasm
It’s almost as though Hollywood itself has had enough of the protests, the lectures and the scolding
De Niro should live up to his movie characters and stop his knee-jerk dissing of Donald Trump
Dominic Green recalls his September 2018 conversation with the late philosopher
The contemporary artist doesn’t expect to have to suffer for what he calls his art. Away with the garret!
A soul survivor whose sonic alchemy endures
Eat to the beat
I whole-heartedly supported his decision to omit tributes to the deaths of white people until more actors of color are included
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan is now a politically correct pantywaist
His videos are fascinating examples of the sheer uncanniness of American life
Why T.S. Eliot, who loved cats, might have liked this feline filth
The Fox News aesthetic is as consistent as it is rigorously enforced
Natalie Cole had an instant pocket pop career. Her family, she said, were like ‘the black Kennedys’; and look how the Kennedys turned out
In space, no one can hear you yawn
Pod help you in the wilderness
Over two decades ago, the security guard hero’s life was ruined by an agenda-driven media
The Twitter reaction to Richard Jewell is completely expected and completely contrived
Conservatives and the Clash, 40 years on
It’s rotten even if the banana is not
These white supremacists certainly like to play the long game
The Irishman reviewed
Mass tourism has overwhelmed our major museums. Could virtual reality be the solution?
Netflix’s The Politician is satire without purpose
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood is the world we have lost: grandparents, honest jobs and Sunday school teachers