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Movie Review: Killer Joe, A Hitman Worth Hiring
April 1, 2026Whether this marks a lasting change in his career trajectory remains to be seen, but it...
100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Salvatore Giuliano, #65
April 1, 2026There is a common refrain among academics and law enforcement officials who have studied the Italian...
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The Newsroom Recap: 5/1 (Season 1, Episode 7)
April 1, 2026Photos courtesy of HBO Just when I was getting excited to watch The Newsroom every Sunday...
Music
Album review: Purity Ring’s Shrines
April 1, 2026James plays on her small-sounding voice a lot, which I found increasingly grating the more I...
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Art
Now Boarding: Fentress Airports + The Architecture of Flight, Denver Art Museum
April 1, 2026But if there’s one form of architecture that has come to embody our society’s conflicted relationship...
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Art
Art Review: Encounters: Conflict, Dialogue, Discovery Princeton University Art Museum
March 31, 2026Zhang transformed Mr. Quaker into Chairman Mao five years after he emigrated to the United States....
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: The Lower River by Paul Theroux
March 31, 2026She cautions him, “They will eat your money,” she said. “When your money is gone, they...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Bullets Over Broadway, #64
March 31, 2026Woody Allen broke out of a directing funk with this classic underworld comedy, a Runyonesque look...
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Movies & TV
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Fifty-One’ (Season 5, Episode 4)
March 31, 2026Finally Skyler caves, admitting she doesn’t have a good plan to get the kids away from...
Books
Book Review: Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman
March 31, 2026A potential reader sizing up Liza Klausmann’s new novel, Tigers in Red Weather, would do well...
Video Games
Video Game Review: Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
March 30, 2026The Kingdom Hearts series, on the decline for several years now, has finally been given a...
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Television
The Newsroom Recap: The Blackout Part 1-Tragey Porn (Season 1, Episode 8)
March 30, 2026Photos courtesy of Melissa Moseley/HBO Over the past seven episodes, Aaron Sorkin has thrown a lot...
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Dance
Six Days in Santiago with Richard Cragun
March 29, 2026I wrote to Luz Lorca, Marcía Haydée’s assistant to ask whether Ricky happened to be in...
Movies
Trailer Watch: Brandon Cronenberg’s Antiviral
March 29, 2026Cronenberg's target is the cult of celebrity. As ravenously as we seek to expose and share...
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Dance
An Interview with San Francisco Ballet Choreographer Myles Thatcher
March 29, 2026It’s like a puzzle that needs to be cracked. It may seem to me that the...
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Movies & TV
Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Dead Freight’ (Season 5, Episode 5)
March 29, 2026“You agree to that, and I will be whatever kind of partner you want me to...
Fiction Reviews
Book Review: Broken Harbor by Tana French
March 29, 2026Right out of the gate, French displayed a gift for rich psychological plots, complex characterizations, and...
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Fiction Reviews
Book Review: True Believers by Kurt Andersen
March 29, 2026Nevertheless, Andersen’s willingness to digress, to reflect in Karen’s voice on the implications of her experiences...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: The Asphalt Jungle, #63
March 29, 2026This tale of a jewel theft gone wrong is credited with resetting the ground rules for...
Movies
IMAX Classics- Potential Future With Ark Re-Release?
March 28, 2026A look at the Raiders of the Lost Ark re-release and the potential benefit of putting...
Fiction Reviews
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
June 11, 2026This book isn’t a book, it’s a jazz piece, a series of improvisations on Díaz’s country,...
History
Erotic Art of Ancient Pompeii
June 20, 2026A favourite theme which recurred again and again in wall paintings was the satyr creeping up...
Art
Photo Essay: North Korean Propaganda Posters
July 3, 2026Posters are visual illustrations of the slogans that surround the people of North Korea constantly. North...
Non-Fiction Reviews
George & Jacintha: On the Limits of Literary Biography
June 23, 2026The claim that George Orwell once tried to rape someone received scant attention in the United...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Jennifer Sey on the Harsh World of Elite Gymnastics
June 27, 2026From what I witnessed, and certainly in my experience, many of the high level coaches in...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Battle for Falluja: Photos from Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
June 19, 2026The captured fighter claimed to be a student who had gotten stuck in Falluja. A Marine...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Susskind Quashes Hawking in Quarrel Over Quantum Quandary
June 30, 2026"The next generation of physicists and cosmologists will have the fun and excitement of discovering the...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Murdered by Mumia: A Conversation With Maureen Faulkner
June 16, 2026"The man lifted his arm and fired a single shot in Danny’s back. Danny was able...
Art
The Drawings of Alfred Kubin
July 8, 2026Kubin had something quite different in mind: with his hallucinatory incantations he was seeking to disturb...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Einstein in Japan
June 30, 2026The cult of Einstein reached the point where university officials in Fukuoka preserved the blackboard on...
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