Theatre
Broadway Review: Chaplin
March 15, 2026All in all, the show is most remarkable for its performances, especially the lead. McClure nimbly...
Movies & TV
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Family Secrets’ (Season 1, Episode 2)
March 15, 2026William Forsythe as Constantine is by far the best thing about this show, a mix of...
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Movies
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Kill the Irishman, #57
March 15, 2026Greene’s story is told in the excellent 2011 biopic, Kill the Irishman, which covers his rise...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Roy’s Wedding (Season 9, Episode 2)
March 14, 2026A review/recap of The Office: Roy's Wedding (Season 9, Episode 2)
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Movies
Movie Review: Looper
March 14, 2026With Looper, Johnson takes on science-fiction, but in his own signature approach that comes at the...
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Movies & TV
Vegas Recap: Pilot Episode
March 14, 2026And…I’ll be honest. Of the two new shows I’m recapping, at this point I actually like...
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Art & Design
Crossing Borders: Manuscripts from the Bodleian Libraries — Jewish Museum of New York
March 14, 2026To look at one of the treasures on display in this wonderful exhibit, the Kennicott Bible,...
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Movies & TV
The Thick of It Recap – Series 4, Episode 4
March 14, 2026This is a special day for Malcolm, a sort of homecoming. He’s preparing a coup against...
Movies & TV
Game of the Week: Penn State vs Illinois — The View from England
March 13, 2026Sanctions are appropriate because there is a potential worry that the culture of Penn State football...
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Movies & TV
Revolution Recap: No Quarter (Season 1, Episode 3)
March 13, 2026A recap/review of Revolution- No Quarter (Season 1, Episode 3)
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Movies & TV
Doctor Who Recap: ‘The Angels Take Manhattan’ (Season 33/Series 7, Episode 5)
March 13, 2026Our gumshoe comes face to face with his older self and then runs for the roof...
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Music
Album review: Delilah’s From The Roots Up
March 13, 2026Probably the most pleasant piece of difficult listening ever, it slightly reminds me of early Tori...
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Movies & TV
Vegas Recap: ‘Money Plays’ (Season 1, Episode 2)
March 13, 2026In its second week, Cowboys vs. Gangsters!, aka Vegas, seems to be finding its feet.
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Movies & TV
The Mob Doctor Recap: ‘Protect and Serve’ (Season 1, Episode 3)
March 12, 2026As in previous weeks, the “mob” part continues to be more compelling than the “doctor” part....
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Movies
Movie Review: Pitch Perfect
March 12, 2026In Pitch Perfect, nobody’s more than The Fat One, The Sexy One, The Dumb One, The...
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Movies & TV
The Office Recap: Andy’s Ancestry (Season 9, Episode 3)
March 11, 2026A recap/review of The Office: Andy's Ancestry (Season 9, Episode 3)
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100 Greatest Gangster Films
100 Greatest Gangster Films: Drunken Angel, #56
March 11, 2026This one, we know, is a tough sell. Drunken Angel is a 60-plus-year-old, black-and-white, subtitled Japanese...
Blog-Dance
9 Questions with Choreographer Adam Hougland
March 11, 2026Smuin Ballet, as part of its opening program for the 2012–2013 season, is presenting the West...
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Dance
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Speaks Ballet In a Dialect All Its Own
March 11, 2026Appearing at the Cullen Theater in Houston’s Wortham Center on September 29, the small but sturdy...
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Movies & TV
Revolution: The Plague Dogs (Season 1, Episode 4)
March 11, 2026A recap/review of Revolution: The Plague Dogs Season 1, Episode 4
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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