
Movie Review: Side by Side
March 23, 2026In an early voiceover, Reeves explains that Side by Side is about “the science, art and...

American Mythologies: Grant Wood at the RNC
March 23, 2026But, the painting tells us, to impose order is also to fictionalize, to distort. It’s a...

Doctor Who Recap: ‘Asylum of the Daleks’ (Season 33/Series 7, Episode 1)
March 23, 2026When you get that much before the theme tune it’s probably going to be a good...

Video Game Review: Sleeping Dogs
March 23, 2026Taking massive cues from Hong Kong action cinema, especially “Heroic Bloodshed” classics like City on Fire...

Breaking Bad Recap: ‘Gliding Over All’ (Season 5, Episode 8)
March 22, 2026Two montages in one episode, guys! This one is set, adorably, to “Crystal Blue Persuasion” by...

Book Review: Laura Lamont’s Life in Pictures by Emma Straub
March 21, 2026The feelings and experiences that preoccupy Straub are pregnancy and motherhood, friendship and domestic partnership. The...

100 Greatest Gangster Films: Bugsy, #60
March 21, 2026Back home on the East Coast, he tells Lansky, “What do people always fantasize about? Sex,...

Game of the Week: UCF vs Ohio State — The View from England
March 21, 2026Paying or not paying student athletes is a labor issue, just as the term “student athlete”...

Movie Review: The Words
March 21, 2026In an age when originality is almost anathema to filmmaking (Hollywood, especially), it is exciting and...

Book Review: The Garden of Evening Mists by Tan Twan Eng
March 21, 2026The Garden of Evening Mists is set in three inter-linked time frames. Past and present struggle...














