HBO’s Barry Is Both Disturbing and Morbidly Hilarious
The standout dark comedy is one part Tarantino, one part Breaking Bad.
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The NFL’s Move against Anthem Protests Is Understandable
It would have been wiser to let the kneeling controversy die down on its own, but one can see where the league is coming from.
Superposed Wor(l)ds
With so much other news happening, why did America react to “Laurel” vs. “Yanny” with such obsession?
Philip Roth, Yesterday’s Young American
Philip Roth’s later novels may be his most lasting, but readers may shun even those, because of who they think he was.
All Work and No Play Serving Stanley Kubrick
By choice, Leon Vitali ‘was just a slave to Stanley.’
The Elephant Man: Neglected David Lynch Classic
A black-and-white film brought its director to Hollywood’s attention in 1980.
A Bogus Dystopia
A new HBO film tries to make us believe book burning is a serious threat today.
Solo: Soulless
As with The Last Jedi, things perk up considerably in the last 45 minutes or so, but only enough to raise the overall impression left by the movie to “Meh.”
The Great One
Tom Wolfe wrote a culture-defining book, and then he did it again, and then he did it again.
The Travis Bickle of Climate Change
Paul Schrader’s new film explores left-wing religious extremism.