In Marriage Story, The Ruling Elite Play House
Noah Baumbach sentimentalizes class rivalry and narcissism.
Books, Arts & Manners
China’s Holocaust of Children
Horrifying details of this Holocaust of children emerge in a powerful documentary told by a woman whose family was one of the countless millions who suffered.
Motherless Brooklyn’s Retro Liberalism
The vanity project of the director and star of the new movie Motherless Brooklyn morphs into self-righteousness.
The Manly Appeal of Ford v Ferrari
It is a delightful throwback, an old-school story of hard men solving tough problems, in superbly entertaining fashion.
A Preposterous Review
A response to Charles King.
War Is a Hell of a Good Time in Midway
A flyboy saga reduces the crucial Pacific battle to a video game.
Literature as Praise, Resistance, and Consolation: Part I
Every coherent writer praises something, implicitly or explicitly.
Marvin Olasky’s Faith-Filled History of Journalism
Olasky notices small-government and religious themes in the history of journalism that other historians have ignored.
In Nanjing: American Art, through Chinese Eyes
A new program, housed in Pearl Buck’s former home, offers a fresh perspective on American art history.
Why Study Latin?
A professor makes the case in a new book for the beauty and logic of the language.