Winslow Homer at Harvard — A History of ‘Fake News’
In an exquisite new show, we see how Homer excels at the telling detail — whether treating the Civil War, beautiful but unlovely nature, or the daily life of women.
Books, Arts & Manners
Review: Angel Has Fallen
Movies such as Angel are, in many ways, mere footnotes to The Thirty-Nine Steps -- the original “man on the run” action thriller.
The Haunting Magic of Maurice Sendak
A new exhibit highlights Sendak’s set and costume designs for opera and ballet.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Defaces Its Façade
The new curator placed surpassingly ugly statues in the large niches, which were better left empty.
Tattoo of Revenge Turns Our Modern Spiritual Crisis into Film Noir
In Julian Hernández’s bohemian underworld, sex, politics, and morality mix, disturbingly.
Nashville, the Great American Movie, Returns
Robert Altman’s folk wisdom redeems film culture.
All Hail the Reactionary Downton Abbey
It makes a brilliantly entertaining case for tradition, stability, and aristocracy.
An American Listening Crisis, in Nashville
The film is a portrait of a country where people make all sorts of sounds but nobody is hearing anything.
Brad Pitt’s Egotism Is Hurting His Movies
Produced by Pitt and starring Pitt as a hero with deep thoughts, Ad Astra is beautiful but silly and slow.
Book Review: Justice Neil Gorsuch’s A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Justice Gorsuch has written a temperate book, with civility shown to all.