Tattoo of Revenge Turns Our Modern Spiritual Crisis into Film Noir
In Julian Hernández’s bohemian underworld, sex, politics, and morality mix, disturbingly.
Film & TV
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.
Peanut Butter Falcon: A Film with a Conservative Soul Teaches Three Great Truths of Manhood
The cultivation of manhood no longer happens by default.
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.
Stephen Colbert Mocks Warren’s Refusal to Admit She Will Raise Taxes
Stephen Colbert grilled Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on the cost of her Medicare-for-All plan in an interview Tuesday night.
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.
SNL Fires Comic over Chinese Jokes
SNL is setting a dangerous precedent by firing Shane Gillis.
Jennifer Lopez’s Female Gangsta-Training Film Is Appalling
The opposite of slut-shaming: ‘female empowerment’ through stripping and hustling.
Bill Burr’s Dirty Joke about Michelle Obama, and Other Stuff You Can’t Say
His new Netflix special Paper Tiger is mostly brilliant.