Farewell to a Hollywood Master
From the Sundance Kid to the Princess Bride, William Goldman proved one of the greatest of all screenwriters.
Film & TV
Green Book Turns Brotherhood into a Bromide
Another self-congratulatory race play
Critics’ Choice
Ross Douthat reviews Can You Ever Forgive Me?
How Do the Best Films of 1968 Look Today?
An introspective retrospective on movie politics and culture
This Year’s Terrible Oscar Movie
Green Book is trite, didactic, corny, and obvious.
Outgoing Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Seeking Cable News Contract
Emanuel has met in recent weeks with top executives from MSNBC and CNN.
The Dan Crenshaw Moment
There’s a market for grace in American politics.
Widows Makes Interracial Relations Worse
Steve McQueen’s cynical action movie validates the idea of segregation.
Radical Collective Gets a Satirical Corrective
It’s sport to watch the Left be hoist on its own petard in the Off Broadway play Days of Rage.
The Front Runner Mistakes Hypocrisy for Heroism
The Gary Hart drama sells self-pity, from Hollywood to the Beltway.