The Mob Comes for Scarlett Johansson Again — and Wins Again
The Hollywood A-lister had nothing to apologize for.
Film & TV
How Seinfeld Mastered the Comedy Domain
Remembering the show that revolutionized the sitcom by refusing to insult its audience’s intelligence.
2019 Mid-Year Movie Reckoning
Where movie culture stands in the summer of debate, disinformation, and sequelitis
The Conservative Pride of The Lion King
Disney’s new live-action remake succeeds by sticking with what made its animated predecessor such a classic.
Toy Story 4’s Nursery Stoicism
A review of the film Toy Story 4.
Aziz Ansari Returns, Chastened — and Funnier
He confronts his #MeToo moment and moves on.
The New York Times’ Black-Film Roundtable Ignores Black American Excellence
The real history of black filmmaking counters the media’s current racial-grievance agenda.
Jeffrey Epstein Should Cancel the Culture’s Humbert Humberts
The case should end a nearly 50-year era in which the mandarins of our cultures almost unanimously ignored, laughed off, or even outright celebrated sexual exploitation of very young women.
Thirty Years on, Seinfeld Still Can’t Be Beat
Legions of imitators have tried to copy its formula, but the original ‘show about nothing’ remains the best.
Leonard Cohen, the Male Feminist Who Mistreated Women
Nick Broomfield’s new documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love exposes the singer-songwriter’s dark private life.