The Tragic Hero of American Sports: Muhammad Ali in All His Glory
As many times as Muhammad Ali’s story has been told, it will never be told better than in the enthralling eight-hour Ken Burns documentary.
Film & TV
Cry Macho Answers Toxic Masculinity
Eastwood’s modern Western is wily and timely.
Why Norm Macdonald Didn’t Discuss His Terminal Cancer
We learned this week that Norm Macdonald, who died Tuesday at 61, had been suffering from cancer for nine years but never went public with the information.
Paul Schrader’s Late-Career Comeback Continues with The Card Counter
A review of The Card Counter, directed by Paul Schrader.
Will Denis Villeneuve Capture the Greatness of Dune?
It imagines a far-future mankind that travels the stars yet is organized as an empire, within which competing dynastic families vie for supremacy.
Norm Macdonald, the DGAF Comic
The late comedian mocked everyone and everything, and wasn’t looking for validation.
Clint Eastwood’s Macho Mistake
Eastwood’s latest, Cry Macho, looks at aging, regret, and redemption without much flair.
A Game and Our Culture
Some reader mail on college football, and the interminable, tempo-destroying length of games on television.
Amazon’s Cinderella Is Extra Bad
And the Cinderella of the insane attends a fancy ball.
The Bizarre Political Ideology of Netflix’s La Casa de Papel
Instead of recognizing the root cause of Spain’s economic difficulties, the series advocates a left-wing revolution against a democratic state.