Bill Murray: The King of Cool
For his latest performance, an Oscar is insufficient. Murray must be crowned king of earth.
Film & TV
How Heavily Edited Is the Giuliani Borat Scene?
A new analysis suggests the key moment was artificially prolonged.
Sofia Coppola’s Cinema-of-Privilege
A Hollywood scion puts class and race On the Rocks — and it’s a cloying cocktail.
Borat Make No Funny in MovieFilm Second
Comedy make fun usually mean “punching up” but punching down more fun when you’re Borat-ing.
Borat Can’t Recapture His Mid-2000s Magic
The latest film is a decent distraction but nothing more.
The Wink and the Fist
Joyous as it is, American Utopia would have been just about perfect if David Byrne had avoided the earnest political pleas.
Make Zack Snyder Nonpartisan Again
As a visionary, he rivets. As a sloganeer, beset with TDS, he alienates and disappoints.
Building a Masterpiece
Remember live performance? The story of the making of The Mikado illuminates the magic of theater in the delightful Topsy-Turvy.
Whole Lotta Sorkin Goin’ On
Zippy, smart, fun . . . but smarmy, cutesy and fake. Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7 makes the case for and against its creator.
Martin Eden Fails the Hero Test
Millennial art and politics distort a new Jack London adaptation.