admin The Netflix Show That Airs from the Great Beyond
Michael Schulman writes about the Netflix series“Famous Last Words”—which just released its Gloria Steinem episode. The show’s subjects can finally…
A College Caught in the Middle of America’s Football Obsession
Jesse Dougherty on the football culture at Oberlin College and how it reflects the sport’s fanfare in America.
The Bayeux Tapestry’s Long Journey Home
John Phipps writes about France’s loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to Britain.
Why the Lindsay Clancy Trial Ended in a Deadlock
Eren Orbey writes that both the prosecution and the defense tried to tell tidy stories, but five weeks of testimony…
Matisse’s Ugliest Painting
Zachary Fine writes about the show at SFMOMA that partially re-creates the 1905 Salon d’Automne, where Matisse’s portrait of his…
Five Great Campus Novels
Our critic’s picks for going back to school. Plus: an Edith Wharton novella for a last gasp of the season.
The Blockbuster Audacity of “Hope”
Justin Chang reviews “Hope,” a thriller by the Korean director Na Hong-jin, starring Hwang Jung-min, Zo In-sung, Cameron Britton, Alicia…
Jocelyn Bioh’s “Mean Girls” at a Ghana Beauty Pageant
Also: Harry Styles takes up residence at M.S.G., “Paranormal Activity” terrifies Broadway, Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson star in a…
The Principled Cynicism of “By Any Means”
Richard Brody reviews the film “By Any Means,” directed by Elegance Bratton and starring Giancarlo Esposito, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, and…
Have We Destroyed Childhood?
Joshua Rothman writes about how we blame smartphones for the crisis of kids’ mental health, but the problem might be…