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Partially ex-communicated Nate Silver’s sloppy on social media, but he’s a better read than perpetually “outraged and angry” kooks like Susan Glasser.
And neither is Paul Dano, Owen Wilson, or Matthew Lillard.
Single blocks and crescents that intersect only where they begin and end.
King Vidor's Our Daily Bread (1934) rejects Randian Objectivism in favor of building a new, better world.
Michel Franco’s immigration drama is only successful in raising questions it has no means of answering.
Volunteering for insanity.
The crazy world of your choice. Non-partisan! What year is it (#607)
Marty Supreme, Josh Safdie’s follow-up to Uncut Gems, is a remarkable disappointment.
A blueprint for social cohesion.
Regulating migration is not freedom, disobedience not a death penalty offense.
Conservatism has always liked the past. Lately, it has started trying to administer it.
That’s the main draw.
Audience member has glimpse of a better world.
A superpower cannot function on favors and envelopes.
The "rules-based liberal order" has given way to tyranny, for comprehensible reasons.
Stranger Things' final season is an indictment of how making events of streaming projects does more harm than good.
As humans venture into space, we bring our problems with us.
Nick Fuentes is gaining cultural ground because he treats young men as agents, not problems.
Battle language around illness can harm patients, families and honest end-of-life choices.
The band play "Sugar Magnolia," "Throwin' Stones," "Touch of Grey," and many more in this show from the San Francisco Civic Auditorium.
The actress talks about Marty Supreme, returning to acting, Goop, and more in this new interview.
Roger Ebert says that "Political correctness is the fascism of the 1990s."
The filmmakers behind Marty Supreme and Hamnet talk about their work in this conversation produced by Variety.
The late director talks about 1979's Family Nest in this interview produced by the Criterion Collection in 2024.
The actor talks about his young love for unfiltered Turkish Ovals, his work with Paul Thomas Anderson, and more.
The legendary producer talks to Ezra Klein about working with Bowie, Cage, Talking Heads, U2, and many more in this recent interview.
Newly discovered recording of the band performing at the Warfield Theater promoting Heaven or Las Vegas on March 13, 1991.
Bill Burr talks billionaires, immigrants, and more in this episode of Subway Takes.
The band play their classic hit on MTV's Most Wanted in this 1995 performance.
The band led by Jason Pierce play from their then new album Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space.