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Creepy “wellness” trips to the doctor. What year is it (#608)?
Is This Thing On? is refreshingly modest and even-keeled.
The second season of Prime Video’s John le Carre adaptation is savvy to acknowledge its decade-long cliffhanger.
American Canto, in the tradition of Primary Colors and Armies of the Night, is one of the best books on the Trump era yet.
A 2019 Beinart Gallery interview with painter Scott Listfield vs. a 2020 The Book Slut interview with author Alexander Chee.
The Professional Golfers' Association contends with the sport's mixed reputation and the rise of a new league called LIV.
Where you’ll find me.
Call it a sign of maturity.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is a step-up from last year's sequel.
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.
The lyrics of their later work lurch between Mother-Goose level nursery rhymes and half-baked spiritual hooey.
The campaign to stop the contrarian is a decade too late.
His new book’s an eclectic mix of autobiography and aspiration.
Reflections through the mirror of my mind.
On attending my first Philadelphia Eagles game.
The Rip is far beyond the usual Netflix crap.
The independent drama Nowhere is an atmospheric road film with a career-best performance from John Magaro.
Eventually everyone will be blind in the land of justice.
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.
The Blondie singer talks about punk fashion, Andy Warhol, Nan Goldin, and drugs in this new interview.
The CNN contributor talks about the left, the right, and Friedland's apparent difficulty booking guests.
New single from the upcoming solo album Play Me, out March 13 on Matador.
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.