Book Review: David Lynch’s Visual Art Gets a Dark Spotlight In “Someone Is In My House”
David Lynch’s genius began with drawings and has constantly returned to the canvas. ‘Somone Is In My House’ offers a generous selection of his visual art.
Audiobook Review: In “Up Against the Wall,” David Hasselhoff Saves the Free World
David Hasselhoff wrote and narrates a new alternate history that inflates his role in the end of the Cold War beyond, even, the strange reality of it.
Book Review: Mark Dery’s “Born to Be Posthumous” Probes Edward Gorey, Gently
It’s well past time for a proper Edward Gorey biography, and gratifyingly, Mark Dery explores the eccentric artist’s world without overexplaining.
Audiobook Review: “Queen’s Shadow” Explores Amidala in the Age of AOC
E.K. Johnston’s YA novel explores Padmé Amidala’s transition from queen to senator. Audiobook narrator Catherine Taber voiced Padmé on “Clone Wars.”
“Climax” Movie Review: Rave Un2 the…Boy, Horrific!
Gaspar Noé’s fifth feature film, “Climax,” is an exhilarating dance movie that also happens to be a terrifying horror movie. Tune in, turn on, drop out.
A “Captain Marvel” Review Written By Someone Who’s Completely Lost Track of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Brie Larson plays Carol Danvers as a cool teacher in a “Captain Marvel” movie that’s long overdue. It’s perfectly fine, especially if you’re a No Doubt fan.
Book Review: Molly Dektar’s “The Ash Family” Gets Lost in the Woods
One of this spring’s most-anticipated debut novels is about a young woman who falls in with a cult. If you’re hoping to understand why, though…good luck.
Look Inside the Science Museum of Minnesota’s New Video Games Exhibit
At the Science Museum of Minnesota, Game Changers highlights four decades of video game history by spotlighting the games’ remarkable creators.
Walker Art Center Offers “Five Ways In” To Its Collection
The Walker’s new collection exhibit is designed to demonstrate that modern artists didn’t simply reject the subjects that occupied their predecessors.
Book Review: Juliet Escoria’s “Juliet the Maniac” is a Window Into a Warped World
Juliet Escoria, a veteran of the alt lit movement, has a new novel that tumbles through a troubled teenage life to kaleidoscopic effect.
Book Review: Miriam Toews’s “Women Talking” Explores an Uneasy Resilience
In “Women Talking,” author Miriam Toews peers into the void faced by a community of women who learn they’ve been drugged and abused for years.
Book Review: Cara Robertson’s “The Trial of Lizzie Borden” Gets (Close) to the Bottom of America’s Longest-Standing True Crime Fascination
With the publication of Cara Robertson’s Lizzie Borden book, America at last has a confident and reasonably concise account of this infamous case.