Movie Review: “Joker” is the Most Accomplished Zero-Star Movie Ever
Todd Phillips’s “Joker” is very well-made, but it’s a very bad movie — not because of what’s onscreen, but because of what’s not.
Book Review: In “Make My Day,” J. Hoberman revisits “Movie Culture in the Age of Reagan”
Ronald Reagan was America’s only movie-star president — a distinction it now seems he’ll hold forever. That fact wasn’t incidental to his presidency.
Audiobook Review: Margaret Atwood’s “Testaments” Brings New Voices to Gilead
The audio edition of “The Testaments” enlists six readers — including the author herself — to bring Margaret Atwood’s multi-vocal manuscript to life.
Movie Review: “Ad Astra” Puts a Very Serious Brad Pitt In Some Very Silly Situations
The action sequences are genuinely original, and director James Gray conducts Brad Pitt through a generous array of striking SF environments.
Movie Review: “The Goldfinch” Flies Free of Narrative Logic
A juicy dive into the lasting effects of childhood trauma, the finer points of antique furniture restoration, and the bankruptcy of American expansionism.
Ask a Cold War Movie Villain Who’s Currently Interrogating You
You have questions, but I have questions too. Your willingness to provide answers will determine just how this little…conversation between us will go.
Audiobook Review: Star Wars Adventures Introduce the World of Galaxy’s Edge
Delilah S. Dawson’s “Black Spire,” Zoraida Córdova’s “A Crash of Fate,” and George Mann’s “Star Wars Myths & Fables” become immersive Star Wars audiobooks.
With “Assembly Hall” at the Walker Art Center, Theaster Gates Creates a Space to Contemplate Culture
“Assembly Hall” is the first major U.S. exhibition by artist Theaster Gates, acclaimed for using distinctive collections to animate spaces.
Movie Review: “It Chapter Two”: Revenge of the Pronoun
“It Chapter Two” largely follows the model of the smash-hit original. Why is this new movie, which revisits the characters in adulthood, so often boring?
The Baby-Sitters Club Books Are Now Out on Audio. All 131 of Them.
Millennials who binged on the paperbacks in their youth can now introduce their own kids to the series as Audible drops all 131 titles in audio form.
Audiobook Review: “Thrawn: Treason” Concludes an Epic Star Wars Trilogy
Author Timothy Zahn keeps us engaged with a character who can outguess just about everyone he encounters — while Thrawn’s own motivations remain elusive.
Book Review: Steve Rushin’s “Nights in White Castle,” in Which a Sportswriting Boy Becomes a Sportswriting Man
In the second volume of his memoir, sportswriting great Steve Rushin chronicles his rise from a Dome Dog vendor to a “Sports Illustrated” staff writer.