While it doesn’t have the most original premise, 'Heel' goes a long way, thanks to its actors. It’s a thriller that takes a grounded approach to its story of a family keeping a teenager captive in ...
In theory, 'The Bride' should be one of the most exciting films of 2026. However, its brand of radical feminism feels performative.
The constitutional system creates an invitation to struggle. Now, as the U.S. wages war on Iran, Congress must decide whether it wants to struggle, as it did during the Vietnam War, or remain ...
Anyone paying serious attention to the Academy Awards knows that – despite the hype and pretension – Oscars don’t always land ...
Modern newswriting still runs on conventions engineered for the telegraph—speed first, cut from the bottom, clarity through simplification—yet it is tasked with narrating wars that demand history and ...
In the post-COVID landscape, where theatrical attendance has changed dramatically, Dwayne Johnson's once-guaranteed success has waned. Still uber-famous, still larger than life, and still able to draw ...
I prefer not to be terrified. I dislike extravagant gore on screen. I hate seeing pets, the elderly, disabled people, and other defenseless beings face imminent demise. I never want to scream in shock ...
Poets have never had an easy go of it, in day-to-day life or in letters. There’s not much that is expressively sublime about paying the rent, or helping a friend move furniture. Novelists and ...
The halftime show is the last bastion of interest for non-sports fans who still wish to participate in the good old American tradition of the Super Bowl. This year there was controversy at the reveal ...
Guitarist-singer Boris Grebenschikov walks the streets of New York in 1988, narrating his origin story offscreen. Raised in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg), Boris formed a rock band, Aquarium, and ...
The predawn U.S. military operation that spirited Nicolás Maduro and his wife out of Venezuela and into U.S. custody marks a watershed in hemispheric politics. In an operation that lasted just over ...