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A New York Times columnist summons Shakespeare to describe… sandals.
Darren Aronofsky’s 2000 sophomore feature is obvious and uncool, but undeniably well-made.
Housing, emporia, and cemeteries.
April Story is Shunji Iwai’s attempt to make something small.
America swapped one self-inflicted wound for another: the cigarette for the endless feast.
The most significant asset that Billy Idol Should Be Dead has is in its title, which is itself a half-hearted dark joke.
Ross Douthat is all mixed up about Baltimore. What year is it (#631)?
Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day is expertly crafted but hopelessly naive and 25 years too late.
The 1980s comic book characters The Creature Commandos answered questions while raising many others about fear during wartime.
Taking meetings regarding my potential betrayal of the Quibbitses.
Earth, Wind & Fire (To Be Celestial vs That's the Weight of the World) is light on biographical material, but substantial as a work of music criticism.
Is Trump losing it?
Spielberg’s latest debunks the decades-old myth that Hollywood should make movies.
A man with too much influence isn’t a man with all the influence.
Changing my diet was the key to curing my health issues.
Conservative artists need resources.
A philosopher argues that nations have no moral right to exclude immigrants.
Maybe this era of consciousness crisis will end up being good for the Mysterians.
The relevance of a long-ago Star Trek conflict.
Sometimes small is better.
He now wants mercy after demanding draconian punishment for leakers and whistleblowers.
Exploring variety in a United Nations of identities this month.
American companies are pledging to return their tariff windfalls to consumers.
Teachers, gurus, leaders and followers.
The legendary musician and Fleetwood Mac songwriter rates various modern covers of "Never Going Back Again," the third song on Rumours.
The actress returns to talk about The Comeback, working with drug addicts, and Stanley Kubrick.
The band play a 41-minute set drawing from De-Loused in the Comatorium and Tremulant.
The Wisconsin legends cover Nirvana at Seattle's Crocodile Cafe in the fall of 1995.
The director on his new film Disclosure Day and the importance of theatrical exhibition.
The former NFL quarterback talks football, music, and sports commentary in this new interview.
The legendary musician talks to Howard Stern about working with Love on Hole's 1998 album Celebrity Skin.
The Scary Movie star and co-writer talks about how the Wayans' were "molested in them deals" with Miramax and the Weinstein brothers.
The actress on Scary Movie, Lost in Translation, Smiley Face, The House Bunny, and more.
Big surprise.
The actor on the filmmakers he admires, the importance of individuality, and the insanity of preferred pronouns.