In praise of the small premise
I recently had my heart broken by the penultimate episode of the FX drama miniseries, Fleishman Is in Trouble. Most of the episode is devoted to an atlas of exposition presented in the form of an...
Category: Arts & Literature
The movies to stream right now to start 2023 in the best way
Every time a new year begins, we are preoccupied with the prospect of a better life: Finding love, improving our health, exercising, pursuing our dreams...The lists can be endless, but then easily...
“Wretched malignant tendrils obscuring the comforting light of capitalism’s lies”: White Noise review
Set in the American Midwest in 1985, much of Noah Baumbach’s White Noise is dominated by an “Airborne Toxic Event” unleashed from a Spielbergian head-on collision between a freight train and...
Podcast Showcase: The Art of Social Media
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to The Art of Social Media. Sum up your podcast in...
13 songs from this year that you will keep listening to when you welcome in 2023
In 2022, many artists have released great songs and some of them have made history with record views and sales. For you, many of these lyrics have become part of your life — anchored to the...
The most anticipated TV shows we can’t wait to see in 2023
2022 has been an epic year for television fiction. Month after month, we have enjoyed ingenious, ruthless, surreal, and unpredictable projects. Titles such as House of the Dragon, The Staircase,...
Podcast Showcase: History of Africa
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to the History of Africa podcast Sum up your podcast...
A festive package, with stupendous photography and visual effects: The Santa Clauses
The Santa Clauses is a Christmas comedy that revives the iconic Santa Clause film franchise released between 1994 and 2006. Tim Allen reprises his role as 'Father Christmas' in a series for Disney+....
High Art: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
For Nan Goldin “survival was an art,” photography “a sublimation for sex,” and the art world “bullshit. Times Square was real life.” These are just some of the insights gleaned from Laura...
“A tyrant resplendent in hand-made trouser suits”: Tár
Lydia Tár is a colossus. She is a self-made maestro, her peerless achievements carefully curated by herself via Wikipedia and an extended interview with Adam Gopnik at The New Yorker Festival. She...