Iñárritu Talks Life, Film, and Murder
Alejandro González Iñárritu would like you to think that he is the man that killed Mike Nichols. During a lunch ...
Arts & Culture
“Big Little Lies” Finds Darkness in Luxury
Snaking up the Pacific Coast is a Monterey community whose sweeping homes harbor complications that swell on the verge of discovery. ...
A Eulogy for Chuck Berry, Vices and All
Chuck Berry, the blues man, the country boy, the songwriter, the car thief, the pop icon, and, mostly prominently, the ...
What the Hell Happened to Beauty and the Beast’s Gaston?
As live-action Disney-canon cash-grabs go, “Beauty and the Beast”—starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, and Luke Evans, and directed by Bill ...
Gorillaz Make a Miraculous Comeback
Let’s face it: Gorillaz were never expected to be more than a gimmick. Created in 1998 by Blur’s Damon Albarn ...
“Mamma Mia’s Pizzeria” Brings ABBA to Little Italy
For every “Emma,” there’s a “Clueless.” Every “Twelfth Knight,” a “She’s the Man.” Every “Swan Lake,” a “Black Swan.” And ...
“Frantz” Finds Love and Liberation Amid the Trauma of War
Forbidden love and ruminations over what makes life worth living are fine subjects for cinema, and they could have been ...
Future’s Homeric Epic in the Streaming Era
Homer had “The Iliad” and “The Odyssey,” while Future apparently has FUTURE and HNDRXX, doing his part to make Atlanta ...
Boylan ’80 and Chee ’89 Talk Identity, Gender, and Sexuality at Wes
The evening began with a 19th-century Parisian opera singer, and by 6 p.m. it had moved to a hookup in ...
The Angsty Superhero Cliché Finally Succeeds in “Logan”
“Logan” is not a superhero movie. It’s a western and a character drama, both starring superhumans. But still, “Logan” is ...