‘True Detective’ Gets Bleaker and Better ‘True Detective’ Gets Bleaker and Better
Carried by Mahershala Ali, the haunting new season of the HBO series marks a return to form.
Jan 11, 2019 / Sam Sodomsky
Puzzle No. 3487 Puzzle No. 3487
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 A bit of zesty sex with, um, a deer maybe? That’s almost certain to end badly for someone (4-3,4) 7 and 29 Invert…
Jan 10, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown Beyond the Wall: A Q&A With Wendy Brown
For the Berkeley political-science professor, border walls signify a population in distress.
Jan 9, 2019 / Q&A / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian
The Last Great Literary Painter The Last Great Literary Painter
The legacy of Eugène Delacroix.
Jan 7, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky
Country Music Is Also Mexican Music Country Music Is Also Mexican Music
The Department of Homeland Security recruits agents at country festivals, but the musical genre knows no borders.
Jan 3, 2019 / Ludwig Hurtado
How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History How Curators Are Finding the Climate in Art History
The recent “Nature’s Nation” exhibition locates the hidden ecological and environmental roots of American art.
Dec 27, 2018 / Hannah Stamler
The Best Albums of 2018 The Best Albums of 2018
A striking number of this year’s most potent albums give voice to the disorientation, anxiety, and rage that infuse the human experience today.
Dec 21, 2018 / David Hajdu
‘Vice’ Captures All the Flaws and Excesses of Dick Cheney ‘Vice’ Captures All the Flaws and Excesses of Dick Cheney
More agitprop than biopic, Vice has enough depth to excite pity, fear, and a creepy, corporeal dread.
Dec 21, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
What the Parrot Said What the Parrot Said
My friend tells me his uncle the sailor died and left him a parrot that nobody else would take because the bird was so profane, and not long after, my friend threw a party at his h…
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Kirby
The Microscopes The Microscopes
Heavy and expensive, hard and black With bits of chrome, they looked Like baby cannons, the real children of war, and I Hated them for that, for what our teacher said They could do…
Dec 20, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Jericho Brown