Review
Peter Schjeldahl debunks (and praises) works of art, while also acknowledging the strategic importance of beauty.
Read MoreDirector Howard Hawks’ signature statement was the depiction of the American (or mostly American) male group with a task to accomplish.
Read MoreThe guy who once seemed dangerous and mysterious as frontman for Jane’s Addiction proved earnestly accessible to fans.
Read MorePerhaps this review is an autopsy for which I offer an apology.
Read MoreFor all its bite, Fall is oddly endearing, too, leavening its harsh portrait of money-madness with aw-shucks moments of solidarity and kindness.
Read MoreJohn DeLorean remains an unwieldy figure whose story is difficult to frame — the new film leaves much unreported and unexplored.
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This entertaining opera is a real soap opera, given that it chronicles the fallout of the passionate protagonist’s unrequited love.
The Dead Don’t Die is a satiric trifle, but a cleverly amusing one.
Read MorePacific Overtures offers a history lesson — but it is an entertaining, moving, thought-provoking, and timely one.
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