Culture
The Known Known of "The Unknown Known"? Rumsfeld Has No Regrets
Sep 13, 2013Errol Morris's documentary of the ever-chuckling, never remorseful former Defense secretary is a spellbinder.
Middle-Aged White Males: No Longer the Ones Who Knock
Sep 06, 2013As we bid Breaking Bad adieu, a few words about the antiheroes who reigned over the past decade—and are finally going gently into the good night.
A Twerk Too Far
Sep 05, 2013Somewhere in America Miley Cyrus is appropriating black culture, but she's certainly not the only artist—we've got a long and tangled history of it.
Nikki Giovanni Remembers 1963 with a New Poem
Aug 28, 2013New work from a legendary writer in honor of the March on Washington's 50th anniversary, and a conversation on growing up during the civil-rights movement
"Blue Jasmine" Another Black Mark
Aug 21, 2013Woody Allen's new movie is the latest evidence of how superficial he is—and how his humor and New York sensibility have lured critics and filmgoers into overlooking his shallowness.
Morally Compromised Art, on the Big Screen
Aug 16, 2013How do we judge a movie made from a book written by someone with repellent political views?
More Than a Teenage Dream
Aug 14, 2013The Spectacular Now recalls an era of films that dealt with a complicated adolescent existence.
Near-Death Experiences Getting Slightly Less Mysterious
Aug 13, 2013But there's still publishing gold in them thar clouds.
Artificial Love
Aug 07, 2013Would it be possible to fall in love with an artificial intelligence? A new film seems to say yes.
Zombies, Zombies Everywhere
Aug 02, 2013How the video game The Last of Us fits into the growing catalog of post-apocalyptic media.
Alec Guinness Gets a Makeover
Jul 31, 2013The classic 1980s John le Carré miniseries Smiley's People is getting the Blu-ray treatment.
Not That Exciting
Jul 26, 2013Pedro Almodovar's latest film, I'm So Excited! is less than thrilling but doesn't spell the end of the famed Spanish director.
Shonda Rhimes' Huma Abedin
Jul 24, 2013Real-life Huma Abedin is pretty much Scandal's fictional D.C. political fixer Olivia Pope. Both women know their way around a crisis.
