Graydon Carter memoir chronicles time at Vanity Fair, magazines’ peak
Book Review When the Going Was Good By Graydon CarterPenguin: 432 pages, $32If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
‘Misericordia’ review: Suggestive French thriller surprises
Alain Guiraudie’s marvelously unsentimental French thriller begins in a mood of death, one it never quite shakes as events pick up in a twisty way.…
‘Magazine Dreams’ review: Jonathan Majors on shallow rampage
In “Magazine Dreams,” Jonathan Majors plays a volatile bodybuilder named Killian Maddox, presumably because the writer and director Elijah Bynum thought calling the character Murderguy…
‘The Alto Knights’ review: Two De Niros, many crime film nods
Martin Scorsese’s rueful, poignant 2019 drama “The Irishman,” starring longtime collaborator Robert De Niro, was a reflection on — or perhaps even a eulogy for…
‘Ash’ review: An alien threat with a sting of recognition
Who can’t wait to live on other planets? Second thoughts may be in order after seeing the woolly sci-fi-horror trip “Ash” from Grammy-winning L.A. music…
‘The Assessment’ review: A nightmarish test for parenthood
A popular if snarky response to the horrible behavior of someone else’s kids goes a little like this: You need a license to own a…
Public data should not conflate sex and gender, review says
Cancer screenings have been missed and criminal convictions overlooked because of how data is collected about people's biological sex and gender identity, an independent review…
‘The Residence’ and ‘Ludwig’ review: Charming detectives on the case
There’s nothing funny about murder, but it’s a handy device on which to hang a comedy.To be sure, there are those who like their mysteries…
‘Expert of Subtle Revisions’ review: History, language aren’t neutral
Book Review The Expert of Subtle Revisions By Kirsten Menger-AndersonCrown: 256 pages, $28If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a…
Review: ASAP Rocky returns to stage at Rolling Loud California
As usual, ASAP Rocky made a memorable entrance on Saturday night.Wearing dark sunglasses, walnut-sized diamond earrings and a T-shirt with a bulletproof vest printed on…
Canada to review purchase of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets
TORONTO — Canada’s new Prime Minister Mark Carney has asked Defense Minister Bill Blair to review the purchase of America’s F-35 fighter jet to see whether there…
Review: The SoCal return of the storied Vienna Philharmonic
It had been a decade and a year since the Vienna Philharmonic came our way to remind us how, for this storied ensemble of like-minded…
‘Eephus’ review: One day of baseball in all its fading glory
Weekend warriors on their beloved Massachusetts field of battle, fighting a setting sun, form the warmly gruff, jersey-clad roster of “Eephus,” Carson Lund’s appealing beer…
‘Black Bag’ review: Blanchett and Fassbender play spy games
“Black Bag” contains one of Steven Soderbergh’s most fantastical characters: a monogamous spy. It’s a pretty good thriller about a virtuous British agent named George…
‘Novocaine’ review: Jack Quaid in weightless action-comedy
The unwieldy action rom-com “Novocaine” makes a convincing argument that its lead, Jack Quaid, can do it all: woo the girl, shoot the goon and…
‘Dope Thief’ review: Brian Tyree Henry is one reason to watch
In “Dope Thief,” premiering Friday on Apple TV+, old friends Ray (Brian Tyree Henry) and Manny (Wagner Moura) are running a scam in which, dressed…
Review: ‘Red Scare’ author lets the past teach us about the present
Book Review Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America By Clay RisenScribner: 480 pages, $31If you buy books linked on our site,…
Review: Paul Mescal and Patsy Ferran deliver ‘Streetcar’ for the ages
New York — Theater lovers undaunted by astronomical ticket prices are flocking to the Brooklyn Academy of Music‘s Harvey Theater to see Paul Mescal as Stanley Kowalski…
‘Oh My God … Yes!’ review: Adult Swim lands in future South L.A.
Set in South L.A. somewhere in the not too near future, “Oh My God ... Yes!” — subtitled not without reason “A Series of Extremely…
‘On Becoming a Guinea Fowl’ review: African stunner about abuse
What’s the right way to grieve when the act won’t forgive a crime? In Rungano Nyoni’s entrancing, moody family drama “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl,”…