Entertainment
‘Life’s so fun’
When MUNA’s “Silk Chiffon” entered the world in late summer 2021, life was, in general, definitively not fun. But as society was preparing to...
High-octane hit
Faster is a throwback to the action films of the 1970s, from the production color schemes to the film stock and camera angles utilized by cinematographer Michael Grady. If you’re not familiar with classics like Shaft, The French Connection, Dirty Harry, Enter the ...
Columbia to release Bob Dylan’s early demo recordings
Columbia Records is wrapping up a trove of early Bob Dylan...
Al Stewart’s cast of characters
In April of this year, Al Stewart was awarded A Lifetime Achievement Award at the BBC2 Radio Folk Awards ceremony. These events are usually bittersweet...
The show must go on—Dispatches from the 48th Telluride Film Festival
There was no show last year; it was called on account of pandemic. Just as well: Wildfires all along the West draped a burnt...
TBS’ Conan O’Brien Takes Shots at Les Moonves, Rupert Murdoch and...
Conan O’Brien strutted out on Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom stage to remind advertisers he had taken a downgrade...
Layers of paper, paint and memory
A tall, white canvas leans against the wall in Clara Nulty’s painting studio.It looks nearly blank, but there’s a pattern of dots, not unlike...
A logical explanation
One word resonates through my mind when movies suggest the existence of “the Other” or people exchange scary stories: fake. It’s fun to watch horror films and pretend there are witches, ghosts and monsters lurking about, but it’s just that — imaginary. While part of ...
