BFG Podcast #097: ‘John Wick Chapter 4,’ ‘Swarm,’ and ‘Party Down’
Our critics know everything about the culture
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The Censor Crack’d
When it comes to bowdlerizing Agatha Christie, it’s not hard to figure out whodunnit
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The Good Times are Gone, But ‘Party Down’ is Still Going
The legendary cult sitcom’s return is perfect for our age of diminished expectations
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Fresh Kills
‘John Wick Chapter 4’ ups the ante
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‘Swarm’ Falls Apart
Sharp, bloody satire of music fandom flies off the rails at the end
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Macondon’t
Ready or not, here comes the “magical” Netflix adaption of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’
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The Shazam! Family is All Foster Families
Box-office and critical problems aside, the ‘Shazam!’ movies offer rare on-screen representation
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‘The Mandalorian’ Gets Biblical in Season 3
And what is the creature in the Mandalore lagoon?
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Like a Rolling Tome
A Florida bookseller hopes an old-fashioned bookmobile will help combat the growing tide of school censorship
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BFG Podcast #096: ‘The Mandalorian Season 3’, ‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods,’ and ‘Top Chef World All-Stars’
Our critics break down the culture
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A Glorious Romp in Ye Olde Arabian Seas
‘The Adventures Of Amina Al-Sirafi’ by Shannon Chakraborty
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Memories of Reading John Jakes
The works of the pop-history writer, who died last week at age 90, were my first foray into “grownup” fiction
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What We Saw At SXSW
The crowd pleasers and conversation starters from this year’s festival
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What Price ‘Glory’?
The secret sauce behind ‘The Glory,’ Netflix’s surprise hit South Korean drama
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Furry of the Gods
‘Shazam! Fury of the Gods’ is a dumb, cute superhero movie for the kids, and also there’s Helen Mirren
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