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BOOKS Featured Stories FICTION

Is Maggie O’Farrell’s New Novel ‘Land’ Just Grief Porn?

July 19, 2026July 24, 2026 Katie Smith 0 Comments anti-colonialism, Book Review, British colonialism, British Empire, Canada, Catholic Church, colonialism, family saga, Great Irish Famine, grief, grief literature, Hamnet, Hillary Kelly, historical fiction, Ireland, Irish history, Irish literature, Jessie Buckley, Joan Didion, Knopf, Land, literary fiction, Maggie OFarrell, mapmaking, resilience, The Atlantic, The Year of Magical Thinking

The ‘Hamnet’ author’s charts Ireland’s history

Comedy Featured Stories FILM

‘The Invite’ Prompt Was — Bergman, But Make It Funny!

July 11, 2026July 14, 2026 Laura Pruden 3 Comments Adam Newport-Berra, Cesc Gay, Comedy, Edward Norton, ensemble cast, film review, independent film, Ingmar Bergman, Jade Healy, marriage, middle age, Olivia Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Penelope Cruz, play adaptation, Rashida Jones, relationship comedy, romantic comedy, Seth Rogen, sex comedy, Spanish cinema, The Invite, The People Upstairs, Will McCormack

Olivia Wilde directs and acts in a comedy about love and marriage in middle-age

Featured Stories FILM

Traumatized Young Woman?

July 10, 2026July 14, 2026 Neal Pollack 1 Comment Book and Film Globe, comic book movies, CW Supergirl, DC Comics, DC Studios, DC Universe, Fantasy, film review, Gal Gadot, graphic novels, Guardians Of The Galaxy, Helen Slater, James Gunn, Justice League Unlimited, Kara Zor-El, Krypton, Melissa Benoist, Milly Alcock, Patty Jenkins, science fiction, Supergirl, Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, superhero movies, Superman, women superheroes, Wonder Woman

‘Supergirl’ disappoints in all the key ways

Featured Stories FILM

‘Reading Lolita in Tehran’ With the Revolutionary Guard

July 8, 2026July 10, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments

Azar Nafisi’s memoir finally hits the big screen

BOOKS Featured Stories

The Long, Poisonous Roots of Conspiracy Theories

July 8, 2026July 10, 2026 Gordon Haber 0 Comments Andrew McKenzie-McHarg, anti-vaxxers, Book and Film Globe, Book Review, CIA, conspiracy theories, conspiracy theory, Deep State, disinformation, fake news, Franz Neumann, Girolamo Savonarola, Great Replacement, Hannah Arendt, history, Intellectual History, John F. Kennedy assassination, Joseph McCarthy, Karl Popper, Marxism, Maurice Joly, misinformation, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nonfiction, OSS, philosophy, Pizzagate, political history, politics, Princeton University Press, Protocols of the Elders of Zion, psychology, QAnon, Richard Hofstadter, Stop the Steal, The Hidden History of Conspiracy Theory, The Prince, Watergate

In his ‘Hidden History’ Andrew McKenzie-McHarg goes back to Machiavelli and wide to ‘Yankees and Cowboys’

Featured Stories Streaming TELEVISION

Calling all Byrd Watchers

July 7, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments AIDS crisis, Annie Sprinkle, Bang My Box The Robin Byrd Story, Channel J, creator economy, documentary, free speech, gay rights, HBO, Jyllian Gunther, LGBTQ history, LGBTQ+, Max, New York City, public access television, public access TV, Reagan era, Robin Byrd, Sarah Jessica Parker, sex positivity, Shelly Byrd, social media, Stephanie Schwam, Television, transgender visibility, TV documentary

A Sarah Jessica Parker production portrays the sex-positive influencer who preceded social media

Comedy Featured Stories FILM

Minions and Monsters With Movies and Mayhem

July 4, 2026July 9, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments Allison Janney, animated film, animation, Bobby Moynihan, Book and Film Globe, Brian Lynch, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Christoph Waltz, Comedy, Cthulhu, Despicable Me, family film, film review, George Lucas, H.P. Lovecraft, Harold Lloyd, Hollywood, Illumination, Jeff Bridges, Jesse Eisenberg, Minions, Minions and Monsters, Modern Times, movies, Phil LaMarr, Pierre Coffin, Safety Last, silent films, Steamboat Bill Jr, The Blob, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Trey Parker, Universal Pictures, Zoey Deutch

Is this the nail in the Pierre Coffin series?

Featured Stories FILM

America at 250 Is a Clash of ‘Taxi Driver’ vs ‘All the President’s Men’

July 3, 2026July 9, 2026 Robert Dean 0 Comments 1970s cinema, 1976 films, Alan J. Pakula, algorithms, alienation, All the President's Men, America at 250, American cinema, American politics, antihero, Ben Bradlee, Bob Woodward, Carl Bernstein, cultural criticism, democracy, Dustin Hoffman, Fight Club, film criticism, Hollywood, institutions, Journalism, local journalism, loneliness, loneliness epidemic, manosphere, Martin Scorsese, media consolidation, media trust, movies, news media, newspapers, Paul Schrader, political films, Richard Nixon, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, social media, Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle, Washington Post, Watergate

Travis Bickle is wiping the floor with Woodward and Bernstein

Featured Stories FILM Humor

The Last Jackass Claims To Be Their Best

June 27, 2026July 1, 2026 Stephen Garrett 0 Comments 2026 movies, Adam Ray, American comedy, Bad Grandpa, Bam Margera, Book and Film Globe, Brad Pitt, Busby Berkeley, Buster Keaton, Chris Pontius, comedy films, Corona song, Danger Ehren, Dark Shark, Dave England, Dickhouse Productions, documentary films, film criticism, Jackass, Jackass Best and Last, Jackass Forever, Jasper Dolphin, Jeff Tremaine, Johnny Knoxville, Looney Tunes, Minutemen, movie review, MTV, nostalgia, Oscar Stunt Design, Paramount Pictures, physical comedy, Poopies, Pop Culture, prank movies, Preston Lacy, Rachel Wolfson, Ryan Dunn, skate culture, Steve O, stunt comedy, Wee Man

Johnny Knoxville and crew in a butt-stuffing swansong

BOOKS Featured Stories

The Cruelty of Nice Minnesota Folks

June 26, 2026July 1, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments African American history, American history, American politics, autoethnography, Black Lives Matter, book criticism, Book Review, civil rights, contemporary nonfiction, George Floyd, George Floyd protests, Harper, health care inequality, housing discrimination, Hubert Humphrey, Justin Ellis, Ku Klux Klan, memoir, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minnesota Nice, nonfiction books, police brutality, political history, public policy, race relations, redlining, segregation, social commentary, social justice, structural racism, systemic racism, The Atlantic, The Cruelty of Nice Folks, The Great Migration, Tim Walz, U.S. history, urban history

Justin Ellis explains why Minneapolis was America’s raw racial nerve

Featured Stories FILM Poetry

Run, Don’t Walk To See a One-Man, Three-Hour Biopic of French Poet Arthur Rimbaud, Really

June 25, 2026June 29, 2026 Kenji Fujishima 0 Comments 2026 films, A Bread Factory, A Rimbaud, A Season in Hell, Amy Williams, art house cinema, arthouse movies, Arthur Rimbaud, avant garde film, biographical films, Blake Draper, cinematic experimentation, cinematography, Dan Schlosberg, experimental cinema, film criticism, Frank Barrera, French poetry, In the Family, independent cinema, independent film, indie filmmaking, literary adaptations, microbudget filmmaking, New York film scene, Patrick Wang, Paul Verlaine, poet biopics, poetry and film, psychological portrait, Roger Ebert, Roxy Cinema, self distribution, The Drunken Boat, The Grief of Others, Tribeca, world cinema

If you’re into risk-taking, boundary-pushing cinema, find and see Patrick Wang’s latest film.

BOOKS Featured Stories

Thrilling, Funny, and Sad Tales of Modern Manhood

June 25, 2026June 29, 2026 Jake Harris 0 Comments American Fiction, American South, book criticism, Book Review, comedy writing, contemporary fiction, cultural satire, Danny McBride, dark comedy, Divorce, Eastbound and Down, fatherhood, Fight Club, genre fiction, Halloween, humor books, June 2026 books, Kenny Powers, literary fiction, masculinity, mens fiction, midlife crisis, modern manhood, Pop Culture, Random House, satire, short stories, short story collection, Southern literature, Stephen King, television creators, The Exorcist, The Righteous Gemstones, Thrilling Tales of Modern Men, Vice Principals

Danny McBride wonders: Are the men OK?

Featured Stories FILM

Tribeca 2026: The Year of Going to the Cinema

June 24, 2026June 29, 2026 Kaveh Jalinous 0 Comments Al Pacino, Alicia Vikander, American independent film, Billie Lourd, cinema culture, documentary films, documentary review, Elizabeth Cutler, emerging filmmakers, Festival Coverage, festival favorites, Fidel Castro, film criticism, film festivals, Flywheel, Harvey Guillén, independent film, indie cinema, Japanese cinema, Josh Brener, Julie Rice, Killing Castro, Memorizu, mental health, Miiku Sakanishi, motherhood, movie reviews, New York City, Peloton, political thrillers, postpartum depression, relationships, Romantic Drama, Ruth Zuckerman, Seven OClock Breakfast Club from the Brokenhearted, SoulCycle, Spin Wars, streaming movies, That Friend, The Last Day, Tribeca 2026, Tribeca Festival, Tribeca reviews, Victoria Pedretti, world cinema

Subjects ranging from rural Japan to New York spin studios to Cold War Cuba showcased the festival’s eclectic range

DOCUMENTARY Featured Stories FILM

E. Jean Carroll Tells Her Story

June 23, 2026June 29, 2026 William Schwartz 0 Comments #metoo, 2026 films, advice columnists, American culture, Ask E. Jean, cable television, contemporary politics, court cases, documentary films, documentary review, Donald Trump, E. Jean Carroll, Elle magazine, feminism, film criticism, gonzo journalism, Ivy Meeropol, media criticism, nonfiction film, political documentaries, Roger Ailes, sexual assault, sexual harassment, television history, Trump era, women and media, women's rights

‘Ask E. Jean’ prompts questions it doesn’t answer

BOOKS Featured Stories MUSIC

He Managed The Beatles and They Couldn’t Manage Without Him

June 22, 2026June 29, 2026 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1960s music, Allen Klein, Antisemitism, Apple Corps, Beatlemania, Beatles books, Beatles manager, book criticism, Brian Epstein, British Invasion, celebrity biographies, Da Capo Books, Derek Taylor, George Harrison, George Harrison biography, George Martin, homophobia in Britain, Jane Asher, Jewish history, John Lennon, John Lennon biography, LGBTQ history, Liverpool, London music scene, Mr Moonlight, music biographies, music industry, music journalism, Neil Aspinall, Paul McCartney, Paul McCartney biography, Peter Brown, Philip Norman, Philip Norman interview, pop music history, Reggie Kray, rock and roll history, rock history, Shout The Beatles in Their Generation, Swinging London, The Beatles, The Beatles legacy

Q&A with Philip Norman, biographer of Beatles manager Brian Epstein

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