The Culture We Deserve
April 30, 2026
The only thing that can be preserved is what we hold onto past the point of reason.
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We Bought an Orchestra
April 29, 2026
Oligarchy ruins everything, even Brahms’s First Symphony.
Red Noir
April 28, 2026
Sensitivity to the downtrodden informs the work collected in the new edition of Jim Thompson’s oeuvre.
The Wahlberg Express
“I am a big, bright, shining star!”
A Portrait of the Artist as an Artist Portraying the Artist
April 23, 2026
This offers itself as revelation.
Eyes of Lillian Bassman
April 22, 2026
Lillian Bassman finally gets her due.
Betting the Farm
April 21, 2026
In Ukraine, the corporate consolidation of farmland poses a number of risks.
March into the Ruins
April 17, 2026
Kluge always wanted to give people, and the principles to which people try to be faithful, some extra lift.
Cherish Your Memorized Weakness
April 16, 2026
"The Comeback" is by no means happy to be here.
Vigilante Injustice
April 15, 2026
Two books revisit the Bernie Goetz shooting.
What’s in a Name?
April 14, 2026
“Ain’t that so? You never never know.”
West Memphis Three
Love is the law, love under will.