John Cazale’s Barbaric Squawk
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The list of offenses is long, but let’s start with his jacket. It is a rich shade of burgundy, the color of a bruise, and not remotely flattering to the pale…
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Crashes and Community in “Demolition”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Watch Alec Sutherland’s “Demolition.” There is an uncanny shot toward the end of Alec Sutherland’s short film “Demolition” that is easy to miss. A demolition-derby driver, her hair matted with perspiration,…
Peter de Sève’s “Undercover”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A multitude of sensory delights are on offer this time of year, not least the sound of birds announcing the arrival of spring. For the cover of the April 15, 2024,…
“Curb Your Enthusiasm” Finale, Reviewed: Larry David Gets the Last Word
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a late December night many years ago, I was riding around midtown cheerfully stuffed into the back seat of a taxi with two of my kids. One was around seven,…
Maggie Nelson on the Conversations She Wants to Be Having
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story We have a sense, I think, of the false border sequestering art from theory. And so to remark on Maggie Nelson’s facility in mating the two is to say the least…
“The People’s Joker” Is an Outlaw Vision of the Superhero Movie
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “The People’s Joker,” directed by Vera Drew, is the best superhero movie I’ve ever seen—because, unlike studio-produced films in the genre, it responds to the filmmaker’s deep personal concerns. There’s a…
The Day Ram Dass Died
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I woke up every thirty minutes the night before Ram Dass died. Stretching my perception through the big divider that separated his study—where I lay on a narrow couch—from his bedroom,…
Josef Koudelka Could Locate Beauty Anywhere
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “I’m quite different from other people,” the legendary eighty-six-year-old Czech photographer Josef Koudelka was saying the other day at the Pace Gallery in Chelsea, where his first solo American show in…
Andrew Scott Joins the Pantheon of Talented Mr. Ripleys
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Alex BaraschCulture editor You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. When I…
The Salacious Glossiness of Netflix’s Prince Andrew Drama, “Scoop”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story There is a memorable moment in the film “Scoop,” Netflix’s new dramatization of the events surrounding the disastrous, royal-career-ending interview given by Prince Andrew, Duke of York, to the BBC’s “Newsnight,”…
