Is Matthew Lillard in ‘Scream 7’? The Truth

Image Credit: WireImage Matthew Lillard rose to fame in the nineties and early aughts with cheeky roles in films including Scooby-Doo, SLC Punk! and She’s All That. But nothing has defined his career like his ferocious turn, both darkly comedic and…

The Hidden Histories Lost in the Los Angeles Fires

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The most tenacious of all clichés about Los Angeles is that it is a place with no past. Bernard-Henri Lévy, in his 2006 travelogue, “American Vertigo,” called L.A. a “city without…

The Brief and Brilliant Career of Sara Gómez

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The effort to yoke radical politics to radical aesthetics—to make art that’s revolutionary both in content and form—is as central to modernity as revolution itself is. The Cuban director Sara Gómez,…

“Mo” ’s Urgent, Uneven Homecoming

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first episode of Netflix’s larkish dramedy “Mo” reveals exactly what its title character, Mohammed Najjar, is capable of. He’s camped out in a parking lot, peddling “authentic bootlegs”—faux designer sunglasses,…

Frederick Wiseman’s Real-Life Epics

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Richard BrodyStaff writer 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. Frederick Wiseman…