books
What if it's supposed to be bad?
Artists make choices. What if those choices are intentionally off-putting?
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025
This week: The Naked Gun, a lovely new romance novel, and TWO Star Treks!
superhero movies
Somebody save me
Superman and Thunderbolts get back to superhero basics: saving people from certain death.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025
This week: The terrific debut feature I Like Movies, The Batman, and Spock's wedding(??!)
movies
From the archives: The Times' 1933 review of King Kong: The 8th Wonder Of The World
Renowned stage critic Frankfort Whitaker goes ape for the latest musical spectacular.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown July 14 - 20 2025
This week: Red Rooms! Sorry, Baby! Donkey Kong! And we're recapping Star Trek: Strange New Worlds!
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown July 7 - 13 2025
This week: Superman! Ron Howard! Chickens?
movies
How Materialists pays homage to - and inverts - The Apartment
Celine Song's new "romcom" shares a lot of DNA with Billy Wilder's classic dramedy.
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 30 - July 6 2025
This week: F1, Sunshine, and a new-ish trans YA novel.
movies
Five Indiana Jones reboots, pitched
And not a one of them stars Chris Pratt!
rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown June 23 -29 2025
This week: Emily bends it like Beckham and checks out new music from Haim and Lorde.
movies
28 Years Later imagines a strange and beautiful apocalypse
The zombie sequel offers up a post-human world bursting with color.