Is the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Anything but Fan Service? Is the ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ Sequel Anything but Fan Service?
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments is caught between grappling with the politics of the moment and the politics of television success.
Dec 2, 2019 / Sarah Jones
FKA Twigs, High Priestess of Pop Music’s Avant-Garde FKA Twigs, High Priestess of Pop Music’s Avant-Garde
Mixing sacred imagery and snatches of memoir, the British artist’s new album is Magdalene a beautiful and eerie statement.
Dec 2, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
The Resistance of Kathy Griffin The Resistance of Kathy Griffin
“I was the test case. I want to make sure that they can never do to anyone what they did to me, not on my watch.”
Nov 29, 2019 / Danny Goldberg
Puzzle No. 3517 Puzzle No. 3517
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Athlete’s company getting back inside (just kidding!) (4) 3 Flip game console recording and support accommodations…
Nov 28, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Surrealpolitik of the Venice Biennale The Surrealpolitik of the Venice Biennale
Is the prestigious international showcase of contemporary art necessarily nationalistic?
Nov 26, 2019 / Erica X Eisen
Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite Inside the Wild Universe of Artist Jacolby Satterwhite
Combining video, performance, and music, his work tackles themes of sex, labor, public space, and the body.
Nov 22, 2019 / Tiana Reid
From ‘outside voices, please’ From ‘outside voices, please’
I grew drunk on the dragonflies’ ultra Three times I asked our misogynistic uncle, the family patriarch, for money for books for the girls to which he then scoffed drunkenly throwi…
Nov 19, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Valerie Hsiung
The Songs of Canceled Men The Songs of Canceled Men
A new book revisits the lives of artists like James Brown, Elvis Presley, and Frank Sinatra and asks how music criticism can reckon with the lives of immoral artists.
Nov 19, 2019 / Joe Bucciero
Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power Mati Diop’s ‘Atlantics’ Is a Startling Study of Power
As the contemporary film landscape heralds the coming of a class war, Diop’s beautiful movie reckons with capital and labor in groundbreaking fashion.
Nov 18, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Namwali Serpell
Puzzle No. 3516 Puzzle No. 3516
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Transportation cost is reasonable, we hear (4) 3 Irreverent person mixed maple and herbs (10) 10 Brown wood with t…
Nov 14, 2019 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto