In Angelina Jolie’s Couture, the Metatextual Is the Star
Photo: Pathe Films/Courtesy Everett Collection In the late 1960s, the luxury mink-fur brand Blackglama started an ad campaign…
Brinity Peaked Too Soon on ‘Love Island USA’
On Love Island, not all lovers are also winners. Photo: Ben Symons/Peacock All across Love Island–land, there are…
Kate O’Flynn on ‘Widow’s Bay’ Is Not Like Other Final Girls
Before Widow’s Bay, Kate O’Flynn had never heard of a final girl. The actress didn’t care much for…
‘The Odyssey’ Translator Emily Wilson on Nolan’s New Movie
Photo: Melinda Sue Gordon/Universal Pictures Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey isn’t out for another few weeks, but don’t tell…
Tony Hinchcliffe’s ‘Man of the People’ Comedy Special Is Bad
Just to get this out of the way: Anyone inclined to dislike Tony Hinchcliffe’s new Netflix special Man…
How Pace Gallery Broke Itself
The mega-gallery embraced a fantasy of endless growth and hype and the assumption that bigger means better. The…
‘Summer House’ Is Reality TV’s Midlife Crisis
After months of scandal and speculation, and several weeks of extended reunion unpacking, the sordid mess of Summer…
‘I Was Like the Girl in ‘The Princess Diaries’
A 19-year-old Jesse Eisenberg at the first Tribeca Film Festival, where Roger Dodger premiered. Photo: Getty Images In…
Review: Drake’s Triple Album Can Be Annoyingly Interesting
His new album trilogy is at once some of his most exciting and most perfunctory music of the…
Gore, Action, and Marital Strife
Another entry in our recent deluge of ironic gorefests, Over Your Dead Body doesn’t really give us anything…
Chandler Levack on ‘Mile End Kicks’ and ‘Roommates’
Photo: Scott Yamano/Netflix It’s not often that a director has two films out in one year, and it’s…
Lee Cronin’s The Mummy Should’ve Stayed in Its Crypt
A parent’s love is supposed to be boundless and unconditional, but you have to snicker the first time…