December 2022


Books December 5, 2022

Joyce Carol Oates, a woman for all seasons

She remains one of American literature’s great survivors — and provocateurs

Zoe Strimpel

Exhibitions December 5, 2022

Murillo the masterful

The Spaniard’s painterly skill outshines his congenital weakness for schmaltz

Mario Naves

Television December 5, 2022

The shock value of Lena Dunham

She was the low-culture Mary Tyler Moore

Art Tavana

Film December 5, 2022

The return of Lindsay Lohan

Falling for Christmas looks bound to be tragicomic and artless pulp, but so what?

Ross Anderson

Music December 5, 2022

David Bowie is bigger than ever

His stature as rock music’s greatest iconoclast shows no sign of being threatened

Alexander Larman