October 2022


Book Review October 3, 2022

The Soviets brought far from home

Kilometer 101 explores political undesirables who were exiled from Moscow

Francesca Peacock

Book Review October 3, 2022

A haunting novel remembers 1990s Ukraine

Explored commonalities between Ukraine and Russia have since erupted into war

Will Collins

Exhibitions October 3, 2022

John Singer Sargent comes to Spain

The artist created his own synthetic Spanish vision

James Panero

Exhibitions October 3, 2022

Kimono Style is more than just East-meets-West fashion

It is also a glimpse into a mystifying period of Japanese history

Jane Coombs

Film October 3, 2022

Bullet Train is an unabashedly manly palette cleanser

An action movie can be good or woke, but not both

Peter Tonguette

Film October 3, 2022

Bodies Bodies Bodies cancels its characters to death

It’s a successful satire of cancel culture that never hectors or patronizes

Nicky Otis Smith

Music October 3, 2022

A visit to Louis Armstrong’s old home

In any assessment of jazz’s founding fathers, he has to stand as the most influential figure

Jacob Heilbrunn

Theater October 3, 2022

Weighing in on the unauthorized Hamilton

It was probably inevitable that the culture wars would come for the show

Robert S. Erickson

Television October 3, 2022

The deeply human Walking Dead

The show made us feel we could find light in that which set us apart from savagery

James McCain