September 2022


Book Review August 29, 2022

A.M. Homes’s state of paranoia

Her latest leaves us stranded between serious fiction and a particularly extreme Reddit forum

Francesca Peacock

Book Review August 29, 2022

The faulty towers of higher education

The college system is broken — can it be fixed?

Christopher J. Scalia

Book Review August 29, 2022

Frank Buckley’s right direction

Can a socially conservative, economically centrist GOP win elections?

William Murchison

Television August 29, 2022

The time trap of Irma Vep

The HBO Max miniseries shows a rare interest in the present moment

Nicky Otis Smith

Music August 29, 2022

Country music finds its independent streak

New singers are bucking bro-country and reconnecting with their roots

Amber Duke

Exhibitions August 29, 2022

Chroma chameleon

The Met brings out its bread and butter: stunning galleries devoted to Greek and Roman art

Mario Naves

Exhibitions August 29, 2022

Not your average Jo

Joanna Hiffernan is now at the center of The Woman in White, an exhibition at the NGA

Jane Coombs

Television August 29, 2022

Closing the curtain on Norm Macdonald’s comedy

He was willing to pulverize all we hold dear in modern America

Billy McMorris

Film August 29, 2022

Crimes of the Future is David Cronenberg at his best

Which scenes will cause you to walk out or flee in disgust? Caveat emptor

Gavin Smith