There’s a special thrill of liberation in the live recordings of jazz that few studio recordings can match. Resonance Records will gratify a long-standing dream of mine with the release, on May 25th, of three concert recordings of the guitarist Read More …
Not even the most ambitious record executive could have dreamed up a pair like Jay-Z and Beyoncé. The couple have secured two of the most storied legacies in modern pop history; independently and as a unit, they have conquered the Read More …
Previously on “The Americans” (FX), the K.G.B. sleeper agents Philip and Elizabeth Jennings sought to undermine the American empire, and succeeded—as characters created by Joe Weisberg—in demolishing distinctions between the domestic drama and the international thriller. (Warning: this piece will Read More …
Roseanne Barr shot off her mouth, and the projectile, ricocheting, fatally struck her own show. Early on Tuesday, on Twitter, Barr waded into a conspiracy-theoretical discussion by likening Valerie Jarrett, the black attorney who was a senior adviser in the Read More …
For Americans planning to watch the three-part miniseries “A Very English Scandal” when it streams later this week on Amazon, may I offer a helpful P.S.A.? John Le Mesurier was the name of a celebrated British character actor best known Read More …
Every year on or around March 12th, acolytes of the Beat writer Jack Kerouac cluster at the Flamingo Sports Bar in St. Petersburg, Florida, to celebrate his birthday. Kerouac would have turned ninety-six this week had he not died just Read More …
That the Emmys lack the glamour and grandeur of the Oscars is an indicator of their odd cultural situation. Another is that, in terms of prestige, the institution pales in comparison to the average Emmy-winning show. The recent twists of Read More …
This season, a string of recordings documenting quotidian social aggressions has been accumulating in our social-media feeds, clip by clip, like some portentous summer garland. The videos are shakily produced—shot by the rightfully indignant, who, in a matter of minutes, Read More …
Early on Thursday afternoon, at the culmination of his retrial in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Bill Cosby was found guilty on three counts of sexual assault. This should not have been surprising. Women have accused Cosby of drugging and molesting them on Read More …
Two of my fellow-critics have gotten the ball rolling. Inspired by a tweet from Matt Zoller Seitz, David Ehrlich asked me and other film critics a provocative question for the latest of his weekly IndieWire surveys: my choice for a Read More …