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In The Secret Agent, from director Kleber Mendonça Filho, the year is 1977, and Brazil is under military dictatorship. A man (Wagner... Read More

For a relatively young country, America has inflicted an enormous amount of suffering on human beings. Maybe there’s some cosmic... Read More

My niece and nephew, who are not quite twins but were born within a year of each other, recently had a joint Bat and Bar Mitzvah. This, I... Read More

On September 28, 1.1 million Americans tuned in for the 37th season premiere of the groundbreaking animated sitcom The Simpsons. A... Read More

Ada (Kate Beckinsale) is a single mother living in East London with her adorable Deaf daughter Charlotte (Isabelle Moxley) — but she... Read More

A hundred years ago, Broadway impresario Abe Erlanger hired a 12-year-old boy—and consulted him frequently. He said he needed the... Read More

Recently, a rather silly Substack article prompted people in my internet circles to debate philosophy. The article, from Bentham’s... Read More

I can’t remember the moment I started thinking in English. I was 11 when I arrived at Miami Airport with my parents and sister, one... Read More

Celebrating National Review’s 70th anniversary should not neglect the art context of its appearance in the culture. Not to say... Read More

Armando Solimões, the mournful-eyed central character played by Wagner Moura in The Secret Agent, isn’t a government operative,... Read More

Thanksgiving is a seasonal, needed reminder of the promise and reality of America – on which we celebrate our nation’s shared,... Read More

Barry Levinson was one of the most successful directors in America around 1990, when he made Avalon, an immigrant Thanksgiving movie... Read More

Living without Radiohead is not to live at all; for many, it would be to die. The question really is to be or not to be. Putting any irony in... Read More

In my mid-teens I succumbed to a protracted period of intense self-consciousness. For about five years, give or take, I was convinced I had... Read More

Natural science made man an observer of the world. This has its advantages. Observation can lead to insight, which can generate progress,... Read More

For the past several months, the consensus here in Washington, DC has been that “the vibes are bad.” Something about the 2024... Read More

This month’s Food & Wine magazine suggests three “chef-upgrade” Thanksgiving pies — cranberry lime curd,... Read More

If you follow the increasingly intertwined worlds of celebrity and literature, you may have spotted a supermodel cozying up to a bestselling... Read More

The stock price of Nvidia, an artificial intelligence company that makes a product most people can’t explain, has entered the realm of... Read More

Hollowed out. That’s how I frequently described West Virginia University during the nine years I worked there before leaving this... Read More

IN THE GARDEN, I experience the seasons with much greater intensity than anywhere else. And accordingly, the approaching winter also... Read More

Thanksgiving is America’s one major holiday tied to the land. Writer Sarah Josepha Hale began advocating for its establishment in the... Read More

It is axiomatic that the way a mother cares for her children has a lot to do with how they turn out. Take Tony Soprano. Or consider a meme:... Read More