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Allen Iverson finally wants to talk about practice. "The Answer" opens Misunderstood: A Memoir recounting a question that would... Read More

There are many ways to be difficult in this world. You can be demanding, inconvenient, stubborn, complicated, troublesome, baffling,... Read More

When I first read Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita – on the recommendation of my young, handsome English teacher – I was... Read More

In an interview last month with Fandango, writer-director Emerald Fennell explains why the title on the Wuthering Heights poster is in... Read More

Beginning with Hermione Hoby’s New Yorker essay a little over two weeks ago and continuing with a diverse series of... Read More

In mid-2025, right after the final member of BTS, the biggest band in the world, had served out the mandatory military service required of... Read More

Wealth may or may not trickle down; bad ideas certainly do. Read More

In 100 days, a man will be making the final preparations for his attempt to run faster than any human being in history. Fred Kerley, the 2022... Read More

Though man may be the measure of all things, as Protagoras said, the relationships man forms with animals may also be a measure of man.... Read More

Mike and Claire Sardina of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, were a likable couple with a story of compelling social interest. Through the 1990s, the... Read More

When Warner Bros. released the poster for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming film adaptation of Wuthering Heights, the visual language was... Read More

Heterosexuality is in crisis. Young people aren’t dating, and the ones who are often find themselves on a romantic hamster wheel,... Read More

The online Right lit up last week with the scandal of two right-wing influencers (one of whom was a Catholic who had her marriage... Read More

Via Kite & Key Media - America’s system of federalism means the 50 states can have dramatically different laws.In other... Read More

FOR SUSAN SONTAG, cinema declined one decade at a time. The 1890s was the decade of the miracle of invention. In 1900, silent cinema soared.... Read More

I want to take advantage of the ramp-up to Oscar season — a wonderful time, during which my inner child will always be excited, no... Read More

In 1979, a linguist named Michael Reddy published a paper about a fundamental problem in human communication. That paper... Read More

In 2018, English writer Rachel Cusk announced the death of character. It was only a matter of time, of course. Nominally killing off... Read More

IN DECEMBER, A. S. Hamrah released two books: Algorithm of the Night: Film Writing, 2019–2025, his second collection of movie... Read More

One thing that enquiring minds don’t ask anymore is whether the Hispanic Society is worth a visit. Those in the know understand... Read More

About halfway through Marc Maron’s recent interview with Barack Obama, the final episode in Maron’s extraordinary 16... Read More

The other day on Substack, a comment about no works of literature about motherhood. Can anyone think of any novels/films/stories about... Read More

The Pirates of the Caribbean helmer hasn’t put out a film since early 2017, and to say that the world has changed in the time... Read More

Since her breakout role in Taxi Driver, Jodie Foster has been known for delivering steely performances of impenetrable women. From the... Read More

I first encountered an early prototype of a sex robot when I was completing my PhD in neuroscience in 2017, and a friend sent me a viral... Read More

Listen up, men: Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. I realize that some of you — maybe most of you — did not see it coming.... Read More

I had never read a Krisztina Tóth novel before, and, unless you read Hungarian, German, Chinese, Macedonian, or Czech, neither had... Read More

In 1964, an influential report identified a disquieting trend in academia. “Increasingly during the past few years,” it... Read More