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I Saw the TV Glow
Jane Schoenbrun’s second narrative feature is a gnawing search for belonging in the static spaces between analog pixels. They stir dreamlike logic into scavenged memories, especially in a scene early in the film that grasps at how the medium of television’s celestial radiance can grant wide-eyed salvation in even the darkest room. A young Owen…
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The Unloved, Part 125: Mother Night
Like Carl Franklin, John Dahl, and Daniel Minahan, Keith Gordon is a director who seems to only work in TV despite having made 5-star films. Gordon’s got nothing like the reputation he deserves after becoming one of the most sensitive, sensuous adapters of great novels and a fierce stylist to boot. He created these gorgeously fraught…
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What Makes a Society More Resilient? Frequent Hardship.
Comparing 30,000 years of human history, researchers found that surviving famine, war or climate change helps groups recover more quickly from future shocks.
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Republicans Step Up Attacks on Scientist at Heart of Covid Lab Leak Theory
A heated hearing produced no new evidence that Peter Daszak or his nonprofit, EcoHealth Alliance, were implicated in the Covid outbreak.
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Marcel’s, a D.C. fine-dining mainstay, to close after 25 years
Marcel’s, the white-tablecloth French-Belgian restaurant in DC’s West End, is shutting its doors after a quarter-century.
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Emptying my late parents’ home is too hard. Hax readers give advice.
A reader wasn’t prepared for the emotional toll of sifting through their late parents’ possessions.
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Cooking chat: Will flour contaminate my counters with salmonella?
Every Wednesday at noon Eastern, Aaron Hutcherson and Becky Krystal answer your cooking questions.
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6 ways to make a mint julep for the Kentucky Derby
Transport yourself to Churchill Downs with these refreshing julep recipes.
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Dining chat: a fancy restaurant charged us $900 — two months ahead of dinner
Washington Post food critic Tom Sietsema entertains your dining questions, rants and raves.