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Old-Time Modernity: Cycladic Art at the Met
A major collection of early Greek figures and vessels takes up long-term residence in New York — a transformative event.
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Broadway Legend: Chita Rivera (1933-2024)
I was not the only one in the audience who let out a yelp of joy when I saw Chita Rivera in the diner scene of “…tick…tick…boom.” In the credits, her role is simply identified as “Broadway legend.” Ms. Rivera, who died this week at age 91, is synonymous with that term. Many people are…
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At the Movies: Clarenfreud
Winter finally arrived in Chicago recently, and instead of watching the meteorologists tell us how many inches of thunder snow we would get, I decided to partake in one of my favorite activities, going to the movies. I am fortunate to see lots of films in advance because of my line of work. However, from time to…
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Max’s Tokyo Vice Gets Closer to Its Out-of-Reach Potential in Season Two
When the Michael Mann-directed pilot of “Tokyo Vice” premiered in spring of 2022, viewers were promised a crime thriller set to the backdrop of a neon-soaked Japan. What truly unraveled after the first episode aired was a sprawling–and at times slow–drama about an American writer getting in over his head with the Japanese yakuza. Watching…
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The Unloved, Part 122: Silent Night
It may seem like it but it’s not every day a living legend releases a movie at the local multiplex and it just sort of passes from discussion in a couple of days. On this site, Matt Zoller Seitz, a man who knows, gave John Woo‘s “Silent Night” one of the few positive reviews I read, but…
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Prime Video’s Update of Mr. and Mrs. Smith Crackles with Wit and Creative Energy
It’s hard to believe but the nostalgia machine that repurposes everything that was a hit before has reached the 2000s, getting to Doug Liman’s 2005 blockbuster “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” the film that notoriously united Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt forever in pop culture history. While the new Amazon Prime Video series loosely based on that…
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The Dogs That Live Longest, by a Nose
Small dogs with prominent noses live longer than bigger, flat-faced canines, a new study suggests.
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A Shape-Shifting Plastic With a Flexible Future
The material can be tempered into different shapes — like steel in the hands of a blacksmith — and could someday transform space travel, recycling and more.
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He’s jealous of his wife’s long-dead husband. Give advice to this Hax question.
Every week, we ask readers to think like an advice columnist and submit their advice to a question Carolyn Hax hasn’t answered.
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As coffee shops become union battlegrounds, owners hit back
Beyond Starbucks, baristas and other workers at independent coffee shops and small chains press their organizing efforts, but some shops are closing instead.