This Month
Why Alan Alda is the last decent actor in Hollywood
The perennial “nice dad”, finally back on screens in Netflix’s “The Four Seasons” remake, represents a Hollywood that no longer exists: one for adults.
July 2021
Surreal spectacle of Tokyo’s COVID-19 Olympiad comes to a head
The Japanese government is spending big on an event that no one can attend. Banning alcohol in restaurants and bars makes the same amount of sense.
August 2020
Johnny Depp, the High Court and the reality of fame
The libel trial brought by the Pirates of the Caribbean star says as much about the dazzle of celebrity as the quest for truth.
July 2020
Does cancel culture actually exist?
For the better part of the last decade, we have given a label to something that has existed for the length of human history.
March 2020
Woody Allen meets cancel culture
Publisher Hachette's decision to quash Allen's memoir is part of a dangerous trend to silence unpopular people and conflate accusation with guilt.