Dark Matter Pearl Jam (Monkeywrench, 2024) When you love a band, it can be a challenge to write about them. I have seen Pearl Jam live in concert at least six...
Arts & Culture
Monkey Man Directed by Dev Patel (Universal Pictures, 2024) Monkey Man, directed by and starring Indian actor Dev Patel, uses its trailer to showcase Patel...
Purpose By Samuel T. Wilkinson (Pegasus Books, 2024) Yale psychiatrist Samuel T. Wilkinson’s Purpose belongs to a small but highly touted group of recent...
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga opens with a God’s-eye view of a fragile sliver of green in a vast expanse of rust orange: an oasis of life in the post-apocalyptic...
An alien crashes to Earth near a remote cabin, tosses its owner into the lake, replicates his DNA, takes on his identity as a vacationing physician, and...
Cowboy Carter Beyoncé (Columbia Records, 2024) Beyoncé is one of the few artists in popular music today who makes albums that aim for the heft and significance...
Cabrini Directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Angel Studios, 2024) In 1946, Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. “Mother Cabrini,”...
Judaism Is About Love by Shai Held (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024) Some years ago, I took classes in Judaism. One day, the rabbi talked about differences...
Prelude to Ecstasy The Last Dinner Party (Island, 2024) London-based indie/baroque rock band The Last Dinner Party makes an impressive debut with Prelude to...
Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat opens, very nearly, with a familiar scenario: a dispiriting encounter between a young artist with an exacting creative vision and a...
