Magazine – Life & Arts

Sienna Miller and Dominic West in "War." (Justin Downing/Sky/HBO)

HBO’s ‘War,’ with Dominic West, is a clever legal drama

Graham Hillard · October 23, 2026 4:55 am

'You Can See Everything' co-director Nathan Fielder and Elizabeth Holmes. (A24)

‘You Can See Everything’ is spectacularly strange

Howard zinn historian

An unhinged biography of left-wing historian Howard Zinn

Associate Justice Samuel Alito stands in his chambers at the Supreme Court in Washington, on Sept. 29. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

In ‘So Ordered,’ Justice Samuel Alito reflects on his judicial philosophy

Walker Percy in Covington, Louisiana, in 1977. (AP Photo)

Revisiting Walker Percy’s ‘The Last Gentleman’ at 60

Dr. Younan Nowzaradan in TLC’s My 600-Lbs. Life. (Courtesy of TLC)

What do we get out of watching ‘My 600-lb Life’?

Peter Tonguette July 18, 2025 12:20 am

A customer browses the stationary displayed at Itoya Topdrawer in Boston. (Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

The resurgence of the handwritten

Jack Baruth July 18, 2025 12:10 am

‘28 Years Later’ and the permanent apocalypse

Joe Joyce July 18, 2025 12:05 am

When the murder mystery and the campus satire collide

Malcolm Forbes July 17, 2025 11:50 pm

Clint Eastwood in Rawhide, 1959. (CBS via Getty Images)

Review of ‘Clint: The Man and the Movies’ by Shawn Levy

Anthony Paletta July 17, 2025 11:35 pm

A history of teen movies

Peter Tonguette July 11, 2025 5:50 am

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark looks around the defense of Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams a game on June 24 in Seattle. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

The WNBA should guard Caitlin Clark like gold

Oliver Bateman July 11, 2025 5:37 am

Apple’s golf show Stick drowns us in therapy culture

Graham Hillard July 11, 2025 4:35 am

Dino Another Day

Ben Appel July 11, 2025 4:25 am

When books were actually banned

Micah Mattix July 11, 2025 12:35 am

Reflections on 60

Rob Long July 11, 2025 12:20 am

Why used-car shoppers can ignore odometers

Jack Baruth July 11, 2025 12:05 am