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The Monkees (from left, Mike Nesmith, Davy Jones, Peter Tork, and Micky Dolenz) pose with their Emmy award on June 4, 1967. They won for best comedy series and best comedy direction for their television program The Monkees. (AP Photo)

The only band that ever mattered was … the Monkees

Jack Baruth · October 24, 2026 7:52 am

U.S. Marines flinch as shell booms from the tube of their mortar on a sweeping operation south of Da Nang, South Vietnam on Dec. 1, 1966, in an area believed to be under strong Vietcong influence. While the mortar is capable of being hand-held, it is normally placed on a heavy base plate to stand on its own. (Dang Van Phuoc/AP Photo)

When the Army calls, heroes answer

dinner alone fancy restaurant

The fussiness of small portions and fancy wine

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

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

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

‘You Can See Everything’ is spectacularly strange

The Bible cinematic universe?

Rob Long March 27, 2025 11:25 pm

Military personnel direct F-35 jets and helicopters on the deck of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth as it participates in the NATO Steadfast Defender 2021 exercise off the coast of Portugal, Thursday, May 27, 2021.

A night scramble

Trent Reedy March 27, 2025 11:11 pm

Soderbergh’s stylish spies

Graham Hillard March 27, 2025 11:10 pm

1999: The year the line between high and low culture collapsed

Ross Benes March 27, 2025 11:09 pm

Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson say the Left should rediscover growth

James B. Meigs March 21, 2025 5:50 am

Formula One roars into what could be its finest season yet

Jack Baruth March 21, 2025 5:40 am

Alec Baldwin’s brooding era

Peter Tonguette March 21, 2025 4:50 am

Philippe Sands and the transnational legal class wrestle with the question of human rights

Will Collins March 21, 2025 12:10 am

The life and death of a great secretarial school

Charlotte Allen March 21, 2025 12:05 am

Robot dud: Review of The Electric State on Netflix

Graham Hillard March 20, 2025 11:45 pm

The turkey wrap secret to show business success

Rob Long March 20, 2025 11:35 pm

Michael Lewis shows off government

Ross Anderson March 20, 2025 11:05 pm