Arts & Life

Lucy Lawless stars as retired detective Alexa Crowe in My Life is Murder.

Arts

Lucy Lawless: To Fans, 'I'm A Really Cute Walking Dinosaur'

8:03am July 27, 2019

by Scott Simon

Everyone's favorite Warrior Princess is back on the small screen as a retired police detective solving crimes in the new series My Life is Murder. She says she's gratified that fans are so friendly.

Brenda Song makes this face quite a lot in Netflix's Secret Obsession.

Arts

'Secret Obsession': Six Unforgettable Lessons From Netflix's Imperiled Amnesiac

7:00am July 27, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Brenda Song stars in Netflix's version of the Woman In Danger thriller, in which she is sent home with a stranger by the worst hospital in the world.

Jonathan Van Ness embraces a participant on Season 4 of Queer Eye. Following the success of the reboot, Netflix has made kindness a key element of its unscripted and competition programming.

Arts

A Kinder, Gentler Wave Of Reality TV Tries A Little Tenderness, For A Change

5:13pm July 26, 2019

by Neda Ulaby

It's a genre historically known for screaming matches and backstabbing competition. But lately, the shows at its forefront — say, Queer Eye or Marie Kondo — feature a lot more generosity of spirit.

Arts

'Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood' Is Tarantino's Most Personal Film In Years

2:34pm July 26, 2019

by Justin Chang

Set in Hollywood in 1969, Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt star as a TV actor and his stunt double. The movie's low-key hangout vibes may test your patience, but every moment pulses with feeling.

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From left: Butcher (Karl Urban), Frenchie (Tomer Capon), Mother's Milk (Laz Alonso) and Hughie (Jack Quaid) conduct some supersurveillance in The Boys.

Arts

Superhero Satire 'The Boys' Doesn't Have Much New To Say, But Says It Loudly

10:49am July 26, 2019

by Glen Weldon

"What if superheroes were evil?" isn't the rich fodder for storytelling the series thinks it is, but some compelling performances keep the show from descending into depressing nihilism.

Left: Pablo, a giant marionette dances and plays with ballerina Atharina; Right: Monsieur Gazon prepares to juggle fire on a unicycle.

Arts

At Just For Laughs, A Joke — Or Three — On Every Block

10:44am July 26, 2019

by Elizabeth Blair

Montreal's Just For Laughs festival has countless comedy performances at indoor venues — but organizers say it's important that the fun spills out onto the streets, with clowns, dancers and puppets.

Books
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These Cli-Fi Classics Are Cautionary Tales For Today

10:00am July 26, 2019

by Jason Heller

As heat waves roll across Europe and storms pummel the American South, literature is responding. But climate fiction — or cli-fi — is nothing new, and we've got a roundup of some classics.

The new musical adaptation of Moulin Rouge! features 71 popular songs, which all had to be licensed and stitched together into the story.

'Moulin Rouge!' Is An Extravagant, Triumphant Jukebox Musical

9:00am July 26, 2019

by Alexandra Starr

With 71 hit songs performed on a decadent nightclub set, the new stage adaptation, based on Baz Luhrmann's 2001 film, is not particularly profound. It is nonetheless a knockout night at the theater.

What's the logical endgame for streaming?

Hello, Brave New World!

6:00am July 26, 2019

by Cherie Hu

The advent of streaming has changed our relationship to music, but where is it taking us? What's the logical conclusion? The only way to know for sure is to ask the future — so we did.

A bloody business: Cliff (Brad Pitt), Rick (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Marvin (Al Pacino) meet at Musso & Frank in Once Upon a Time in ... Hollywood.

Arts

Tarantino's Turned-On, Tuned-In Tinseltown: 'Once Upon A Time In ... Hollywood'

5:06pm July 25, 2019

by Chris Klimek

Call it peak Tarantino: The writer/director's ninth film — about a Manson-family-adjacent actor and his stuntman — is an ode to the grimy, neon-lit place and time that shaped him.