Culture Trust

Columns

Despite All His Cage

J.W. McCormack

July 01, 2022

Nicolas Cage’s career is a categorical triumph of style over substance.

Back to the Wall

Clare Sestanovich

June 22, 2022

The Wall studies the flimsiness of the self in isolation.

Psychocandy

Milo Nesbitt

June 20, 2022

Art versus the algorithm.

Bruised Fruit

Adam Morris

June 16, 2022

Uncrowding the mantel of gay saints.

Our Man in Hollywood

Joel Whitney

June 15, 2022

With help from the CIA, Joseph Mankiewicz took a stand against “anti-Americanism.”

Blues and Roots

John Washington

June 14, 2022

On the many faces of Charles Mingus.

Patterns of Meaning

Robert Rubsam

June 09, 2022

Inside Gerald Murnane’s infinitely expanding mind.

Palais Intrigue

James Wham

June 08, 2022

For all its cash-flashing and celebrity worship, Cannes still offers moments of possibility.

Sniffed Out

Reece Sisto

June 02, 2022

The Pokémon Go for Getting Off.

Out in the Street

Lisa Hsiao Chen

June 01, 2022

Tehching Hsieh defiantly foregrounded his own vulnerability.

Victims of History

Federico Perelmuter

May 31, 2022

Antonio Di Benedetto captured the contradictions of midcentury Latin America.

Tricks of the Trade

Jack Hanson

May 25, 2022

In Emily Hall’s “The Longcut,” an artist prevaricates endlessly about the nature of her work.