Culture Trust

Columns

The Last Temptation of Paul Schrader

Sam Thompson

July 04, 2018

The actor is powerless, caught in a net of deceit. Here we are again: predestination and grace.

Begone, President!

J.W. McCormack

June 18, 2018

The President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, merely confirms the claim of its title.

Nanny State of Mind

Jessa Crispin

June 12, 2018

It is as if Slimani worries the reader’s sympathies might accidentally lie with the murderous nanny.

Discover Weakly

Liz Pelly

June 04, 2018

Spotify has paid lip service to gender equality on its platform, but the numbers reveal an entirely different story.

Vanity Foul

Soraya Roberts

May 22, 2018

One hundred years after the puff piece floated into our consciousness, it is being swept aside by a new kind of celebrity profile.

Motherhood!

Lauren Oyler

May 01, 2018

Sheila Heti's Motherhood is indeed a political novel. But it may not be about motherhood.

The Beta Rebellion

The Baffler

April 27, 2018

Young men with pathological ideas about sex and women are radicalizing each other online.

Kanye Unbound

Niela Orr

April 26, 2018

Mr. West: At what cost does the MAGA hat come?

I Dream of Content-Trash

Zachariah Webb

April 25, 2018

The Dream Machine, a new Instagram-thing, makes a mockery of our dreams and imaginations.

Conflict Irresolution

Tom Carson

April 11, 2018

The Battle of Algiers tells us something this world’s Glenn Greenwalds don’t want to hear: torture works.

The Lunatic Face of Fiction

Olivia Parkes

April 10, 2018

On its fortieth anniversary: Joy Williams's “The Changeling” cracked the carapace of literary realism.

This Could Revolutionize That

Kieran Dahl

April 05, 2018

Mindlessly in thrall to Silicon Valley, the media can't stop repeating the phrase "could revolutionize" in its headlines.