Sep 11 YOU WERE A GOOD SPORT, CHARLIE KIRK It’s hard not to suspect that the violent, dehumanising rhetoric of the radical left—on the rise since 2016, Sep 11, 2025 2 min read
Sep 10 UN MOMENTO MAGICO Recovering from a gym workout routine devised for me by Rickshaw, I couldn’t decide whether to have a coffee Sep 10, 2025 2 min read
Sep 04 KIM When prostitute Polly the Pistol (Kim Novak) makes her exit from the Venetian-blind–shuttered town of Climax, Nevada, in Billy Sep 4, 2025 4 min read
Sep 03 ORPHEUS RETURNS "As we sit on the bridge of life, watching the water flow by, just remember—we are the water Sep 3, 2025 3 min read
Sep 02 PARENTAL GUIDANCE Ducked out of the rain to catch the 50th anniversary re-release of Jaws and soak in the sea-salty, blood-stained atmosphere Sep 2, 2025 2 min read
Sep 01 AUTUMNISM "September approaching ... I feel I owe myself a brief respite of leisure and no rushing around. I can' Sep 1, 2025 2 min read
Aug 30 CAMERA BUFF Watching Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Camera Buff (1979) in 2025, it’s hard to believe the film is nearly 50 years Aug 30, 2025 1 min read
Aug 29 HEAVEN AND HELL Indeep once sang, “Last Night a D.J. Saved My Life,” and although my relationship with Kanye West's Aug 29, 2025 2 min read
Aug 27 JAMES BLAND Maybe I should reserve judgment until the new Bond comes out (which won’t be for a few years yet) Aug 27, 2025 6 min read
Aug 27 KEROUAC AND FLORESTAN "The opera was Fidelio. ‘What gloom!’ cried the baritone, rising out of the dungeon under a groaning stone. I Aug 27, 2025 1 min read