Savage Entertainment A new version of Tinto Brass and Bob Guccione’s notorious 1979 film ‘Caligula’ provides a valuable record of one of the most fascinating disasters in cinema history. Jaspreet Singh Boparai 14 Nov 2024 · 30 min read
Megalopolis: Bloated, Outré—and Brilliant Like a Hieronymus Bosch painting, it’s chaos alright—but it’s a dazzling chaos. Ralph Leonard 13 Nov 2024 · 8 min read
Decline and Folly ‘Megalopolis’ and the rise and fall of Francis Ford Coppola. Oliver Jia 13 Nov 2024 · 13 min read
The Baby Gate. A Memoir. So that’s how a fatherhood ends. A few UPCs, like those you find on packs of toilet tissue, delivered via email. Steve Salerno 8 Nov 2024 · 23 min read
‘Bright Lights, Big City’ at Forty Jay McInerney’s debut novel was the first work of fiction to explore yuppie culture, and its success changed American publishing. Kevin Mims 6 Nov 2024 · 16 min read
All Hail the New Flesh For all its decorative asides about predatory male sexuality, ‘The Substance’ is most coherently understood as a morality tale about the folly of feminist illusions. Charlotte Allen 1 Nov 2024 · 11 min read
Sonny Side Up Al Pacino’s personal life has been a bit of a train wreck, but his new memoir leaves no doubt that acting has been the most important thing in his life. Kevin Mims 28 Oct 2024 · 21 min read
Reading Nietzsche in Amsterdam Lale Gül’s autobiographical novel about a young Muslim woman living in the Netherlands has led to death threats and ostracism. But it is a work of admirable intelligence and courage. Brad Strotten 25 Oct 2024 · 7 min read
A Joke Too Far? Todd Phillips’s unfairly reviled sequel raises interesting questions about the artistic licence auteurs take with well-known properties. Allan Stratton 24 Oct 2024 · 11 min read
Blonde on Blonde Andrew Dominik’s much-maligned film about the life and death of a screen icon claws through the sentimental myth-making in search of terrible truths. Charlotte Allen 18 Oct 2024 · 32 min read
Culture of Complaint and the New Deal Murals Art in public spaces will always be scrutinised for the propriety of its iconography, and it will remain under attack as long as its guardians are willing to pander to the narcissistic impulses of the activists. Julia Friedman 16 Oct 2024 · 7 min read
Tales of Creation and Adaptation The journey of two novels from mind to page to silver screen. Allan Stratton 14 Oct 2024 · 22 min read
Death of a Repentant Iconoclast Steve Albini and the new problem with music. Ari Gandsman 4 Oct 2024 · 25 min read
Talking Nick Cave Blues As the Bad Seeds begin touring their acclaimed new album, ‘Wild God,’ Quillette chatted with Australian academic and “Caveologist” Tanya Dalziell about the artist’s music, ideas, and enduring appeal. David Cohen 27 Sep 2024 · 13 min read
The Totalitarian Artist: Politics vs Beauty After Duchamp, the art world came to view the pursuit of beauty as naïve and gravitated toward political art in their search for meaning. But this is a Faustian bargain: you can have meaning, but you do not get to make it for yourself. Megan Gafford 20 Sep 2024 · 27 min read
