Arts Review

Published
December 20, 2021

Best movies of 2021: Almodovar just gets better, family films make a comeback

Pedro Almodovar's ‘Parallel Mothers’ heads the list of Ann Hornaday's favorite movies of the year.
Published
December 20, 2021

‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a big, fat Christmas present for fans
Published
December 19, 2021

The danger of American nostalgia for World War II

Romanticizing that war has led us to seek another just as "good," Elizabeth Samet writes.
Published
December 19, 2021

‘Nightmare Alley’: The rise and fall of a con man, told in luscious, lurid detail
Published
December 19, 2021

Golden Age of TV is tarnished in Aaron Sorkin’s ‘Being the Ricardos’

Published
December 19, 2021

Book review: ‘Loon Lessons’ a must-have for loon lovers

The writing can get in the way, but the fascinating information in the book takes flight.
Published
December 19, 2021

Art review: Bowdoin museum reframes ‘Black Women in Art’

The exhibition at the Brunswick college runs through Jan. 30.
Published
December 16, 2021

‘Don’t Look Up’ is a satire in the mold of ‘Dr. Strangelove’ and ‘Idiocracy’
Published
December 13, 2021

Concert review: ‘Magic of Christmas’ puts focus on the music

Live audiences have returned for the Portland Symphony Orchestra's performances at Merrill Auditorium, and a digital version also will be available.
Published
December 12, 2021

Inspired by real-life murderers, Dostoevsky wrote a new kind of novel

A look at 'Crime and Punishment' as a turning point for the Russian writer – and for literature.