Arts Review

Published
August 30, 2020

Movie review: A dickens of a ‘David Copperfield,’ with Dev Patel heading up a great ensemble cast
Published
August 23, 2020

Movie review: ‘Words on Bathroom Walls’ is a delicate balancing act

It can be funny and light, but doesn't seem to treat mental illness with appropriate gravitas.
Published
August 23, 2020

Susan Minot’s new story collection demonstrates her range and versatility

Couples in various stages of involvement are at the center of many of the beautifully distilled tales in 'Why I Don't Write.
Published
August 23, 2020

The joy, commitment and hard work behind a friendship ‘too big to fail’

'Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close' gives friendship the same respect as society normally reserves for marriage and family.
Published
August 16, 2020

‘Intimations’: Exquisite essays wring truths from the pandemic

Zadie Smith's slim but amply perceptive volume is a kind of balm in an anxious year.

Published
August 16, 2020

Movie review: ‘I Used to Go Here’ is a comedy pregnant with possibilities
Published
August 16, 2020

Movie review: ‘Boys State’ offers hope about our next generation of leaders
Published
August 16, 2020

A Vietnamese boy grows up in a small Pennsylvania town and searches for his place in the world

In Phuc Tran’s memoir "Sigh, Gone," books, punk rock and encouraging teachers all help him to eventually flourish.
Published
August 9, 2020

Movie review: A low-key ‘Secret Garden’ that still blooms

For more than a century, Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 'The Secret Garden,' first published in 1911, has endured.
Published
August 9, 2020

In this moving debut novel, Maine writer Betty Culley tells a tangled tale in free verse

Set in the aftermath of a terrible gun accident, 'Three Things I Know are True" revolves around 15-year-old Liv, her immobile brother, his best friend and an upcoming trial about who is at fault for the tragedy.