Ken Ilgunas

Is there a psychological term for when critics band together to fawn over perfectly forgettable and mediocre movies? Delusional...

I’m okay calling The Irishman a good movie. I won’t roll my eyes if it gets an Oscar nomination. I’m just not sure why the filmmakers...

Nick Drnaso's Sabrina is the most 2019 book you could possibly read. It's about conspiracy theory culture, suburban malaise, and how the...

Meghan Daum is one of my favorite memoir writers and her latest, The Problem with Everything, is very good. It’s a...

This is a solid, if longwinded, NYT piece about how there are many countries that have fertility rates below replacement levels. While...

[T]he fact is that the screens in most multiplexes are crowded with franchise pictures. And if you’re going to tell me that it’s simply a...

I had a nice 5-for-5 movie binge this week. Rapid-fire reviews…. American Factory (available on Netflix) is a documentary that juxtaposes...