February 22, 2019
‘Stan & Ollie’: a beautiful lie
Culture
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are perfectly cast in this affectionate biopic
Adam Rivett
By this author
December 1, 2018
Fair judgement without surrender: Chloe Hooper’s ‘The Arsonist’
Culture
The author of ‘The Tall Man’ tries to understand the motivations of a Black Saturday firebug
March 1, 2019
‘Exploded View’ by Carrie Tiffany
Culture
This new novel is most striking in how it diverges from its predecessors
November 2, 2018
‘Normal People’ by Sally Rooney
Culture
This Booker Prize–longlisted examination of human nature is simply moving
April 1, 2018
Ceridwen Dovey’s ‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’
Culture
Reality flexes at the edges of Dovey’s second novel
December 15, 2017
AS Patrić’s ‘Atlantic Black’ and the challenges of historical fiction
Culture
This ambitious second novel doesn’t quite live up to its Miles Franklin–winning predecessor
October 6, 2017
The treasures and pleasures of bibliophiles in ‘The Library’
Culture
Stuart Kells celebrates book collections real and imagined, tangible and intangible
June 28, 2017
A new career in a new town, just like the old career in the old town
Culture
With each season, ‘Better Call Saul’ feels more like a corrective to ‘Breaking Bad’