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What’s not to like about this boisterous two-hour biopic about pop music legend Michael Jackson? It captures all the flamboyant superstar’s epic moments — [...]
There is a scene in "It’s a Wonderful Life," Frank Capra’s 1946 movie, in which the protagonist George Bailey jumps over his desk to [...]
Longlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2025 after its debut in 2024, Reservoir Bitches by Dahlia de la Cerda yokes its readers to [...]
Did you know that Leonardo da Vinci chose to paint The Last Supper on dry plaster instead of the conventional method, allowing him to achieve [...]
Then&Now
Essays by Christopher Winner
Termination
This is a very short story about my two children. One is Jason, by now close to 45, and Nedra, who, last I was [...]
A dollar gets a dime
Toward the end of his life, long after battles won and lost, brute temper and trivial anger exhausted, my father spoke often of the [...]
Deep blue sea
Smaller than small, I once set out on a a great adventure at the Washington aquarium, another way of saying I became lost. I [...]
Conclave of three doors
The death of Pope Francis was coming for some time. Now, cardinals will face some hard choices, most of which reside behind three doors. [...]
In Case You Missed It
Hong Kong attraction, part 5
After I stepped across the threshold of the legendary Mandarin Oriental, in Hong Kong, everything changed. That very long journey [...]
Cool cats of Whitehall
For centuries, Britain’s government has battled an unrelenting enemy that multiplies rapidly and invades the corridors of power of the [...]
Review: The Florentine Papers: A Novel
If you are a fan of lean, hard-boiled prose, you won’t find it in The Florentine Papers: A Novel, by [...]
Keeping Pesach
Passover is one of my favourite Jewish holidays. Partly because it's an easy one to explain to a Christian. Explaining [...]
Playground stories
Recently, I gave my students an assignment to interview someone in their major field. I wanted to introduce a skill [...]
Carnival time
Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the 40-day period of prayer and penitence in preparation for the feast of [...]
Bora of the fest
A month ago, when Lent was drawing closer, it was Carnival season. What is Carnival season like in Friuli Venezia [...]
Are the Academy Awards dying?
The 98th Annual Academy Awards have come and gone, and the only issue in dispute is whether the movie industry’s [...]