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“Splitsville” Plays Infidelity for Laughs; “A Little Prayer” Shows What’s Really at Stake

The meticulous shotmaking of Michael Angelo Covino’s film belies a dramatic staleness, whereas Angus MacLachlan orchestrates a powerfully understated catharsis.

What It Would Actually Take to End the War in Ukraine

With Ukraine drained by more than three years of fighting, time is on the side of Vladimir Putin.

Can a Legendary Coach Transform U.N.C. Football?

From the daily newsletter: Paige Williams reports from the early days of the Belichick era in North Carolina.

Eric Adams’s Kettle-Cooked Administration

A scandal over a bag of chips exemplifies all that has gone wrong at City Hall.

“Honey Don’t!” Revives the Spirit of the Coen Brothers’ Movies

Ethan Coen, working with his wife, Tricia Cooke, endows this neo-noir comedy, about a lesbian detective, with dazzle but little more.

Daily Cartoon: Thursday, August 21st

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

Dear Pepper: I’d Rather Be Drawing

How dare life require so much of you, when what you were born to do is sit in a corner of the room and watch and draw?

How to Watch a Movie

The “politique des auteurs” proposed by filmmakers of the French New Wave changed the landscape of cinema. What might they teach us about the directors of today?

Will the MAHA Moms Turn on Trump?

A leaked draft of a White House report on how to “Make Our Children Healthy Again” suggests that the Administration will do little to address food safety or nutrition.

Missing Sheep

We all play a bit of a game when in love, don’t we?