'The Shrouds' introduces a new stage of grief: Watching your loved one decompose
David Cronenberg's thriller centers on an unusual technology that allows people to watch their loved ones decompose in real time. The Shrouds is both deeply morbid and disarmingly funny.
Arturo O'Farrill puts piano in the foreground on 'Legacies'
Three generations of O'Farrills are represented on this new album, reminding us what tradition is at heart: our ongoing conversation with those who came before us, and those who come after.
A historian details how a secretive, extremist group radicalized the American right
Matthew Dallek says the John Birch Society, which was active from the late '50s through the early '70s, propelled today's extremist takeover of the American right. His new book is Birchers.
Move over Studs Terkel: Obama's on the job in Netflix's modern take on 'Working'
Hosted by the former president, this documentary series is a modern take on Terkel's influential 1974 book of interviews, cataloging the concerns of people on all levels of the economic scale.
Everything but the Girl's Tracey Thorn writes lyrics that capture women's inner lives
The married British duo Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt — aka Everything but the Girl — have their first album in 24 years. Ken Tucker reviews Fuse, then we listen back to a 2018 interview with Thorn.
Extremist groups were found guilty of seditious conspiracy for Jan. 6. Now what?
New York Times journalist Alan Feuer talks about the conviction of the leaders of the Proud Boys and the Oath Keepers, and what that means for ongoing Jan. 6th-related inquiries.
