Harlan Ellison, Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer, Dies at 84
The writer of award-winning stories, as well as episodes of Star Trek, The Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone, died Thursday.
Arts & Life
'Three Identical Strangers': Nuanced Doc Tells A Gripping Tale — In Triplicate
Filmmaker Tim Wardle reveals the fascinating story of three identical triplets who found one another by chance, and shows how the ensuing media circus, and long-buried secrets, took a toll on each.
'Sicario: Day Of The Soldado' Is A Scattershot Sequel
The lackluster sequel to 2015's moody and violent Sicario is missing that film's director (Denis Villeneuve), its stars (Emily Blunt and Daniel Kaluuya) and its artfulness.
In 'The Cakemaker,' Grieving Is Baked In
An impassive German baker travels to Jerusalem to work in the restaurant owned by his dead lover's wife. It's complicated.
With Gonzo Flair, A New Graphic Novel Kills Hitler
Anthony Del Col's gung-ho tale of a convoluted plot to bump off Hitler is jam-packed with beret-wearing Resistance fighters, frosty female spies and epic car chases — plus the dictator's secret son.
Justice Department: Disney Can Buy 21st Century Fox, But With One Caveat
The deal can go through, but Disney must sell all 22 Fox-owned regional sports networks, to avoid undue dominance in sports broadcasting.
'Sicario: Day Of The Soldado' Is A Swaggering Sequel That's Short On Precision
The war on drugs has gone from bad to worse in this follow-up to the 2015 film. Justin Chang says that though its "bigger and brasher" than the original, the story in this sequel doesn't fully engage.
Comic W. Kamau Bell On The 'Shades Of America' And Not Feeling 'Black Enough'
Bell's new Netflix special is called Private School Negro. He says the word "negro" offends some people, but he has embraced it: "It takes me right back to the height of the civil rights movement."
Joe Jackson, Strict Manager And Father To Pop Royalty, Dead At 89
The patriarch helped take his legendary family from Gary, Ind., to global stardom, though the disciplinarian streak he used to get them there proved controversial later in life.
'Red Waters Rising' Leads Old Friends Into New Trouble
Laura Anne Gilman winds up her Devil's West trilogy with a fascinating story of tension and friction between old friends and new enemies, marred only by some odd choices at the end.