best of 2024

‘Dirty Dancing’ in Pre-Roe v. Wade America

‘Dirty Dancing’ in Pre-Roe v. Wade America

Andrea Warner’s book on Dirty Dancing in pre- Roe v. Wade America, The Time of My Life, is the deep dive into the film we need in these times.

Christopher Hitchens and Fights Worth Having

Christopher Hitchens and Fights Worth Having

You can smell the cigarette ash and Johnnie Walker Black Label on the pages of A Hitch in Time, a gleefully pugilistic posthumous Christopher Hitchens anthology.

‘The Outrun’ Is an Ode to Recovery and Nature’s Might

‘The Outrun’ Is an Ode to Recovery and Nature’s Might

Free of a conventional plot but firmly planted in the worldview of Saoirse Ronan’s Rona, The Outrun tells her story in a kaleidoscope of disjointed vignettes.