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Alba Rohrwacher and Irene Maiorino as Lenu and Lila in HBO’s “My Brilliant Friend”

TV’s Year of Big Disappointments

Some of this year’s TV felt distinctly deflated. But the very best shows took on the subject of disappointment itself.

Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan in "A Complete Unknown"

A Complete Unknown Misses the Elusive Genius of Bob Dylan

The biopic starring Timothée Chalamet is a star-is-born fable viewed with 20/20 hindsight and through rose-tinted glasses.

The Brutalist Pairs Modern Architecture and Postwar Trauma

Adrien Brody as Laszlo Toth in The Brutalist

The Brutalist Pairs Modern Architecture and Postwar Trauma

Books & the Arts

Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore star in the film The Room Next Door.

Pedro Almodóvar’s Self-Indulgent Portrait of a Woman’s Last Days

“The Room Next Door” is not quite willing to confront its subject in all its difficulty.

Illustration of Joan Didion and Eve Babitz

Joan Didion, Eve Babitz, and the Biographer Who Missed the Point

Lili Anolik’s new book sets the two writers up as rivals. But they were never in competition.