A version of Joel Schumacher’s Batman Forever that has never been publicly released in any form is will hold an extremely rare screening later this month in Los Angeles.The existence of a 170-minute director’s cut of Batman Forever was first confirmed in the summer of 2020. Differences in this alternate version include “the villain Two-Face (Tommy Lee Jones) escaping from Arkham Asylum” along with more scenes where “the Riddler (Jim Carrey) … invades the Batcave and uses his signature cane as a weapon.” There is also a running thread about Bruce Wayne’s childhood trauma, and a dream sequence where he confronts an enormous bat, that was mostly…
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On X, viral posts have labeled Thomas J. Price’s sculpture Grounded in the Stars (2023), a 12-foot-tall statue of a Black woman now on view in Times Square, a sign of a “very sick society” and a harbinger of the “death of civilization.” But online rants are one thing and real-world responses yet another, and so, earlier today, I ventured over to Times Square myself to observe how tourists interacted with the sculpture, located not far from the TKTS booth. The reactions in person were just as confusing and dispiriting as what I had encountered online, acting as proof that…
I love film critics and I love reading film criticism. They and it are the reason I got into this line of work in the first place. (Well, that and I always hoped as young boy that if I worked hard enough and got good grades I could someday eat three different kinds of Indiana Jones French toast in one sitting.)So when I do a piece like this, a piece on good movies released from 2000 to 2009 that got mixed to bad reviews, it’s not meant as a gotcha to critics. Those writers did their job, and they are more than entitled to their…
A red Nintendo 3DS sold alongside two game cartridges. Like many used 3DS systems in the second-hand market, this one was sold without a charger. The Nintendo Switch 2 is almost here, and fans are excited for the new console. However, for some Nintendo collectors, the hottest Nintendo console to buy right now is the last-generation Nintendo 3DS and its XL and 2DS variants. Less than a year ago, Nintendo announced they wouldn’t longer offer repair services for the 3DS family, as the pieces are now out of stock. This development has piqued interest in a console already popular in…
Those who fell in love with “LOST” in the 2000s would have bet good money that Josh Holloway was destined to become a star. As Sawyer, the con man with a heart of gold, Holloway had that “it” that’s been making ruggedly handsome men into household names since the invention of the camera. And yet it never really happened for Holloway, which makes his return to prestige TV in a high-budget project on Max pretty exciting for those of us who “have to go back.” Putting Holloway’s bygone-era matinee idol charms in a grindhouse-inspired show set in the early ‘70s…
ArtErik Augustin PalmPortrait of Ulala Imai by Thomas Merle. Courtesy of Xavier Hufkens. In a quiet residential pocket of Japan’s Kanagawa Prefecture, about an hour southwest of Tokyo, Japanese painter Ulala Imai lives surrounded by architecture that evokes her past. She shares a newly built, tiered, and spacious home—elegant, minimalist, airy, and flooded with soft white light—with her husband and children. But just across the street stands the three-story home where she grew up, originally a U.S. military house purchased and redesigned by her father, Shingo Imai, a Western-style painter. Diagonally across is another single-story house where she and her…
Art MarketMaxwell RabbInterior view of Frieze New York, 2025. Photo by Casey Kelbaugh. Courtesy of Frieze and CKA.Frieze New York 2025 closed on May 11th, capping off a week at The Shed that drew more than 25,000 visitors. The fair unfolded alongside more than 10 other art fairs across the city, turning New York into a pressure cooker of art world activity, with collectors, artists, reporters, curators, and more sprinting between TEFAF, NADA, Independent, and a thicket of satellite fairs, shows, and pop-ups.On the fair’s VIP day last Wednesday, May 7th, dealers reported strong attendance from the opening moments. The…
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The Cannes Film Festival is taking off today, May 12th. Well known as one of the most famous film festivals in the world, it’s also known as one of the most exclusive. Although tens of thousands of people come from all corners of the globe to attend the festival each year, with few exceptions Cannes screenings are strictly limited to industry and press professionals. But do not despair, film lover. There is a way you can play along at home…sort of. While many of the films playing in Cannes will be world premieres, one section of the festival highlights older…
Wondering if James Moriarty really died in the Watson Season 1 finale? After years of operating in the shadows, Moriarty finally comes face to face with John Watson in a tense showdown that tests the doctor’s morals, mission, and oath. As secrets unravel and personal stakes rise, Watson makes a choice that could define his legacy — and alter the course of the series. Here’s what really happened to Moriarty — and how it sets the stage for Season 2. Does Moriarty really die at the end of Watson’s finale? Yes, Moriarty dies at the end of Watson Season 1.…
