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“Eternity” challenges cinema’s obsession with the afterlife

Death is not suited to the Type A personality. For those who take great care in planning their lives down to the very last letter, our eternal demise presents a uniquely challenging conundrum: How does one prepare for the one…

November 27, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

10 ways to step up self-care over the holidays

While some find annual celebrations wonderful, studies show that for many Americans, they can be stressful, isolating and depressing – especially in these divisive times. Here, mental health experts share ways to ensure an easier and calmer season. Beware Best…

November 26, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Pluribus” is a fascinating Rorschach test

With “Pluribus,” Vince Gilligan has what most series creators would envy: a show that generates constantly evolving conversation. Those who watch are careful about spoilers, often refusing to discuss the show with anyone who hasn’t seen it yet. Once a…

November 26, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Laura Lippman on turning true crime into fiction: “Am I not appropriating somebody’s story?”

In the author’s note for her new book, acclaimed veteran crime novelist and New York Times bestselling author Laura Lippman admits she didn’t set out to write a newspaper story when she began her beguiling new novel “Lady in the…

November 26, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Edward Scissorhands” exposes the cost of being the “exceptional” disabled person

A disabled figure it took years for me to embrace is the title character of Tim Burton’s dark, modern fairy tale, “Edward Scissorhands.” “Edward Scissorhands” is not a horror movie per se, but the tragic tale of the man with…

November 26, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Menopause is all the rage, from Hollywood stars to “The Change”

If you have ovaries and a uterus, and are somewhere in your late 40s or beyond, you will have a body-informed epiphany. It might be barely noticeable. It may stop you in your tracks. You can see when it happens…

November 25, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

At last, a Yoko Ono retrospective free of The Beatles blame game

The first large image you see when entering the first gallery of “Yoko Ono: Music of the Mind,” the massive retrospective of Yoko Ono’s work currently on exhibit at Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art, is the large reproduction poster for…

November 25, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

We outgrew “Stranger Things” years ago

Something incredible happens in the five-minute preview of the “Stranger Things” finale season — maybe not by the standards of modern technology, granted, but watch and you’ll notice right away what I’m referring to. The clip rewinds to Nov. 12,…

November 24, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

“Sentimental Value” is the Thanksgiving film for the fractured family

For as tender and quietly introspective as Joachim Trier’s “Sentimental Value” eventually becomes, the Norwegian writer-director’s latest film opens in a frenzy. Nora (Renate Reinsve), a young but respected theater actor starring in a flashy new production of Chekov’s “The…

November 23, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0

Work is “optional” and irrelevant money: Musk’s creepy utopian dream

A world without money sounds utopian—until you realize what happens when we stop working, stop moving, and let the machines run everything. Utopians say technology will end scarcity. But no one explains how we’ll access things machines can’t conjure…

November 22, 2025 · by Friedrich Arndt · 0