John Powers, 1957-

April 3, 2018

06:39

50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark

Near the beginning of Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, a big black monolith appears in an African desert, leaving a group of prehistoric ape-men standing there baffled. And that was pretty much the reaction that greeted the film itself when it premiered 50 years ago this week.

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March 12, 2018

07:06

'The Sparsholt Affair' Confirms Alan Hollinghurst's Status As A Literary Master

Hollinghurst's new domestic epic leapfrogs across seven decades to examine how the laws of social propriety shape the destinies of a father and son. Critic John Powers says the novel is fascinating.

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February 28, 2018

06:54

Comedy Is Drenched With Foreboding On Season 2 Of 'Atlanta'

Donald Glover's Emmy-winning FX series returns for its second season on Thursday. Critic John Powers says Atlanta is simultaneously "strange and angry and hysterically funny."

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50 Years Later, '2001: A Space Odyssey' Is Still A Cinematic Landmark

'The Sparsholt Affair' Confirms Alan Hollinghurst's Status As A Literary Master

Comedy Is Drenched With Foreboding On Season 2 Of 'Atlanta'

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