John Semley

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For all the messiness of his music, his account of his life in Sonic Youth is conspicuously tidy.

Is “Infinity Pool” too Cronenbergian?

How election deniers, covid skeptics, and a Thomas Jefferson impersonator are disrupting the upstate New York retreat for the elites.

A new book exalts the heyday of music magazines, when electric prose reigned and egos collided.

Over six episodes, “The Rehearsal” becomes a show not about helping people but about its creator’s anxieties and compulsions.

Starring Vincent Gallo and Rainey Qualley, “Shut In” is a new front in The Daily Wire’s war against liberal culture.

In Clint Eastwood’s new film, an aging rodeo star lets go of his tough guy role.

Both coffee and opium come from plants. Why embrace one and not the other?

The fiercely competitive field of Dylanology pits expert against expert. No one is spared—not even Dylan himself.

They seeded medical breakthroughs and emerging markets. Now expunge their criminal records and let them go legit.

From “Fishing With John” to “How to With John Wilson,” the most mesmerizing shows on television are strangely low-key.

Alex Winter’s new documentary about the musician fails to capture his deeply conventional streak.

Michael Almereyda’s movie dismantles romantic notions about creativity, invention, and making money.

Netflix’s documentary captures the newfound acceptability of mind-altering substances.

Sizing up the commercial and therapeutic prospects for the psychedelic revival

Despite its setting in Nazi Germany, Taika Waititi’s movie never risks actually disturbing its audience.