Perfectly Awful

Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" may work as history, but not as art

This week’s post comes from my latest piece in Current magazine (I have two more forthcoming). Killers of the Flower Moon, which is still in theaters, is available for on-demand rental or purchase on a variety of platforms. As some of you may know, I wrote a book about Scorsese — I’m a big fan — but don’t consider Killers his best work.

Let me also take a moment to acknowledge the passing of Norman Lear, one of the giants not simply of television history, but American cultural history generally. I was deeply honored to get a blurb from him for my book Those Were the Days, a history of All in the Family. Here’s a piece I published in USA Today a few years ago about the show. On Sunday, I’m slated to appear for a two-hour show on Lear’s legacy with the Pacifica radio network.

I plan to resume my series on the place of love in American life next week. See you then!