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Restorations

Cultural Comment

The Point of “Point Break”

By pushing plot, image, and language to their limits, the film reveals the fundamental strangeness of the American action movie.
Movies

Location, Location

Critic’s Notebook

May Days

Confinement Dept.

Old Bridge

Letter from Islay

Reinventing Scotch Whisky

From 2013: The brash owner of a historic distillery works to make an old spirit new again.
Critic’s Notebook

Earning His Stripes

Face-Lift Dept.

She Does Windows

Our Far-Flung Correspondents

The Ghost Course