BOOKS & THE ARTS
Monday, May 12, 2008
The Flight To Cosmic Realism: Novels In A Post-Print World
by Francesca Mari
The Boys in the Trees -- By Mary Swan
Friday, May 09, 2008
Stop, 'Speed Racer,' Stop! The 'Matrix' Madmen Plunge Off The Rails
by Christopher Orr
Are the Wachowski brothers the new George Lucas?
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Lessons From The American Frontier That You Won't Find In A Rather Disappointing New Book
by Alan Taylor
Seizing Destiny: How America Grew from Sea to Shining Sea
The Writer of HBO's 'John Adams': When Is It Acceptable To Rewrite History?
by Kirk Ellis
For good or ill, most people today receive their historical knowledge from the electronic media rather than the written word, especially as today's news quickly becomes tomorrow's history. In writing the HBO miniseries John Adams, my intent was not to portray the "external facts" of the American Revolution (as Thomas Jefferson phrased it in one...
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
What Happened To The Missing Kids On The Milk Carton?
by Ruth Franklin
If you ate breakfast in America during the 1980s, you probably remember the milk-carton children. A face staring out next to your bowl of cereal, identified only by the barest of data--name, date of birth, height, weight, date last seen--and accompanied by the vaguely implicatory question: Have you seen this child?
Monday, May 05, 2008
How The Christian Right Has Damaged America
by Damon Linker
Who would now deny that the political ascendancy of the religious right has been bad for the United States? Its destructive consequences are plain for all to see. It has polarized the nation. It has injected theological certainties into public life. It has led political leaders to invest their aims and their deeds with metaphysical significance. It...
Was Shakespeare A Philosopher?
by Martha C. Nussbaum
Shakespeare the Thinker -- By A.D. Nuttall
Friday, May 02, 2008
Dear Hollywood: Please Stop Trying To Kill Robert Downey, Jr.
by Christopher Orr
Dear ...
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Iron(y) Man Soars
by Christopher Orr
Robert Downey Jr. turns summer's first blockbuster into a fast, fun triumph.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
NYC's Sedate New Museum: Why Is A Museum Dedicated To Contemporary Art So Conventional?
by Sarah Williams Goldhagen
New Museum -- SANAA
Monday, April 28, 2008
'Lush Life' Author Richard Price On The Politics Of Cops And Why 'The Wire' Isn't Really Television
by Dayo Olopade
The Bronx-born Richard Price has walked a steady beat for over 30 years--combing the streets of New York and New Jersey for authentic American stories.
When Palestinians Collaborated With Zionists
by Benny Morris
Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948 By Hillel Cohen
Saturday, April 26, 2008
A New Treasure From Mongolia; Plus, 'Flight Of The Red Balloon' Soars
by Stanley Kauffmann
Tuya's Marriage -- Music Box
Friday, April 25, 2008
Errol Morris Was A Master Documentarian--Until The Iraq War Got Ahold Of Him
by Elbert Ventura
Accepting his Oscar for The Fog of War at the 2003 Academy Awards, Errol Morris made one of the night's memorable speeches.
Tina Fey's 'Baby Mama' Is A Bundle Of (Low-Key) Joy
by Christopher Orr
At last, the backlash. Following a series of unwanted pregnancy comedies (the not-at-all smart Smart People was the latest in the litany), we're now treated to the inverse...
Monday, April 21, 2008
Diggins on the Final Hour of 'John Adams'
by John Patrick Diggins, Kirk Ellis, Alan Taylor, and Steven Waldman
Assessing the legacy of America's second president.
Waldman on the Final Hour of 'John Adams'
by Steven Waldman
Calling out unnecessary historical inaccuracies--but still loving the series.
Ellis on the Final Hour of 'John Adams'
by Kirk Ellis
Defending artistic license in recreating history.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Films Worth Seeing
by Stanley Kauffmann
Body of War. The subsequent life of a badly wounded Iraq veteran is interwoven with the Congressional sessions during which Bush was empowered to launch the war. This documentary is more than ironic and compassionate, though...
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