Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Epic
The last book in J.K. Rowling's saga is marked by throwaway references to a post-9/11 world and derivative insights that never add up to a coherent moral vision.
Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry
King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare King George W.: James Madison’s Nightmare
This is the belllicose imperial presidency the authors of our Constitution warned us about.
Jul 18, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Artists Pursue the Disappeared Artists Pursue the Disappeared
With greater efficiency than the slow efforts for truth and justice, a traveling art exhibition bears witness to the victims of Argentina's "dirty war."
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marian Schlotterbeck
Boys (and Girls) of Summer Boys (and Girls) of Summer
Live Free or Die Hard is boot camp for slackers. Knocked Up takes measure of the inadequate man.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
My Life My Life
Is made of the banging Shock-absorbers And hydrosulphuric stench, And the boiling, stinking, panting Factory line
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Henia Karmel
Sanger vs. Sanger Sanger vs. Sanger
Demonized for decades by ideological foes on the right and left, the mother of the birth control movement is finally able to speak for herself.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Kings of the Road Kings of the Road
Two big literary anniversaries: Jack London's forgotten gem The Road turns 100, and Jack Kerouac's On the Road hits 50.
Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jonah Raskin
Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could Arthur: The Little Magazine That Could
You thought Arthur was gone for good? The indie magazine beloved for its music coverage and antiwar politics will resume publishing this summer.
Jul 11, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Kevin McCarthy
A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel A Hard Look at Hard Time in Israel
Shimon Dotan's documentary Hot House takes a candid and compelling look at Palestinians serving life terms in Israeli prisons.
Jun 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Jessica Weisberg
Vertical Disintegration Vertical Disintegration
A new take on Israel/Palestine: Could Israel's architecture be the solution to the insoluble disputes?
Jun 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / James Ron