Pakistan: The Intersection Pakistan: The Intersection
VideoNation travels to Pakistan to assess the nation's future through the eyes of students at the progressive National College of Arts and the extremist-dominated Punjab University...
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Sam Graham-Felsen, Ali Sethi, and James Jacoby
Undercover of the Night Undercover of the Night
Reviews of the films Black Book and Zodiac.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Semiwarriors The Semiwarriors
By creating an atmosphere of perpetual crisis, Presidents have expanded their powers and hidden their actions from the public eye.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew J. Bacevich
Lying in the Middle of the Field Lying in the Middle of the Field
Tidewater, Oregon The tractor has left rows in the grass, somewhat like rows of cut cane. Louisiana, I take you everywhere. The field itself is a giant row bet...
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Martha Serpas
Bolaño in Mexico Bolaño in Mexico
As a young writer in the 1970s, Roberto Bolaño was expected to choose between two rival factions of Mexican poets. He chose both.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Carmen Boullosa
Body Language Body Language
A new "ethnic correctness" is taking hold among minorities that might reverse a rising trend among Asians and others to undergo plastic surgery to look more westernized.
Mar 30, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Andrew Lam
That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World
Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Mannerist in Madrid A Mannerist in Madrid
Jacopo Tintoretto outshines Michelangelo, but his work is rarely seen outside of Venice.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
A Free Man A Free Man
Madison Smartt Bell's new biography of Toussaint Louverture explores the complexities of the man who created modern Haiti.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Laurent Dubois
On the Genealogy of Morals On the Genealogy of Morals
Inventing Human Rights traces the roots of humanitarian concern back to the eighteenth century. But there's a world of difference between then and now.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn