Books & the Arts

Compromising Positions Compromising Positions

Your movie reviewer has been reading Colin MacCabe's excellent book on Jean-Luc Godard and pondering its discussion of France after World War II.

Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Crouching Tiger Crouching Tiger

Being Stanley Crouch is about as bruising a vocation as there is in what passes for--or remains of--polite literary society.

Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour

The Other 1905 Revolution The Other 1905 Revolution

Albert Einstein's banner year.

Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer

Al Gore Gets Down Al Gore Gets Down

Al Gore's Current TV debuts today. But will his new network transform the media?

Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman

Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him

As part of a nationwide festival of tributes to Pete Seeger in 2005, Studs Terkel offered this essay on the life and times of an American balladeer.

Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Studs Terkel

Bellow’s Lonely Planet Bellow’s Lonely Planet

The world Saul Bellow made.

Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel

Patrimony Patrimony

Kevin Young updates the Harlem Renaissance for the hip-hop generation.

Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella

Flyboy in the Buttermilk Flyboy in the Buttermilk

Basquiat in Brooklyn.

Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

The Counterfeiter The Counterfeiter

As celluloid guinea pig for the American left, I am perfectly willing to report on the effects of exposure to this month's pop hit, Sin City.

Apr 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Before the Law Before the Law

A new book on Isaeli courts in the West Bank and Gaza.

Apr 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Neve Gordon

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