Bad Brains Bad Brains
More than once in Jonathan Demme's reimagining of The Manchurian Candidate, a distraught Denzel Washington jabs at his skull and rasps, "They got in here." He means it literally.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Middle Man The Middle Man
Over the century that followed the Napoleonic wars, the Ottoman Empire contracted and eventually disappeared from the map.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Mark Mazower
The Lost Steps The Lost Steps
American policy-makers may be divided into two schools of thought on the Arab-Israeli conflict: the evenhanded and the Israel-first.
Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Avi Shlaim
What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?
I could hardly believe it when I heard Jane Jacobs was still alive and that she had written a new book, Dark Age Ahead, at the age of 88.
Aug 3, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Ben Adler
Shadows and Smog Shadows and Smog
I paid to see Will Smith fight legions of robots, and what I got was a trip back to Wabash Street.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Holy Water Holy Water
Walden Pond is America's environmental holy land, the naturalist's sacred site and Concord's local swimming pool.
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jane Holtz Kay
Latin America’s Longest War Latin America’s Longest War
In May, Jan Egeland, the United Nations Undersecretary for Humanitarian Affairs, called a news conference in New York to declare publicly what he had been warning people about fo...
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Peter Canby
He’s the (Any)One He’s the (Any)One
Can someone win the presidency entirely on the basis of a negative asset?
Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Alexander Cockburn
His Majesty, Prince His Majesty, Prince
The 46th annual Grammy Awards ceremony began with a surprise performance by the pop virtuoso who is once again calling himself Prince.
Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen
Laughter in the Dark Laughter in the Dark
Stalin has had a rough time at the hands of Russian novelists in recent years.
Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Boris Fishman