On Tyson vs. Downey On Tyson vs. Downey
I was watching Mike Tyson knock Robert Downey Jr. to the floor when the thought popped into my head, "Is this what I want from a movie?" It was a pressing question.
Apr 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Hawking Vietnam Hawking Vietnam
With the twenty-fifth anniversary of the American withdrawal from Vietnam hard upon us, readers and viewers may well be treated to a multitude of reprises of the arguments surrou...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Richard Falk
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?
In Moby-Dick, in the chapter "The Fossil Whale," Ishmael proclaims: "To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme." The theme of Joyce Carol Oates's Blonde--well, it'...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Joseph
Art of the Free and Brave Art of the Free and Brave
A woman I know once agreed to take a young Asian child to visit a school in New York, to which her distant parents considered sending her.
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Final Cut on Final Solution? Final Cut on Final Solution?
Since you presumably know the basics about the Holocaust--if you don't, I would suggest that a movie review is no place to learn them--I will jump to the main question about The ...
Apr 20, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Reparting the Waters Reparting the Waters
It is delightfully ironic that a site has been approved for the construction of a monument in Martin Luther King Jr.'s name on the Washington Mall, given that in the last months ...
Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jason Sokol
Semper Fi, But Why? Semper Fi, But Why?
Were I to tell you that Rules of Engagement features a protracted fistfight between Samuel L.
Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Poetry Poetry
After Troy Not quite putting on what little power or knowledge pigeons lay claim to, she nonetheless bids them come. Launched off cornices,
Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Various Contributors
The Compleat Walker The Compleat Walker
Shortly before he died, Bruce Chatwin found God. This was on top of Mount Athos, after which he left for Katmandu. Looking down from the bees and grapes, he had seen an iron cros...
Apr 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / John Leonard
Her Own Lambs and Falcons Her Own Lambs and Falcons
It really is about time we had the letters of Rebecca West.
Apr 5, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Georgette Fleischer