‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics ‘Chi-raq’ Reveals Spike Lee’s Outdated Race Politics
At its heart, Chi-raq is a critique of the hypermasculine posturing that props up so much gang violence—but it only examines what that means for men, not women.
Dec 14, 2015 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Trump Wins Even If ‘Time’ Magazine Doesn’t Name Him Its ‘Person of the Year’ Trump Wins Even If ‘Time’ Magazine Doesn’t Name Him Its ‘Person of the Year’
The Person of the Year will be announced on Wednesday—and this year it really matters.
Dec 8, 2015 / Leslie Savan
Did the World’s Largest Protests Leave a Legacy? Did the World’s Largest Protests Leave a Legacy?
A new film explores the mobilizations against the Iraq war, and what current protests learned from them.
Dec 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry
Exotic Asians, hot-tempered Latinas, and the original angry black woman—we owe all of these reality TV tropes to Tyra Banks’s fake-empowerment series.
Dec 8, 2015 / Jennifer L. Pozner
Pacific Overtures on Broadway Pacific Overtures on Broadway
At its best, the Japanese-internment musical Allegiance seethes with righteous anger beneath its perkiness and platitudes.
Dec 7, 2015 / Alisa Solomon
Finally, a Comic Series As Ridiculous as the 2016 GOP Field Finally, a Comic Series As Ridiculous as the 2016 GOP Field
A scandal-prone, dark-horse presidential candidate turned front-runner stars in Citizen Jack. Sound familiar?
Dec 3, 2015 / Loren A. Lynch
An Opera of Permanent Catastrophe, and of Hope An Opera of Permanent Catastrophe, and of Hope
A new production of Alban Berg’s Lulu reveals the explosive powers still manifest in modern art.
Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
Puzzle No. 3383 Puzzle No. 3383
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Lead the way to overcome depression? (3,4) 5 Detroit athlete, gaining height, gets increasingly tense (7) 9 With…
Dec 3, 2015 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
What Happens to the Right of Public Assembly in the Absence of Public Space? What Happens to the Right of Public Assembly in the Absence of Public Space?
The mentality of traffic engineering cripples mass transit, and free speech, in New York City.
Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin
Rocky Without Reaganism Rocky Without Reaganism
Creed offers a surprisingly daring depiction of the Rocky universe as seen from the other side of the tracks.
Dec 3, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans