Arts and Entertainment

Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Hillary on ‘Saturday Night Live’

So Hillary did SNL. And critics believed she did well. But Democrats, midst all the fun, Still wondered how Joe would have done.

Oct 8, 2015 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Culture That Capitalism Created

The Culture That Capitalism Created The Culture That Capitalism Created

An interview with Boots Riley.

Oct 8, 2015 / Laura Flanders

Patti Smith

How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age How Patti Smith, Punk Chanteuse, Became the Irresistible Siren of Middle Age

Her latest memoir, M Train, feels guided simultaneously by determination and serendipity.

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran The Good, the Bad, and the Veteran

Problem-solving will only get liars and filmmakers so far.

Oct 8, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Laurie Anderson Guantanamo

Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread Laurie Anderson’s Guantánamo Installation Goes Where Obama Fears to Tread

The US government has abdicated its role in prosecuting those responsible for torture following 9/11. It has fallen on civil society to take up the charge.

Oct 7, 2015 / John Knefel

I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?

I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left? I Want My Progressive TV! What If MSNBC Dumps the Left?

The cable answer to Fox News is slowly shrinking from the fight. Can digital outlets fill the void?

Oct 7, 2015 / Feature / Leslie Savan

Whistleblowers Composed

Whistleblowers Composed Whistleblowers Composed

Ted Hearne’s masterpiece The Source captures digital disorder through the sounds of Wikileaks.

Oct 6, 2015 / David Hajdu

Yorgos Lanthimos's 2015 film ‘The Lobster.’

Of Lobsters and Men Of Lobsters and Men

Don DeLillo, the Grateful Dead, and the New York Film Festival.

Oct 5, 2015 / Eric Alterman

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored? Why Has Criticism of the Whitney Been Unmoored?

It shouldn’t be surprising that the museum’s new building looks most like… a building.

Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Andy and Lana Wachowski. (Credit: Wikimedia)

The Truth Behind the Televised Lie The Truth Behind the Televised Lie

From the creators of The Matrix, the new Netflix show Sense8 inadvertently tells the saddest story in the world.

Oct 1, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

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