Arts and Entertainment

Chelsea Dreams

Chelsea Dreams Chelsea Dreams

Artists have become the shock troops of gentrification, even at the Chelsea Hotel.

Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard Kreitner

Generations and Repetitions

Generations and Repetitions Generations and Repetitions

The story of country music is not love and happiness but love and work.

Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

No Escape

No Escape No Escape

A new batch of teen films deliver their blows and soften them in a single gesture.

Jun 18, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Bergdahl Saga as a Window Into Journalistic Transparency

The Bergdahl Saga as a Window Into Journalistic Transparency The Bergdahl Saga as a Window Into Journalistic Transparency

Eric on this week's concerts and Reed on the Bergdahl scandal. 

Jun 11, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

‘Obvious Child,’ the Abortion Comedy, Isn’t a Great Film, but It’s a Revelation

‘Obvious Child,’ the Abortion Comedy, Isn’t a Great Film, but It’s a Revelation ‘Obvious Child,’ the Abortion Comedy, Isn’t a Great Film, but It’s a Revelation

Nearly a third of American women will have an abortion at some point in their lives, but it’s an experience we almost never see on film.

Jun 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michelle Goldberg

James Joyce’s Untamable Power

James Joyce’s Untamable Power James Joyce’s Untamable Power

Censors thought it dirty and rebellious, but what makes Ulysses radical is its dramatization of the unending conflict between good and evil.

Jun 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach

Free to Choose?

Free to Choose? Free to Choose?

How Americans have become tyrannized by the culture’s overinvestment in choice.

Jun 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Sophia Rosenfeld

The Best Years of Their Lives

The Best Years of Their Lives The Best Years of Their Lives

Why World War II offered Hollywood directors an escape into reality.

Jun 3, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg

Favorite Hallucinations

Favorite Hallucinations Favorite Hallucinations

Did Chris Marker think history to be not only an infinite book but a sacred one?

May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Floats Like A Vulture

Floats Like A Vulture Floats Like A Vulture

Instead of rescuing forgotten truths, neocons like Charles Krauthammer devise novel fallacies.

May 21, 2014 / Books & the Arts / George Scialabba

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