One From the Heart One From the Heart
The superficial sincerity of Noah Baumbach's Greenberg is not to be trusted.
Mar 31, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Lolita Lolita
Once he has swallowed the disappointment of discovering that Lolita in the movie is pushing hard on the age of consent, the libidinous critic must decide what if anything he can ...
Mar 30, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Superfluity and Bounty Superfluity and Bounty
The Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary is a reserve set aside for thinking about the categorical inferiority of destruction to creation.
Mar 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Living for the City Living for the City
There's more to the legend of Jane Jacobs than her showdown with Robert Moses.
Mar 18, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Zipp
The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay The Great White Whale in San Francisco Bay
How the "Lively Arts" became "The Media."
Mar 16, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Lewis Lapham
Dimensions of the Abyss Dimensions of the Abyss
The visual art of the Black Atlantic explores an ambivalence that exceeds double consciousness.
Mar 11, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Remember 11/4/08? Remember 11/4/08?
A new participatory documentary captures the excitement of Obama's election.
Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
An Oscar for America’s Hubris An Oscar for America’s Hubris
What a shame that the one movie about the Iraq war that has a chance of being viewed by a large worldwide audience should be so disappointing.
Mar 10, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Robert Scheer
Noted. Noted.
Stuart Klawans on radical filmmaker Leo Hurwitz; John Nichols on the primary fight for Blanche Lincoln's Senate seat.
Mar 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / The Editors
‘Avatar’: The Prequel ‘Avatar’: The Prequel
Will earth's last stand sweep the 2013 Oscars?
Feb 23, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael T. Klare