The Revolution Will Be Televised The Revolution Will Be Televised
The oral history of America's radical tradition--performed by big Hollywood names like Matt Damon, Josh Brolin and Danny Glover.
Dec 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / YouTube
Containing Welles Containing Welles
Richard Linklater's Me and Orson Welles, Jason Reitman's Up in the Air and Pedro Almodovar's Broken Embraces.
Dec 2, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Survivors Survivors
Lee Daniels's Precious: Based on the Novel "Push" by Sapphire, Oren Moverman's The Messenger, Alexander Sokurov's The Sun
Nov 5, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Linguistic Currency Linguistic Currency
In an information economy, tiny asymmetries in language comprehension translate into vast profits--and large-scale collapses.
Nov 3, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev The Last Yugoslav: On Dusan Makavejev
When Yugoslavia disintegrated, so too did the film career of Dusan Makavejev.
Oct 28, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne
A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand A Makeshift World: On Thomas Demand
For the photographer Thomas Demand, Germany is like any other country because it is haunted by history.
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
A Witness to Total War A Witness to Total War
When Germany invaded Poland in 1939, the only neutral filmmaker in the country was Julien Bryan. His round-the-clock footage of Warsaw's destruction, assembled in Siege, is now aga...
Oct 21, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan
Baffled Dignity Baffled Dignity
Alain Resnais's Wild Grass and Margot Benacerraf's Araya.
Oct 8, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Waiting for the Miracle: On Leonard Cohen Waiting for the Miracle: On Leonard Cohen
In Leonard Cohen's Afterworld, the trajectory between the latest hit and the wisdom of old has been a long one.
Oct 7, 2009 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
America’s Teacher America’s Teacher
The Shock Doctrine author interviews Michael Moore on the roots of the economic crisis and the promise and peril of this political moment.
Sep 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Naomi Klein