Arts and Entertainment

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

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