King Kong King Kong
The horror film that unfairly tarnished the reputation of good gorillas everywhere.
Dec 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Troy
Persona Persona
A nurse and her suddenly mute patient in Bergman's hands becomes nothing less than a work of art.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Pixies, Sheilas, Dirtbags and Cougar Bait: Modern Slang Pixies, Sheilas, Dirtbags and Cougar Bait: Modern Slang
There's more slang than dictionaries can capture, but two new lexicons speak volumes on the riches of language.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Back Talk: Thelma Golden Back Talk: Thelma Golden
The director of the Studio Museum in Harlem talks about gentrification, MFA burnouts and how artworks speak to us.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Jules and Jim Jules and Jim
Henri-Pierre Roche's novel about three friends during World War I was long out of print until François Truffaut turned it into a landmark of the French New Wave.
Dec 10, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Close Encounters of the Third Kind
In Spielberg's blockbuster aliens encounter human beings and, amazingly, aren't horrified at what they find.
Dec 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Psycho Psycho
Janet Leigh says she hasn't taken a shower since, but the notion of motherhood took a bath.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Reds Reds
Warren Beatty's epic about the life and death of American radical journalist John Reed.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Midnight Cowboy Midnight Cowboy
Fred Neil's haunting song, "Everybody's Talkin'" sets the mood for this tragic buddy movie.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
MASH MASH
The movie may have been set in Korea, but Robert Altman clearly had Vietnam in mind when he made this satire of the American military.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch