Arts and Entertainment

Olbermann Rules! Olbermann Rules!

He's the guy who put the guts back into TV journalism.

Sep 20, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marvin Kitman

Art Matters Art Matters

Michael Rakowitz talks about his art, the possibility of public space and the Iraq War.

Sep 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Tiven

Farm Aid Raises a Vision Farm Aid Raises a Vision

What began as an attempt to help financially strapped farmers in the Reagan years has grown into a visionary political and social movement rooted in the agrarian values of the Amer...

Sep 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Max Fraser

Grave Thoughts Grave Thoughts

Heddy Honigmann's documentary Forever visits the dead in Paris, but nobody grieves; James Mangold's 3:10 to Yuma pits an evil Russell Crowe against a driven Christian Bale.

Sep 6, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Mad Men’s Retro Charm Mad Men’s Retro Charm

A cable hit's unabashed attachment to filthy habits, bad parenting and horrendous gender roles shows how far we've come from the Sixties.

Aug 28, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Anna McCarthy

Bywater Blues Bywater Blues

Reviews of Kamp Katrina, The Monastery and Exiled.

Aug 23, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Spy Games Spy Games

Reviews of The Bourne Ultimatum and The Simpsons Movie.

Aug 9, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Making of No End in Sight The Making of No End in Sight

Charles Ferguson answers questions about his gripping new documentary that takes aim at those who took us to war in Iraq.

Jul 27, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

Stuff Happens Stuff Happens

Reviews of No End in Sight, The Devil Came on Horseback, The Sugar Curtain and Sunshine.

Jul 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Artists Pursue the Disappeared Artists Pursue the Disappeared

With greater efficiency than the slow efforts for truth and justice, a traveling art exhibition bears witness to the victims of Argentina's "dirty war."

Jul 12, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Marian Schlotterbeck

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