Intelligentsia at Play Intelligentsia at Play
Tom Stoppard's 'Coast of Utopia'
Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Carol Rocamora
Renoir All Over Again Renoir All Over Again
Like a kid at an ice-cream counter, urging his friends to try the chocolate--like a writer of travel guides, warning tourists not to miss the Eiffel Tower--I come before you to p...
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Bride & the Bottle Rack The Bride & the Bottle Rack
The idea of craft is an unanticipated product of the Industrial Revolution.
Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Heaven Can Wait Heaven Can Wait
It's rude of me to speak of Todd Haynes's new picture as if it were a symptom; but then, he's the one who's always consulting doctors.
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique
Judy Chicago
Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Rockin’ in the Free World Rockin’ in the Free World
In a weapons producing nation under Jesus In the fabled crucible of the free world Camera crews search for clues amid the detritus And entertainment shapes the land
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Love, Sandler Style Love, Sandler Style
Although I'm mad for Paul Thomas Anderson's new picture, Punch-Drunk Love, I also suspect it's made me a little crazy.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.
Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Jules Feiffer
Jerusalem Calling Jerusalem Calling
On his new album, country-rocker Steve Earle lets politics infuse his music.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / David Corn
The Culture Blockade The Culture Blockade
The Bush Administration seems to be gunning to make history as the first great unilateralist government of the twenty-first century.
Oct 17, 2002 / Books & the Arts / James Ledbetter