Arts and Entertainment

Outside a supermarket, a masked essential worker wearing a blue hazmat suit holds a stop sign.

The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination The Death Eaters: Covid in the Liberal Imagination

A call to rescue public health from the dead hand of neutrality.

Oct 20, 2022 / Gregg Gonsalves

The Ghosts of “Irma Vep”

The Ghosts of “Irma Vep” The Ghosts of “Irma Vep”

Olivier Assayas's clever and beguiling HBO miniseries responds to the state of cinema in the age of streaming.

Oct 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November

The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November The Dangers of Ignoring the Latino Vote This November

Pretending we only exist in election years is a losing strategy for the left.

Oct 17, 2022 / Bill Gallegos

Rick Barton, “Barcelona”

Beyond the Wall: On Rick Barton Beyond the Wall: On Rick Barton

An exhibition of drawings by a forgotten Bay Area artist is a feat of curating, reminding us that museums can a still shine a light on remarkable work.

Oct 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

The Politics of Star Wars

The Politics of Star Wars The Politics of Star Wars

On this episode of The Time of Monsters, TV critic Sean Collins discusses an unexpectedly radical TV show.

Oct 12, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jeet Heer

Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland

Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland Jessa Crispin Speaks From the Heartland

The author's latest book, My Three Dads, blends personal memory with American history, offering incisive cultural criticism that turns to small-town values to understand American i...

Oct 7, 2022 / Q&A / Brianna Di Monda

Riotsville, U.S.A

How the Police Became an Occupying Army How the Police Became an Occupying Army

Riotsville, U.S.A. documents the origins and rise of what the activist George Jackson called the “the corporate-military-police complex.”

Oct 5, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Yasmina Price

Movie poster with the word Metropolis is red letters

The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis” The Political Lessons of Fritz Lang’s “Metropolis”

The 1927 film raises the question, “Who will mediate between our head and our hands?”

Oct 4, 2022 / Column / David Bromwich

Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History

Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History Ken Burns Gets at the Nasty Underbelly of American History

David Nasaw in conversation with Jon Wiener on the new PBS documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust.

Sep 29, 2022 / Podcast / Jon Wiener

The Real Butt of Nathan Fielder’s Joke

The Real Butt of Nathan Fielder’s Joke The Real Butt of Nathan Fielder’s Joke

His awkward social comedies always leave you wondering: Whom should you be laughing at?

Sep 29, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi

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