Arts and Entertainment

Stephen Sondheim At Michigan State University

Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim Judy Collins Remembers Stephen Sondheim

The singer and activist writes about discovering the “amazing, creative, thunderous force” of Sondheim’s music.

Nov 30, 2021 / Judy Collins

Denis Villeneuve’s Humanistic “Dune”

Denis Villeneuve’s Humanistic “Dune” Denis Villeneuve’s Humanistic “Dune”

His adaptation was the first to understand the scale—both intimate and epic—the sci-fi novel required to translate to film.

Nov 27, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Inside the Hell That Is “The Many Saints of Newark”

Inside the Hell That Is “The Many Saints of Newark” Inside the Hell That Is “The Many Saints of Newark”

All of the things that worked in The Sopranos make its prequel a remarkable slog of a film.

Nov 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Erin Schwartz

Em Rata

Emily Ratajkowski: “I’m Very Displeased With Capitalism” Emily Ratajkowski: “I’m Very Displeased With Capitalism”

A conversation with the essayist and model about her debut collection My Body, critiquing capitalism, the commodification of one’s image, and much more.

Nov 17, 2021 / Q&A / Larissa Pham

The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring

The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring The Coolest Member of the Senate Is Retiring

Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy has used comic books to fight for a ban on land mines and brought the Grateful Dead to the Senate Dining Room.

Nov 16, 2021 / John Nichols

Nation Poetry

In Resemblance of the Living In Resemblance of the Living

Alone I spirit myself away looking at the many flowers born on the balcony, certainly not thanks to me, the gardener was the wind. They skin me with precision, their beauty sinks i…

Nov 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Chandra Livia Candiani

Nation Poetry

You Couldn’t Lose Me You Couldn’t Lose Me

It was like waking up in California— the awkward blossoms, the sky an aggressive blue. I remember the smell from your armpits, the greenhouse windows covered in white paint, where…

Nov 16, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Richie Hofmann

Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic

Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic Mort Sahl, 1927–2021: The Comic as Social Critic

Sahl diagnosed the disease of America in 1967 as “right-wing social democracy,” an ideology that is fine with war.

Nov 15, 2021 / Column / David Bromwich

Joanna Hogg and the Art of Life

Joanna Hogg and the Art of Life Joanna Hogg and the Art of Life

Her remarkable two-part film The Souvenir examines how an artist turns the fragments of their personal history into an enduring story.

Nov 11, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Devika Girish

Succession - Jeremy Strong

“Succession”’s Repetition Compulsion “Succession”’s Repetition Compulsion

In Succession’s moral universe, no one can ever get what they want or what they deserve.

Nov 10, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell

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