Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice Photography’s Ghosts: The Image and Its Artifice
Two new books explore the truths and artifice of photography.
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard
Back Talk: Alva Noë Back Talk: Alva Noë
Philosopher Alva Noë talks about the brain, consciousness and animal rights.
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Lab Test: Who Profits From Scientific Research? Lab Test: Who Profits From Scientific Research?
Does the profit motive distort and degrade the unpredictable path of scientific discovery?
Feb 26, 2009 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz
Pundits Say Washington Must Instill Confidence Pundits Say Washington Must Instill Confidence
It's something money can't buy.
Feb 25, 2009 / Column / Calvin Trillin
That This That This
That this book is a history of a shadow that is a shadow of me mystically one in another Another another to subserve __ Day is a type when visible objects change then put on form but the anti-type That thing not shadowed __ Is light anything like this stray pencil commonplace copy as to one aberrant onward-gliding mystery __ A secular arrietta variation Grass angels perish in this harmonic collision because non-being cannot be "this" __ Not spirit not space finite Not infinite to those fixed-- That this millstone as such Quiet which side on which-- __ That a solitary person bears witness to law in the ark to an altar of snow and every age or century for a day is __ Is one mind put into another in us unknown to ourselves by going about among trees and fields in moonlight or in a garden to ease distance to fetch home spiritual things __
Feb 25, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Susan Howe
A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory A Waltz With the Dogs of Memory
Vicious hounds of repressed memory haunt Waltz with Bashir, a deeply flawed depiction of the harsh truths of a war no one can forget.
Feb 24, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Hussein Ibish
Jon Stewart to GOP Governors: ‘You’re Broke!’ Jon Stewart to GOP Governors: ‘You’re Broke!’
Stewart ridicules Republicans like Louisiana's Bobby Jindal for their overstated opposition to the stimulus package.
Feb 24, 2009 / The Daily Show
Slumdog Subtext Slumdog Subtext
Slumdog Millionaire has captivated global audiences, but in India, it strikes a different nerve--as a tale of personal recompense and revenge by a young Muslim victim of Hindu pers...
Feb 23, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Barbara Crossette
The Uncler: America Needs a Comeback The Uncler: America Needs a Comeback
In this parody of the Oscar-nominated film The Wrestler, Uncle Sam is portrayed as a washed up fighter seeking redemption.
Feb 20, 2009 / Funny or Die
Waltzing Alone Waltzing Alone
Israel, unrepentant and without introspection, doesn't deserve a film as brilliant as Waltz with Bashir.
Feb 19, 2009 / Books & the Arts / Liel Leibovitz