GoodFellas GoodFellas
Unlike The Godfather, in Martin Scorsese's depiction of New York mafioso, no one pretends to be a man of honor. That's one of the reasons it's so great.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Fanny and Alexander Fanny and Alexander
Ingmar Bergman's life-affirming story of the Ekdahl family would be his last feature film. No one ever made a better exit.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Easy Rider Easy Rider
Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper revved up their motorcycles and, like Jack Kerouac, inspired a generation of young people to hit the road.
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Do the Right Thing Do the Right Thing
New York City's second most-famous Mookie delivers pizza and fights the power in Spike Lee's breakthrough film. Some critics predicted its provocative portrayal of race tensions wo...
Dec 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘SNL’: Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton On Secretary Of State Job ‘SNL’: Amy Poehler’s Hillary Clinton On Secretary Of State Job
Amy Poehler's version of Clinton muses, "Would you rather fix the economy or travel the globe? Point Hillary!"
Dec 7, 2008 / Saturday Night Live
Listening to Odetta Listening to Odetta
Her voice a force of nature and her theatrical sense undimmed, Odetta-made music of extraordinary compassion, intuition and grace.
Dec 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bruce Shapiro
Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’ Jack Black and Many More Star in ‘Prop 8: The Musical’
Hollywood stars like Jack Black, John C. Reilly and Neil Patrick Harris parody the absurdity of the religious right's pro-Prop 8 position...in song.
Dec 3, 2008 / Funny or Die
Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’ Epic Moments: ‘Milk,’ ‘Australia,’ ‘Wendy and Lucy’
Gus Van Sant's Milk, Baz Luhrmann's Australia, Kelly Reichardt's Wendy and Lucy.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays Trilling’s Sandbags: Lionel Trilling’s Critical Essays
Re-reading a literary critic who regarded intelligence as a moral imperative.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stefan Collini
Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi Jarring Bottles: The Paintings of Giorgio Morandi
The paintings of Giorgio Morandi render new meaning to the term natura morta.
Dec 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto