Culture

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

Bush Labor Department Hurries to Change Toxic Substance Rules Before Obama Takes Office Bush Labor Department Hurries to Change Toxic Substance Rules Before Obama Takes Office

White House duck vs. the coal-mine canary.

Dec 2, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’ ‘Lost as Food and Won as a Coast’

Is a new, computer-generated poetry anthology as intriguing--and boring--as the lifework of any fairly prolific poet?

Dec 2, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Beyond the Bailout State Beyond the Bailout State

If original thinking doesn't find a home among the Obama administration's Clinton-era Brainiacs, how can we move beyond the bailout state?

Dec 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Steve Fraser

Unconditional Love Song Unconditional Love Song

Later she would remember it started to pour the storm blew everything out before the coffee finished its brew and she could finish reading a report on some boys holed up in a derelict house after stoning a swan to death she wrapped her head in a towel and sat down by the open window even though the sound of the river was not there the memory of the sound was even though her husband did not appear in the door talking to her about the day ahead the day ahead was there

Nov 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / C.D. Wright

The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse The Three Bozos of the Apocalypse

The automotive jet set goes to Washington.

Nov 25, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel Saturday Night Live Parodies Rahm Emanuel

President-elect Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel, has a message for you: Be afraid, be very afraid.

Nov 24, 2008 / Saturday Night Live

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