Culture

Cool Devastation Cool Devastation

American movie-goers finally get to see Cristian Mungiu's stunning 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days.

Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Green Days Green Days

The biography of Joschka Fischer tells the story of postwar Germany.

Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anson Rabinbach

Foes Foes

J.M. Coetzee, now out with a new novel and a collection of essays, reminds us what a master he is at turning life into narrative.

Feb 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Deresiewicz

Movin’ On Up Movin’ On Up

Now that we've crested the mountaintop, let's have some politically incorrect dreams.

Feb 7, 2008 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Mitt Romney, the Power-Point Moneybag, Will Stay in the Race Mitt Romney, the Power-Point Moneybag, Will Stay in the Race

A hidden weapon in our fight against recession.

Feb 7, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin

The Long War of Wayne Felde The Long War of Wayne Felde

How a Vietnam vet wound up on Death Row.

Feb 5, 2008 / Feature / Doug Magee

The Where of It The Where of It

The best location for Lawrence Weiner's conceptual art is in the viewer's own imagination.

Feb 5, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive Gandhi’s Teachings Are Alive

Mohandas K. Gandhi, killed sixty years ago, was a moment in the conscience of mankind. But the flame of hope his life inspired shapes our lives still.

Feb 4, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Rev. Jesse L. Jackson

The Big Yam The Big Yam

Chinese hearts, minds and pocketbooks get a lot of attention from the Eastern and Western consumer markets.

Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Feffer

New Old Things New Old Things

A new collection of short pieces by the prodigious and wide-ranging critic Luc Sante doubles as a history of Modernism's outlaws.

Jan 31, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Frances Richard

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