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