Culture

The Man Who Wasn’t There The Man Who Wasn’t There

Christopher Marlowe's life was short, sharp and irresistible.

Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Swift

Porto Alegre Postcard Porto Alegre Postcard

This year's World Social Forum gave culture its due--and reaped the rewards.

Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon

On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars On the Risk of Having a Notoriously Foul-Mouthed Comedian Host the Oscars

Though having Rock, some said, was plain insane, he Eschewed the sort of language used by Cheney.

Mar 3, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Calvin Trillin

The Motorcycle Gangs

The Motorcycle Gangs The Motorcycle Gangs

A portrait of an outsider underground.

Mar 2, 2005 / Feature / Hunter S. Thompson

Stankonia Stankonia

Fifty years ago, a young Polish journalist named Leopold Tyrmand lost his job at the country's last surviving independent publication, the Catholic weekly Tygodnik Powszechny, ...

Feb 24, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

Galbraith: An Appreciation Galbraith: An Appreciation

John Kenneth Galbraith was famous long ago as America's most widely read economist, until his expansive understanding of economic liberalism was pushed aside by political event...

Feb 24, 2005 / Feature / William Greider

Hunter Thompson’s Political Genius Hunter Thompson’s Political Genius

He taught me how to look at politics—and how to do politics.

Feb 22, 2005 / John Nichols

In Radical Matrimony In Radical Matrimony

Suzanne Wasserman's documentary Thunder in Guyana, which airs on PBS's Independent Lens series at 10 pm on February 22, is the first in-depth look at Janet Jagan, former presiden...

Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Baz Dreisinger

Dazed and Confused Dazed and Confused

Perhaps no cultural phenomenon has been as successful at demonizing alcohol as MTV's The Real World. Watch it sometime. You'll never want to drink again.

Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Suzy Hansen

Constantine Constantine

About two-thirds of the speaking characters in Constantine are either demons or angels.

Feb 17, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

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