Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay is very funny. Nothing about the real place is.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Shayana Kadidal
Photo Ops Photo Ops
Errol Morris's new documentary Standard Operating Procedure lacks critical distance but produces masterful evocations of Abu Ghraib.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Her Good Thing Her Good Thing
The versatile vocalist Mable John, now a novelist and minister, has come a long way since the 1960s soul era that made her (almost) famous.
Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Friedman
Phil Donahue’s War Phil Donahue’s War
His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Un Ballon Est un Ballon Un Ballon Est un Ballon
In Flight of the Red Balloon, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien takes on an unmistakably Parisian story with unbridled creative abandon.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Our Troubled Youth Our Troubled Youth
Exploring the unexpected: Chop Shop, Paranoid Park, Vantage Point.
Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Film We Dreamed The Film We Dreamed
In Zeroville, Steve Erickson explores New Hollywood's promise and doom and the dissolution of cinema into spectacle.
Feb 19, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor
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