The Many Manipulations of Henry Kissinger The Many Manipulations of Henry Kissinger
In his new biography, Niall Ferguson is blind to his subject’s recklessness and treachery.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Milne
Werner Herzog’s Maniacal Quests Werner Herzog’s Maniacal Quests
A newly published travel journal shows how walking, like filmmaking, brings us to the naked core of existence.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Noah Isenberg
Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion Hodgepodge, Mismatch, and Wild Disproportion
Dueling satirical films about white-supremacist America, and how not to be an imbecile when criticizing Star Wars.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’ ‘Gifts of Thought to Europe From an Intimate Stranger’
A brilliant exhibit in London uses archival fragments to tell a story of violence and creation.
Jan 7, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Yasmine Seale
Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist Remembering Haskell Wexler, Genius Cinematographer and Committed Leftist
For more than six decades, Haskell Wexler spoke to the public through the movies he made.
Jan 4, 2016 / Stuart Klawans
Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again Michael Moore Has a Plan to Make America Great Again
Jan 4, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices The Genocidal Unconscious of American Sports’ Naming Practices
The Texas Rangers bear the moniker of America’s most celebrated death squad.
Jan 4, 2016 / Greg Grandin
December 29, 1922: William Gaddis Is Born December 29, 1922: William Gaddis Is Born
“What [The Recognitions] lacks, like all claustrophobic works of art, is imagination.”
Dec 29, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published December 28, 1973: Alexsander Solzhenitsyn’s ‘Gulag Archipelago’ is Published
“The duty is not only to memorialize the fallen, it is also to confront the living.”
Dec 28, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
December 27, 1932: Radio City Music Hall Opens December 27, 1932: Radio City Music Hall Opens
“All at once there is a vast firmament overhead, and a great distance stretching out under it.”
Dec 27, 2015 / Richard Kreitner