Ideas for a New Era Ideas for a New Era
It's time for progressives to create coalitions and craft smart strategies that will push Obama and the new Congress to seize this moment.
Dec 23, 2008 / The Editors
Double Indemnity Double Indemnity
Before he was the perfect TV dad, Fred MacMurray was Billy Wilder's favorite movie heavy.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
It Happened One Night It Happened One Night
What happened was Clark Gable doffed his shirt to reveal his bare chest, prompting the second great crash of the Depression: in undershirt sales.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Troy
For Whom the Bell Tolls For Whom the Bell Tolls
Some feared a film of Hemingway's novel about the Spanish Civil War would take too strong a stance against fascism. They didn't know Hollywood.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / James Agee
Say Good Night, Charlie Say Good Night, Charlie
Cutting Charlie Rangel loose would prove just how serious Obama is about transforming Washington's toxic culture of self-enrichment.
Dec 23, 2008 / Column / Eric Alterman
The Thin Blue Line The Thin Blue Line
Using innovative, slow-motion re-enactments, Errol Morris cast new light on the murder of a Dallas policeman. As a result, the man wrongly convicted of the crime went free.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Fredric Paul Smoler
Fantasia Fantasia
When Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck gave way to Bach and Beethoven, the results were as far out as Pluto.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Franz Hoellering
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg's imaginary childhood friend brought to life, voiced by an aging actress with a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Redoing Globalization Redoing Globalization
The economic crisis was caused by world trade imbalances just as much as domestic problems.
Dec 23, 2008 / Feature / Sherle R. Schwenninger
How Obama Can Reform Russia Policy How Obama Can Reform Russia Policy
The Obama administration simply cannot afford a confrontation with Russia, given the challenges we face elsewhere.
Dec 23, 2008 / Feature / Anatol Lieven