The History of Hope The History of Hope
Voters drawn to Barack Obama are often criticized as naive. But appeals to our collective hope for a more decent society are core to the American experience.
Feb 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Peter Dreier
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
Revolutionary States Revolutionary States
Two new books take a closer look at the "Soviet monster" in an age of lazy, anti-Communist rhetoric.
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ronald Grigor Suny
All the Whiskey in Heaven All the Whiskey in Heaven
Not for all the whiskey in heaven
Not for all the flies in Vermont
Not for all the tears in the basement
Not for a million trips to Mars
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Charles Bernstein
Chafee Chastened Chafee Chastened
In his recent memoir, former GOP insider Lincoln Chafee boldly decries the Bush era.
Feb 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
The Ice Forge The Ice Forge
The generation that came of age in Stalin's Russia was torn between perpetual fear and profound emotional investment in the Soviet ideal.
Feb 13, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jochen Hellbeck
An Unconventional Convention An Unconventional Convention
On Saturday, June 27, 1924, "men and women suddenly rose up after days of utterly degraded and demoralizing vaudeville performances to declaim with passion about two big subjects....
Feb 12, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Oswald Garrison Villard
An Ayler in My House An Ayler in My House
A glossy and ragged musical declaration of love.
Feb 12, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nick Stillman
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