Books & the Arts

Where Did Our Love Go? Where Did Our Love Go?

One notable casualty of the diplomatic tug-of-war between France and the United States over the American-led invasion and occupation of Iraq has been verbal restraint.

Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Sartarelli

The New Year The New Year

Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / R.O. Blechman

Crimes and Misdemeanors Crimes and Misdemeanors

An indispensable work of art, especially at this moment in our history, Errol Morris's new documentary declares its theme before you even step into the theater. The Fog of ...

Dec 24, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

"People try to be so fussy and particular when they look at politics," observes Zillah, a character in Tony Kushner's 1987 play, A Bright Room Called Day, "but what I think an un...

Dec 22, 2003 / Books & the Arts / William Johnson

Rebel Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause

By the time that Jeanne Moreau cut the cake for his twenty-fifth birthday on the set of Elevator to the Gallows, Louis Malle had already been joint winner of an Oscar for his wor...

Dec 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Richard Vinen

Skeletons in the Closet Skeletons in the Closet

Editor's Note: Due to an unfortunate glitch in production, two lines are missing from the printed version of Daniel Lazare's essay. They have been restored in this version.

Dec 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Lazare

Running on Empty Running on Empty

If ever there was an event that called for reflection on what was left of the New Left, it was the 1981 Brink's robbery.

Dec 18, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Carol Brightman

Go East, Young Man! Go East, Young Man!

In one of his sunnier moods, Jean-Luc Godard might have tacked onto The Last Samurai the subtitle une étrange aventure de Tom Cruise.

Dec 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Soul Keeping Company Soul Keeping Company

The hours between washing and the well
Of burial are the soul's most troubled time.

Dec 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Lucie Brock-Broido

Scully’s Way Scully’s Way

Generations of Yale students share stories about special moments in Vincent Scully's courses on art and architecture.

Dec 11, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Bender

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