The Body in Pain The Body in Pain
Fernando Botero's latest series of paintings, inspired by the Abu Ghraib photos, immerse us in the experience of suffering in a way the original photographs never did.
Nov 9, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The Tracks of My Tears The Tracks of My Tears
Penelope Cruz shines in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver; James Longley's Iraq in Fragments is a repository of small truths.
Nov 6, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Down by Law Down by Law
Todd Snider has a songwriter's flair for the absurd--and he's morphed from a barroom wiseacre to a keen observer of life at the workaday fringes of Bush's America.
Nov 2, 2006 / Books & the Arts / K. Leander Williams
Election Night From Hell Election Night From Hell
As Fox News marks its tenth birthday, recall the fateful night in November 2000 that its election desk broke all the rules reporting the election of George W. Bush. Will Fox do it ...
Oct 25, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David W. Moore
Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version Marie Antoinette, the Upspeak Version
It doesn't matter that Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is a dreadful film, but it is alarming that the past is increasingly seen as a place in which the most important thing of al...
Oct 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Mark Steel
The Queen Is Dead The Queen Is Dead
Reviews from the New York Film Festival, including Marie Antoinette, Climate, 49 Up and more.
Oct 20, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Soldiers of Conscience Soldiers of Conscience
A peace activist argues that if soldiers like Lieut. Ehren Watada succeed in convincing the courts that they have a right to refuse to fight in unjust and illegal wars, the world w...
Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Staughton Lynd
A Rebel in Defense of Tradition A Rebel in Defense of Tradition
As composer Steve Reich turns 70, he is winning recognition from the classical establishment for the creativity and power ever-present in his music.
Oct 19, 2006 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Whose Art Is It Anyway? Whose Art Is It Anyway?
Two books on art controversies and arts funding in America explore how and when taxpayer money can be used to support public art.
Oct 12, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Peter Plagens
Down These Mean Streets Down These Mean Streets
Martin Scorsese is one of those great artists who not only expresses emotion through film but also invents it. With The Departed, he proves why he's one of the best.
Oct 5, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans