BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present BlaKkKlansman’s Leap Into the Present
And in Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline, we find a protagonist plunged so deeply into her own mind that there really is no outside.
Aug 16, 2018 / Stuart Klawans
‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’ ‘If We Don’t Understand Class Struggle, We Don’t Understand Anything’
Filmmaker Ken Loach on populism, the gig economy, and the importance of transnational solidarity in his movies and beyond.
Aug 16, 2018 / Q&A / Lorenzo Marsili
William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom William Parker’s Late-Career Bloom
After a 45-year-long career, the jazz bassist is still creating experimental music pulsing with humanity.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / David Hajdu
Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter Aretha Franklin—Musical Genius, Truth Teller, Freedom Fighter
Angela Davis, whose bond Franklin offered to post in 1970, says that the singer’s work “helped to shape and deepen a collective consciousness anchored in a yearning for freedom.”
Aug 16, 2018 / Farah Jasmine Griffin
Puzzle No. 3474 Puzzle No. 3474
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Gets angry when Oakland team is taken in by dubious faith (3,1,3) 5 Honest union leader encounters PR battle, avoi…
Aug 16, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
The Kurt Cobain Donald Trump Hoax The Kurt Cobain Donald Trump Hoax
The Nirvana front man did not predict Donald Trump—in fact, he would have hated the man.
Aug 7, 2018 / Danny Goldberg
Puzzle No. 3473 Puzzle No. 3473
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 Cheerful brew pub to have food (6) 5 Belief in Edmonton athlete’s comeback maintaining soldier? No (8) 9 Li…
Aug 2, 2018 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism Mel Chin’s Social Surrealism
Lamentations and revivals.
Aug 2, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
In Tony Kushner’s America In Tony Kushner’s America
When it first debuted, Angels in America helped mark the rising fortunes of the gay-rights movement in the 1990s and early 2000s. What does it tell us about today?
Aug 1, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Benjamin Serby
Fashion’s Cycle Fashion’s Cycle
after Rana Plaza To be born is to risk the ghost of a factory collapse to try it on in intervals in front of the mirror. I loved the baby doll dress like no other. I can see it. I…
Jul 19, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Alcala