The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’ The Heartbreaking Irony of ‘Winter on Fire’
The Oscar-nominated documentary, like much Western coverage of Ukraine, presents the West with a mythical, whitewashed version of the Maidan “revolution.”
Feb 18, 2016 / Lev Golinkin
Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton? Start Making Sense: Who Is Hillary Clinton?
Katha Pollitt and Gary Younge have some answers. Also, filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer talks about his latest on the Indonesian genocide.
Feb 18, 2016 / Podcast / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
Puzzle No. 3391 Puzzle No. 3391
Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. ACROSS 1 New Testament hastened the Christian Era’s flashy arrival (5,8) 9 Flyers trumpeting less than half of a six-pack?…
Feb 18, 2016 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Silver Swan Silver Swan
The streets were old, but all the people were young, Striding forward with great purpose, Girls smiling openly in the faces of boys. Not every boy noticed, but we all kept walking…
Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Longenbach
The Alter Ego of Robert Craft The Alter Ego of Robert Craft
For many years, the conductor was inseparable from the music and household of Igor Stravinsky.
Feb 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / David Schiff
Visible and Invisible Women: ‘Pairing Picasso’ at the MFA Visible and Invisible Women: ‘Pairing Picasso’ at the MFA
The woman’s body is the unspoken subject of a remarkable new exhibit at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts.
Feb 16, 2016 / Eve L. Ewing
Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism Michael Moore’s New Film Playfully Skewers US Exceptionalism
A powerful, optimistic, and radical demonstration of what can be achieved by thinking outside the box—or, in this case, our borders.
Feb 16, 2016 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
NSA: National Security, Art NSA: National Security, Art
Perhaps what’s most striking about “Astro Noise” and “Agitprop!” are the ingenuity and openness of the institutions hosting the shows.
Feb 15, 2016 / Alina Cohen
Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd Donald Trump, the Most Dangerous Face in the Republican Crowd
Like “Lonesome” Rhodes, the lead character in Elia Kazan’s great 1957 movie about demagogy, Trump is a case study of narcissism and megalomania run amok.
Feb 12, 2016 / Sasha Abramsky
The Art of Politics The Art of Politics
Two shows offer food for political thought in a chaotic election season.
Feb 12, 2016 / Tiffany Bradley