Arts and Entertainment

I, Diet I, Diet

out of this world & out of time & out of love & out of mind & out of the pan & out of butter, out of anger & out of mother, out of the cradle & out of pocket, out of space & out of cash & out of change & out of sight & out of range & force of habit & out of oil & out of whack & out of water & Damascus, out of courtesy & out of shock & out of duty & out of turn & out of tune & out of line & out of the ground & out of his gourd & out of all the possible solutions, out of the ashes & conviction

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Anna Maria Hong

Against the Grain

Against the Grain Against the Grain

Elizabeth Fenn, the Mandans and a renaissance in historical writing.

Mar 5, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Richard White

Ball of Fire

Ball of Fire Ball of Fire

The life and unvarnished style of Barbara Stanwyck.

Mar 4, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Charles Taylor

It’s Our Act of Killing, Too

It’s Our Act of Killing, Too It’s Our Act of Killing, Too

The brilliant Oscar-nominated film The Act of Killing depicts the horrifying mass murder in Indonesia in the 1960s—but the US was no mere observer. 

Feb 28, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Brad Simpson

Journalism’s Real Hoax Problem

Journalism’s Real Hoax Problem Journalism’s Real Hoax Problem

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on accountability in mainstream journalism. 

Feb 26, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

Woody and Mia: A Modern Family Timeline

Woody and Mia: A Modern Family Timeline Woody and Mia: A Modern Family Timeline

The tangled web of affairs, accusations and legal battles that defined Woody Allen and Mia Farrow’s relationship unfolded over three decades. 

Feb 26, 2014 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Whistler’s Battles

Whistler’s Battles Whistler’s Battles

Ambitious beneath his pose of indolence, James McNeill Whistler was the most contradictory of artists.

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Big MoMA’s House

Big MoMA’s House Big MoMA’s House

MoMA’s new expansion plans represent avant-gardism at its most deracinated.

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Michael Sorkin

Unthroned

Unthroned Unthroned

Are we all Westeros now?

Feb 19, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Clover

Ted Cruz Is Trolling Congress; It’s Time the Media Call Him on It

Ted Cruz Is Trolling Congress; It’s Time the Media Call Him on It Ted Cruz Is Trolling Congress; It’s Time the Media Call Him on It

Eric with the latest reviews and Reed on Ted Cruz.

Feb 18, 2014 / Blog / Eric Alterman and Reed Richardson

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