Arts and Entertainment

Tweet Beat: The Top Ten Best Republican Songs Tweet Beat: The Top Ten Best Republican Songs

Twitter brings you the the best Republican songs you've never heard of. 

Jul 9, 2012 / Blog / Katie Halper

Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors

Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors Extreme Eccentrics: Modern Art and its Collectors

When collecting works of avant-garde art, Albert Barnes and Leo and Gertrude Stein seemed even madder than its makers.

Jun 25, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Poor Boys and Pilgrims Poor Boys and Pilgrims

 Eric on Heart and Paul Simon and Reed on the absurdity of the anger surrounding leaks.

Jun 15, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann

A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann A Vast Choir of Voices: On Claude Lanzmann

In his memoir, The Patagonian Hare, the Shoah director’s life upstages his masterwork.

Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / David Rieff

Heart and Soul

Heart and Soul Heart and Soul

Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, Kirby Dick’s The Invisible War, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus

Jun 13, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Playing Doctor

Playing Doctor Playing Doctor

When it comes to the distant past, there’s a lot we don’t know about what occurred sexually.

May 30, 2012 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs

Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs Frieze Frame: On Art Fairs

Chockablock with art, art fairs are essentially authorless.

May 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

Don’t Think Twice Don’t Think Twice

Eric reviews his latest music choices and Reed analyzes recent trends in Congressional oratory.

May 25, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier

Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier Self-Portrait in a Sheet Mirror: On Vivian Maier

The recently discovered photographs of Vivian Maier are tantalizing works of artistry and ambition.

May 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Three Colors, Gavin O’Connor’s Warrior

May 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Akiva Gottlieb

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