Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog Do They Dream? Spelunking With Werner Herzog
Werner Herzog's Cave of Forgotten Dreams; Joe Wright's Hanna; Andreas Lust's The Robber; Daniel and Diego Vega's Octubre.
Apr 27, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
We Have a Winner! We Have a Winner!
Congratulations to The Nation’s new puzzlemeisters, elected by Nation puzzle-solvers to don the mantle of the late Frank W. Lewis, our cryptic-crossword constructor of six decades.
Apr 27, 2011 / Feature / The Nation
Insert Hed Here Insert Hed Here
Eric on Smithsonian's Jazz anthology and Reed Richardson on the S&P's rating of the bond market.
Apr 22, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Shostakovich’s Ambivalence Shostakovich’s Ambivalence
The musical and political strands of Dmitri Shostakovich's life were intertwined like the braids of a noose.
Apr 21, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell
Tangled Up in Unbelievable Foolishness Tangled Up in Unbelievable Foolishness
Eric Alterman reviews jazz, including Wynton Marsalis and Eric Clapton, the Jazz Foundation benefit, and Reed Richardson discusses the ethics of Obama's budget speech.
Apr 15, 2011 / Blog / Eric Alterman
‘You’re So Pretty’: On Laurel Nakadate ‘You’re So Pretty’: On Laurel Nakadate
Most of what we think we see in the photos and films of Laurel Nakadate is our own projection.
Apr 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most Elizabeth Taylor: What Becomes a Legend Most
Remembering the icon, a pro at sex and survival.
Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
Readjustments: On ‘Win Win,’ ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ and ‘My Perestroika’ Readjustments: On ‘Win Win,’ ‘The Adjustment Bureau’ and ‘My Perestroika’
Is it a good thing that film—not the audiovisual materials that exist everywhere but movies, projected in public spaces— has stopped being central to American life?
Mar 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Puzzle Contest: Solutions Puzzle Contest: Solutions
The solutions are available, to help you make your decision!
Mar 30, 2011 / Crossword / The Nation
Elizabeth Taylor, Al Jazeera and the Raid on Entebbe Elizabeth Taylor, Al Jazeera and the Raid on Entebbe
How a Hollywood star offered herself in a hostage trade.
Mar 25, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Jon Wiener