Phil Donahue’s War Phil Donahue’s War
His new documentary is breaking the taboo that says Americans cannot stomach the reality of the Iraq War.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / John Nichols
Spots, Smudges and Glitter Spots, Smudges and Glitter
A tour of the New York art galleries reveals a number of talented artists exploring the possibilities of "bad" representational painting.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Un Ballon Est un Ballon Un Ballon Est un Ballon
In Flight of the Red Balloon, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien takes on an unmistakably Parisian story with unbridled creative abandon.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
Victim ‘Hood Victim ‘Hood
An account of the most recent installment in the nation's sick love affair with literary exhibitionists.
Mar 25, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
Just Looking Just Looking
Mapping the difficulty, danger and beauty in the art of Nicholas Poussin.
Mar 20, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Tracing Slavery’s Past Tracing Slavery’s Past
On the bicentennial of the abolition of the slave trade, a documentarian tries to come to grips with her family's history in the trade.
Mar 14, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Te-Ping Chen
Our Troubled Youth Our Troubled Youth
Exploring the unexpected: Chop Shop, Paranoid Park, Vantage Point.
Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Daring Intransigence Daring Intransigence
Gustave Courbet's blunt pictorial style and taciturn sensibility prefigured the ambivalence and photographic exactitude of modern painting.
Mar 6, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll Tom Stoppard’s Schlock ‘n’ Roll
When will we stop living in the '60s?
Feb 26, 2008 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan