Scenes From Hell Scenes From Hell
An apocalyptic vision of the Bush Administration, from Houston artist Lynn Randolph.
May 2, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lynn Randolph
A Dangerous Little Beehive? A Dangerous Little Beehive?
A Cuban children's troupe has performed around the globe but finds it almost impossible to enter the United States.
May 1, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Rosa Miriam Elizalde
The Art of the Improviser The Art of the Improviser
Nearly fifty years after Ornette Coleman revolutionized jazz, he is finally being honored with the music world's top awards.
Apr 26, 2007 / Books & the Arts / David Yaffe
Desire and Its Discontents Desire and Its Discontents
Reviews of Syndromes and a Century, Private Fears in Public Places, Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis and Stephanie Daley.
Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Fevered Imagination Fevered Imagination
Artists try to wake up a sleepwalking public to the dangers of climate change.
Apr 19, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lawrence Weschler
Katrina vs. Colbert Katrina vs. Colbert
Katrina vanden Heuvel appears on The Colbert Report to debate the host on the question of truthiness and much more.
Apr 10, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel and Stephen Colbert
Undercover of the Night Undercover of the Night
Reviews of the films Black Book and Zodiac.
Apr 5, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
That’s the Way of the World That’s the Way of the World
Reviews of U-Carmen, Offside and Killer of Sheep, arguably one of the best films of 2007.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
A Mannerist in Madrid A Mannerist in Madrid
Jacopo Tintoretto outshines Michelangelo, but his work is rarely seen outside of Venice.
Mar 29, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Soft-Core Sexism Soft-Core Sexism
If movies reflect our shared consensus about right and wrong, Black Snake Moan speaks volumes about twenty-first-century America.
Mar 15, 2007 / Books & the Arts / Lakshmi Chaudhry