Arts and Entertainment

Springsteen for Change Springsteen for Change

A culture war's going on. The 2004 election does not merely pit red states against blue states; it places the cultural community against the Bush establishment.

Oct 7, 2004 / Books & the Arts / David Corn

Signs of Our Times Signs of Our Times

Under the Radar magazine commodifies dissent--in a good way.

Oct 1, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Hillary Frey

iCinema iCinema

Fussing repetitively with a lock of blond hair, nervously flashing an incomplete set of front teeth, the figure on screen begins to cough up her "testimony" in the accents of a S...

Sep 30, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

What Are They Reading? What Are They Reading?

Before you place a bid on that original Jeff Koons ceramic Puppy vase, you might want to take a peek at Donald Kuspit's The End of Art.

Sep 23, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Habiba Alcindor

Styles of Radical Will Styles of Radical Will

One of South America's most brilliantly talented filmmakers has made a political road movie: the story of a young man who sets out on a journey of discovery and self-discovery th...

Sep 16, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest

Walking through the retrospective exhibition of Lee Bontecou, on view at MoMA-Queens, is uncannily like visiting an out-of-the-way museum of natural history, as if her entire wor...

Sep 9, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Ashes of Time Ashes of Time

It was the perfect setup for an op-ed article: the release, between the Democratic and Republican conventions, of Alien vs.

Aug 26, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Bad Brains Bad Brains

More than once in Jonathan Demme's reimagining of The Manchurian Candidate, a distraught Denzel Washington jabs at his skull and rasps, "They got in here." He means it literally.

Aug 12, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Shadows and Smog Shadows and Smog

I paid to see Will Smith fight legions of robots, and what I got was a trip back to Wabash Street.

Jul 29, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

His Majesty, Prince

His Majesty, Prince His Majesty, Prince

The 46th annual Grammy Awards ceremony began with a surprise performance by the pop virtuoso who is once again calling himself Prince.

Jul 15, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen

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