A Wink and a Leer A Wink and a Leer
Nick Cave's self-lacerating sense of humor helps him avoid being just another pretentious old rocker.
May 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jess Harvell
Playing Games Playing Games
Are virtual-world video games just another plaything or a new frontier with vast potential to upend social norms?
May 15, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Totilo
Unlovable Unlovable
The contemporary art world, reflected in the 2008 Whitney Biennial, is themeless and heading in no identifiable direction.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Market Media Meltdown Market Media Meltdown
Financial news outlets, tethered to a mission to pump up confidence and support their advertisers, helped fuel the subprime meltdown.
May 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Danny Schechter
Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke Guantánamo Ain’t No Joke
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantánamo Bay is very funny. Nothing about the real place is.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Shayana Kadidal
Back Talk: John Turturro Back Talk: John Turturro
Actor John Turturro discusses his latest project, a production of Beckett's Endgame at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Photo Ops Photo Ops
Errol Morris's new documentary Standard Operating Procedure lacks critical distance but produces masterful evocations of Abu Ghraib.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Mickey Mouse Media Mickey Mouse Media
A serious debate focused about torture, wiretapping, food prices, world hunger... oh, wait. That's the kind of fairy tale they don't do at Disney.
May 1, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The Light Stuff The Light Stuff
The Kindle e-reader lightens your load, but can you curl up with it in bed?
Apr 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Melanie Rehak
Her Good Thing Her Good Thing
The versatile vocalist Mable John, now a novelist and minister, has come a long way since the 1960s soul era that made her (almost) famous.
Apr 17, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Nathaniel Friedman