Arts and Entertainment

Shoot the Piano Player Shoot the Piano Player

Reviews of The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Me and You and Everyone We Know and other new films.

Jun 29, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Born Again in the USA Born Again in the USA

In his latest album, Bruce Springsteen reaches for the Good Book.

Jun 16, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Jody Rosen

A Fistful of Dollars A Fistful of Dollars

She was a saint, Renée Zellweger, with her brave chin all a-tremble, never saying a harsh word to her husband no matter how the little ones wheezed and shivered in the c...

Jun 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Game Theory Game Theory

What does today's culture of television and video games say about society?

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Jacoby

The Cool War The Cool War

The US government employed jazz musicians as ambassadors to the world during the cold war.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Brian Morton

The First Lady of Song The First Lady of Song

Billie Holiday wasn't just adored by her fans but by her friends and colleagues as well.

Jun 9, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau

Adult Content Adult Content

Reviews of Madagascar, Howl's Moving Castle and several other new films.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Beware the Holy War Beware the Holy War

An analysis of the BBC's documentary on Al Qaeda and Islamic terrorism.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Peter Bergen

Spectacle Spectacle

The progressive and regressive politics of Star Wars.

Jun 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Richard Goldstein

Collective Memory and the Holocaust Collective Memory and the Holocaust

An interview with Peter Eisenman, architect of Berlin's new Holocaust memorial.

May 31, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ross Benjamin

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