In Search of Sam Cooke In Search of Sam Cooke
A womanizing gospel king and black-pride pop star, Sam Cooke led a short life filled with contradiction.
Sep 22, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Robert Christgau
Visionaries Wanted Visionaries Wanted
New homes for those displaced by Hurricane Katrina need not be the penitentiary-style public housing we've come to dread. Bring in architects who know how to create human-scale dwe...
Sep 19, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Nicholas von Hoffman
New World Symphony New World Symphony
Joseph Horowitz diligently lays out the immense problems that face American classical music today, and his warnings cannot go unheeded.
Sep 15, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Russell Platt
Out of Touch on ‘The OC’ Out of Touch on ‘The OC’
What makes Fox's The OC so addictive is its California-kissed story lines and appealing characters. But what is it about women the show doesn't understand?
Sep 14, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
A Continent for the Taking A Continent for the Taking
What to make of The Constant Gardener, a movie focused on Europeans set in Africa, the return of Terry Gilliam and the New York City-set Keane?
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Memorial Chauvinism Memorial Chauvinism
The controversy over the World Trade Center cultural institutions is one more episode in a long, often bitter dispute over how 9/11 should be remembered and understood.
Sep 8, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Alisa Solomon
Kanye West, Unplugged Kanye West, Unplugged
NBC took offense when Kanye West took an unscripted swipe at President Bush during a benefit concert for hurricane victims. But somebody had to say it.
Sep 6, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Adam Howard
Tramps Like Us Tramps Like Us
Thirty summers ago, Bruce Springsteen's Born to Run exploded the cynicism and complacency of a morally exhausted era and gave a new generation reason to believe in rock and roll.
Sep 2, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
The American Sublime The American Sublime
Robert Smithson's epic earthwork, Spiral Jetty tends to render critics speechless.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Requiem for a Dream Requiem for a Dream
Daniel Fuchs's The Golden West is best read as an author's requiem for the Hollywood he loved.
Sep 1, 2005 / Books & the Arts / David L. Ulin