‘For the Monkey’ ‘For the Monkey’
When James Agee wrote in these pages sixty years ago, he often complained of the paltriness of this or that movie, as judged against the events of the day.
Mar 20, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘Rules for Changing the World’ ‘Rules for Changing the World’
This was intended to be a sweet little prewar column about an artist I admire, Rosanne Cash.
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation Talkin’ ‘Bout My Generation
The revival of a highly regarded play can either enhance or diminish its reputation.
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / David Kaufman
Dashboard Confessional Dashboard Confessional
A few years ago, when moviegoers in this country were just beginning to learn about Abbas Kiarostami, I heard a crowd of New Yorkers berate him for having put a snatch of Vival...
Mar 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
The Kurds Are in the Way Again The Kurds Are in the Way Again
The Kurds are in the way again, And so, to our dismay again, If we begin a fray again, As it appears we may again, It seems we must betray again
Mar 5, 2003 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Slumming Toward Academia Slumming Toward Academia
Only the joy of capitalist expectation could move a pre-Reagan-born American to utter the line "civil rights is dead," let alone write a book devoted to that proposition.
Feb 27, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Armond White
Apartheid: The Musical Apartheid: The Musical
If you've never watched Nelson Mandela dance, then you should know that he does a modified Locomotion, pumping his elbows like pistons to the immense, loving amusement of his p...
Feb 19, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
One Step Removed One Step Removed
Those of us who have followed the New York City Ballet and the repertory of the world's greatest choreographer, George Balanchine, since the mid-1950s are filled with spine-tin...
Feb 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Diane Rafferty
The ‘Indivisible Four’ The ‘Indivisible Four’
The Grey Art Gallery, which occupies the former site of the Museum of Living Art in the main building of New York University on Washington Square, is celebrating its legendary ...
Feb 13, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Street-Dancing Man Street-Dancing Man
In classical dance, the art of imbalance--the pirouette, the jeté or the mere ethereal, alighted walk that alone makes audiences feel they are getting their money's wort...
Feb 6, 2003 / Books & the Arts / Ginger Danto