Arts and Entertainment

Feeling Groovy… Feeling Groovy…

On Summerstage in Central Park and Alison Pace. 

Jun 10, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

Robot Rock Robot Rock

Video may have killed the radio star, but the vocoder liberates her voice.

Jun 9, 2010 / Books & the Arts / J. Gabriel Boylan

Prolixities Docked Prolixities Docked

Revisiting an enduring guide to battered ornaments, elegant variations and Gr8 Db8s.

May 27, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko

Icons and Zombies Icons and Zombies

Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless, George A. Romero's Survival of the Dead.

May 26, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Corrupt Charmer on Screen The Corrupt Charmer on Screen

Alex Gibney's new film Casino Jack tells the complete story of Jack Abramoff—and his victims.  

May 21, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Eagan

Imperfect Cinemas Imperfect Cinemas

Post-independence cinema in Nigeria has been swept aside by Nollywood, a video CD industry with a cable-access aesthetic and a penchant for stories about violence and corruption.

May 20, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Emily Witt

Hesitation Blues Hesitation Blues

On Elizabeth Cook, Jorma Kaukonen and David Bromberg.

May 13, 2010 / Blog / Eric Alterman

The Most Happy Fela The Most Happy Fela

Fela! is an ambitious but flawed musical about the Nigerian Afrobeat and anti-establishment icon Fela Anikulapo Kuti.

May 5, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Franklin Bruno

The Abnormal Norm The Abnormal Norm

A film series organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and ArteEast tries to make sense of Lebanon's Civil War.

Apr 28, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Shelf Life Shelf Life

The Kenning Anthology of Poets Theater; Terese Svoboda's Weapons Grade; Bob Hicok's Words for Empty and Words for Full.

Apr 22, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Jordan Davis

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