Almodóvar’s World Almodóvar’s World

November has been melodrama month at the movies. First Todd Haynes brought us Far From Heaven, which he ought to have called Imitation of Imitation.

Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

My Guitar Gently Weeps My Guitar Gently Weeps

"I was in a highly unshaved and tatty state," John Lennon said of his 1966 meeting with a certain conceptual artist, then mounting her first show at London's Indica Gallery.

Nov 21, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Alex Abramovich

Renoir All Over Again Renoir All Over Again

Like a kid at an ice-cream counter, urging his friends to try the chocolate--like a writer of travel guides, warning tourists not to miss the Eiffel Tower--I come before you to p...

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Bride & the Bottle Rack The Bride & the Bottle Rack

The idea of craft is an unanticipated product of the Industrial Revolution.

Nov 14, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Heaven Can Wait Heaven Can Wait

It's rude of me to speak of Todd Haynes's new picture as if it were a symptom; but then, he's the one who's always consulting doctors.

Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique

Judy Chicago

Nov 7, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto

Love, Sandler Style Love, Sandler Style

Although I'm mad for Paul Thomas Anderson's new picture, Punch-Drunk Love, I also suspect it's made me a little crazy.

Oct 24, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Mr. Feiffer Regrets Mr. Feiffer Regrets

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer dropped a pinpoint protest on First Lady Laura Bush's National Book Festival on October 12 in Washington.