Why Do We Believe in Photographs? Why Do We Believe in Photographs?
David Levi Strauss’s new book looks at the ancient roots of photography to understand how the medium became so distorted in the present.
Apr 9, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Will Fenstermaker
The Triumph of ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’ The Triumph of ‘Céline and Julie Go Boating’
Why Jacques Rivette’s 1974 film of female friendship and surrealism remains a masterpiece.
Apr 7, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Kristen Yoonsoo Kim
Songs of Hope and Isolation Songs of Hope and Isolation
Arlo Parks’s consoling pop music is tailor-made for our fraught and lonely moment.
Apr 7, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Julyssa Lopez
Free Dr. Seuss! Free Dr. Seuss!
Corporate ownership of his classic works shouldn’t prevent us from having a grown-up conversation about racism and children’s literature.
Dr. Seuss’s Mistakes Are the Least of Our Troubles Dr. Seuss’s Mistakes Are the Least of Our Troubles
If we insist on holding cultural history to contemporary standards, what will we have left?
Apr 1, 2021 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Places John Lurie Can Take You The Places John Lurie Can Take You
A cult musician, actor, and director returns with a television show that’s nominally about painting but is in reality a creative and spiritual journey.
Mar 31, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Vikram Murthi
Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return Pharoah Sanders’s Grand Return
A new collaboration with electronic producer Floating Points has led to a modern-day masterpiece for the jazz master.
Mar 30, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Marcus J. Moore
Judas and the Black Messiah’s Stark Binaries Judas and the Black Messiah’s Stark Binaries
A new biopic of Fred Hampton poses a question: Will a film ever capture the radical spirit of the Black Panthers?
Mar 18, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Stephen Kearse
How Black Women Musicians Defined What We Call Culture How Black Women Musicians Defined What We Call Culture
A conversation with Daphne Brooks about her new book Liner Notes for the Revolution, a “counterhistory of popular music criticism.”
Mar 15, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Nawal Arjini
In the Vicinity of Genius In the Vicinity of Genius
How a friendship with Glenn Gould created an unlikely cultural critic.
Mar 12, 2021 / Jeet Heer