Un Ballon Est un Ballon Un Ballon Est un Ballon
In Flight of the Red Balloon, filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien takes on an unmistakably Parisian story with unbridled creative abandon.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Man Out of Time Man Out of Time
In Hari Kunzru's captivating new novel My Revolutions, a former anti-Vietnam terrorist is dredged up after half a lifetime underground.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mark Sorkin
Where Now? Let’s Go! Where Now? Let’s Go!
The nonsensical funhouse of Donald Barthelme's fiction celebrates the cosmic joke of life and the pathos of grappling with it.
Apr 9, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Joanna Scott
Filling Mark Penn’s Somewhat Mucky Shoes Filling Mark Penn’s Somewhat Mucky Shoes
Don't these people ever learn?
Apr 8, 2008 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Loss Lieder Loss Lieder
It's National Poetry Month, and that means cooked meat.
Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Ange Mlinko
Suffragist City Suffragist City
Two new books examine the history of the first women's rights campaign.
Apr 8, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Mary Beth Norton
Fitna’s Hateful Crusade Fitna’s Hateful Crusade
The new film by Dutch politician Geert Wilders is the latest in a series of stunts aimed at humiliating and scapegoating Muslims.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Aziz Huq
Seems Like Old Times Seems Like Old Times
This week's episode: Dieter Countryman reminisces about the good ol' days of selling the first Gulf War; Connie Waller gets his freak on in Vegas.
Apr 7, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Gary Phillips
A Neo-Deal A Neo-Deal
The new positive rights of the twenty-first century.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / William Alexander Organek
A Modern Government A Modern Government
We must embrace the universal benefits of a government dedicated to preparing citizens for acompetitive and unpredictable world.
Apr 3, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Max Rose