Compromising Positions Compromising Positions
Your movie reviewer has been reading Colin MacCabe's excellent book on Jean-Luc Godard and pondering its discussion of France after World War II.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Crouching Tiger Crouching Tiger
Being Stanley Crouch is about as bruising a vocation as there is in what passes for--or remains of--polite literary society.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Gene Seymour
The Other 1905 Revolution The Other 1905 Revolution
Albert Einstein's banner year.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer
Protest and Survive Protest and Survive
Thoughts on the critical role of the journal of dissent in America.
Apr 28, 2005 / Feature / Victor Navasky
Al Gore Gets Down Al Gore Gets Down
Al Gore's Current TV debuts today. But will his new network transform the media?
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Ari Berman
Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him Pete Seeger: Ain’t No One Like Him
As part of a nationwide festival of tributes to Pete Seeger in 2005, Studs Terkel offered this essay on the life and times of an American balladeer.
Apr 28, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Studs Terkel
Bellow’s Lonely Planet Bellow’s Lonely Planet
The world Saul Bellow made.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Lee Siegel
Patrimony Patrimony
Kevin Young updates the Harlem Renaissance for the hip-hop generation.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / John Palattella
Flyboy in the Buttermilk Flyboy in the Buttermilk
Basquiat in Brooklyn.
Apr 21, 2005 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision The ‘Ick’ Factor: Villains, Veils and Vision
While Michael Jackson's 2005 trial was appalling, it was not the stuff of ordinary tabloid catharsis; there was not an unsullied soul within fifty miles of the courthouse.
Apr 21, 2005 / Column / Patricia J. Williams