Rock in a Hard Place Rock in a Hard Place
Blessed with a pitch-perfect name for his métier, Lester Bangs wrote on the subject of rock music--writing, for him, being a matter of slamming two nouns together so the...
Sep 7, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
‘The Ultimate Bad Review’ ‘The Ultimate Bad Review’
If our political parties insist on producing bad show business, then the least we should demand is that Hollywood make good movies.
Aug 24, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle Shedding Lincoln’s Mantle
American politicians are not noted for their historical self-consciousness.
Jul 27, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
A Devil Theory of Islam A Devil Theory of Islam
Judith Miller is a New York Times reporter much in evidence on talk shows and seminars on the Middle East.
Jul 25, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Edward W. Said
A City That Worked A City That Worked
The New York of 1945 was the victorious city of the New Deal and World War II, one that can barely be glimpsed today beneath postmodern towers and billboards for dot-com enterprise...
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Robert W. Snyder
The Speed of Poetry The Speed of Poetry
When I visit the Poetry Publication Showcase, an annual display of the year's new poetry books at Poets House in Manhattan, I feel as if I've been granted a precious audience wit...
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Jan Clausen
The Flounder The Flounder
Long before I'd gone to a theater and lashed myself to a seat, I formed two expectations about The Perfect Storm.
Jul 13, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
George Smiley, Move Over George Smiley, Move Over
"This is a story about a spy," writes Millicent Dillon in Harry Gold: A Novel.
Jun 29, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Elsa Dixler
MoMA: What’s in a Name? MoMA: What’s in a Name?
"Making Choices" at MoMA
Jun 29, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Arthur C. Danto
Smart and Smarter Smart and Smarter
In Me, Myself & Irene, Jim Carrey bullies a series of small children, gets into senseless fights (on the grounds that "he started it") and reverts hungrily to breast-feeding.
Jun 29, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans