The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer The Trembling Upper World: On Siegfried Kracauer
The European émigré who became a philosopher of American cinema.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman
Heroism, Hidden: On Ian Wallace Heroism, Hidden: On Ian Wallace
The Canadian artist who transformed the Vancouver art scene.
Dec 19, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Rhyme Is All I’ve Got: A Q&A With Calvin Trillin Rhyme Is All I’ve Got: A Q&A With Calvin Trillin
How do you rhyme “Obama” with “Yokahama”?
Dec 17, 2012 / Blog / Jon Wiener
A Dash for It: On Lisa Cohen A Dash for It: On Lisa Cohen
The unconventional story of three women and their unconventional lives in the early twentieth century.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Ruth Scurr
Glamour Suits Glamour Suits
Sam Mendez’s Skyfall, David O. Russell’s Silver Lining Playbook, Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina, Jacques Audiard’s Rust and Bone, Katheryn Bigelow’s Zero ...
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans
Back Back
Chuang Tzu asked the skull: what do you want? The skull said: to be rushing among all those who seem still tumbling from bed, to shower, to street, to work, hair still wet. The river wind must feel even fresher for them, a cold crown to their thoughts, as they marvel at the day’s news about minerals found on meteorites… I want to be, the skull said, back in New York.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Joseph Donahue
Shelf Life Shelf Life
Breaking the Silence’s Our Harsh Logic: Israeli Soldiers’ Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000–2010.
Dec 5, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Eyal Press
Shaken and Stirred Shaken and Stirred
Some details in Skyfall are just too silly to accept.
Nov 29, 2012 / Blog / Eric Alterman
Young and the Restless: On Brigham Young Young and the Restless: On Brigham Young
How the American Moses became America’s first spiritual manager in the wilderness of Scripture-infused capitalism.
Nov 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Chris Lehmann
A Brutal Peace: On the Postwar Expulsions of Germans A Brutal Peace: On the Postwar Expulsions of Germans
Did postwar population transfers complete a project of ethnic cleansing started by Hitler?
Nov 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Tara Zahra