“She’s Funny That Way” wasn’t exactly the movie he set out to make, but the director’s cut was feared lost. How it came to be…
View More Peter Bogdanovich Had a Vision for This Film. Now It’s Finally Being Seen.Category: Culture & Traditions
How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change?
As the environmental crisis accelerates, contemporary artists have taken up the mantle of addressing the precarious present.As the environmental crisis accelerates, contemporary artists have taken…
View More How Should Art Reckon With Climate Change?New in Paperback: ‘The Promise’ and ‘Whereabouts’
Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Six new paperbacks to check out this week.Read MoreBooks and Literature
View More New in Paperback: ‘The Promise’ and ‘Whereabouts’Steward Brand’s Long, Strange Trip
John Markoff’s “Whole Earth” traces Brand’s career, from counterculture impresario to management consultant.John Markoff’s “Whole Earth” traces Brand’s career, from counterculture impresario to management consultant.Read…
View More Steward Brand’s Long, Strange TripBooks About Russian President Putin and the Forces that Shaped Him
Understanding Putin is crucial to deciphering his goals in attacking Ukraine. The Russian American journalist Masha Gessen recommends books on the Russian president and the…
View More Books About Russian President Putin and the Forces that Shaped HimKarina Yan Glaser’s First Non-Vanderbeekers Novel
“A Duet for Home” interweaves the story lines of two music-loving preteens living in a South Bronx homeless shelter.“A Duet for Home” interweaves the story…
View More Karina Yan Glaser’s First Non-Vanderbeekers NovelPreteen Angst, Swedish Style
Even utopian Sweden has mean girls, but in Kristina Sigunsdotter’s “The Secrets of Cricket Karlsson” theirs is a kinder, quirkier cruelty.Even utopian Sweden has mean…
View More Preteen Angst, Swedish StyleJimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz ‘Outslimed Himself’ This Week
Kimmel happily reported that the children’s book Cruz singled out to make a point about race at the Senate hearings for President Biden’s Supreme Court…
View More Jimmy Kimmel: Ted Cruz ‘Outslimed Himself’ This Week18 New Works of Fiction to Read This Spring
New novels from Jennifer Egan, Ali Smith and Hernan Diaz; debuts from Aamina Ahmad and Jenny Tinghui Zhang; posthumous stories and a novel by Tove…
View More 18 New Works of Fiction to Read This Spring17 New Nonfiction Books to Read This Season
Two journalists dive into George Floyd’s life and family; Viola Davis reflects on her career; a historian explores the brutal underpinnings of the British Empire;…
View More 17 New Nonfiction Books to Read This Season