- March 5, 2007
- Barbarians II
As if the Huns, Goths, Vikings, and Mongols of three years ago weren’t enough, the History Channel returns with four more hours of rape and pillage.
- March 5, 2007
- Can Mr. Smith Get to Washington Anymore?
According to Independent Lens and filmmaker Frank Popper the answer is a resonant “maybe.”
- March 5, 2007
- Emerald Ire
The Black Donnellys presents a smart—if familiar— take on Irish guts and guilt.
- March 5, 2007
- Day by Day
The Public’s 365 Days/365 Plays, a festival featuring a new work by Suzan-Lori Parks every single evening in 2007, continues into spring with new venues and diverse theater companies.
- March 5, 2007
- I’ve Seen These Before
Eccentric art that comes—in a variety of ways— from ordinary objects.
- February 26, 2007
- Jim Carrey’s Unlucky Number
His new bid for seriousness doesn’t add up. Among the problems: Joel Schumacher.
- February 26, 2007
- Plato’s Retreat
Contemporary art is reflexively cynical. But a cynic is nothing without a utopian ideal.
- February 26, 2007
- The Upside of Anger
How Liev Schreiber finds solace in a little rage-laced profanity.
- February 26, 2007
- The Approval Matrix: Week of February 26, 2007
Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
- February 26, 2007
- The Ad Hoc Behavioral Laboratory
Abu Ghraib, from all the angles.