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Seven Plus Seven Plus Me: The Up Series Under Lockdown
In the wake of Michael Apted's passing, Claire Marie Healy revisits the director's most lasting monument: the sprawling, poetic Up series.
Claire Marie HealyApr 21, 2021
- Television
What They Wrote About the War
George Bernard Shaw and Thomas Mann on militarism and civilization.
Robert MintoApr 21, 2021
- Politics
We Live Once and Never Better: A Conversation with Cynthia Ozick
Austin Adams talks with prolific author and theorist Cynthia Ozick about aging, wisening, and her book "Antiquities."
Austin AdamsApr 21, 2021
Ghost Stories: On J. Nicole Jones’s “Low Country”
Suzanne Van Atten review J. Nicole Jones’s debut book, a memoir of her experience growing up in the South.
Suzanne Van AttenApr 20, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Words Pointing to Images
A photographer’s long journey with the American everyday.
Todd GitlinApr 20, 2021
- Art & Architecture
Anti-Anti-Anti-Science
A gentle critique of Andrew Jewett’s “Science under Fire,” and a nuanced exploration of science-hesitancy.
Michael D. GordinApr 20, 2021
- Science & Technology
"A play should be a problem": Talking with Dan O'Brien
Lina Patel talks with Dan O'Brien about processing trauma with theater.
Lina PatelApr 20, 2021
Anthony and Carmela Get Vaccinated
Peter Coviello misses his family in New Jersey — and everything else in the pandemic year — through a full rewatch of The Sopranos.
Peter CovielloApr 19, 2021
- Television
The Unruly Masses: Andrei Konchalovsky’s Cautionary Tale
Andrei Konchalovsky’s “Dear Comrades” is an anti-protest protest film.
Joy NeumeyerApr 19, 2021
- Film
A Note of Momentous Subtlety
William Harris talks with writer Amit Chaudhuri about his latest book, “Finding the Raga: An Improvisation on Indian Music.”
William HarrisApr 19, 2021
- Music
“My Darling Oscar”: A Forgotten Letter by Oscar Wilde’s Lover Harbors Another Secret
Ulrich Baer dives into the archives to inspect a letter from Lord Alfred Douglas to Oscar Wilde.
Ulrich BaerApr 19, 2021
Ray Bradbury and the Last Global Pandemic
Ray Bradbury never forgot the tragedy of the 1918 pandemic.
Sam WellerApr 18, 2021
- Fiction
I’m Going to Build a Heaven of My Own: The Harry Smith B-Sides
This new package is every bit as aurally transcendent and esoterically inscrutable as Smith’s A Sides.
Thomas LarsonApr 18, 2021
- Music
Why the Most Powerful Nation in World History Keeps Losing Wars (and How That Could Affect Biden’s Foreign Policy)
Richard Lachmann on why the US military can’t win.
Richard LachmannApr 18, 2021
- Politics
Intensive Care
Jill Stoner writes about Zoom fatigue, introversion, and a lesser-known work of J. G. Ballard.
Jill StonerApr 18, 2021
Under Lockdown with Raymond Chandler
Gina Arnold reflects on the genesis of the Raymond Chandler Project.
Gina ArnoldApr 17, 2021
- Noir