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By Richard Schickel — Sorry about this—a 10-best list dragging along in the wake of all the others, which began appearing around Halloween. And it isn’t even a nice round 10 in number. I could come up with only six movies this year. I have my excuses. [Pictured above, Werner Herzog, director of “Into the Abyss.”]
Posted on Jan 6, 2012
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The name Steve Jobs has been sweet on the lips of techno-capitalist fankids pining for a cultural hero since long before the Apple CEO succumbed to cancer late last year. Since his death, an author and an actor have taken some of the first shots at shaping his legacy. With an eye on the man’s cruelty toward his employees at home and abroad, n+1 reviewer Gary Sernovitz tries to fill in the blanks.
Posted on Jan 4, 2012
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In this excerpt from Lauren B. Davis’ new novel, “Our Daily Bread,” an elderly woman encounters two troubled boys and the question of whether we ever do enough to help others.
Posted on Jan 4, 2012
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Art by Yayoi Kusama, images from Colossal
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In this simple, delightful installation, thousands of kids armed with thousands of colorful stickers turned a completely white room into a work of art.
Posted on Jan 3, 2012
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By Juan Cole — I know many Americans do not read any books once they’re out of school or college. But some do, and what they read has been shaped not only by changing tastes but by availability. The availability consideration is being revolutionized.
Posted on Jan 3, 2012
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He fought a war against Hitler, gave us some of the best television ever and founded People for the American Way, so Norman Lear knows something about getting the job done. In this stirring editorial, the producer challenges us to get on board the Occupy train and fight for the American dream.
Posted on Jan 2, 2012
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By Jeff Shesol —
“The desire to be inspired,” William F. Gavin writes in “Speechwright,” “to be uplifted, to be made to feel deeply, to be swept away, and thrilled is the mark of jaded citizens who have forgotten that the major goal of political rhetoric should be to make good arguments, clearly and honestly.”
Posted on Dec 30, 2011
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Twenty years ago, the celebrated director predicted that “some little fat girl in Ohio” and other amateur creators would help destroy “the so-called professionalism about movies” and usher in a new age of artistry.
Posted on Dec 26, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Boy gets horse. Boy loses horse. Boy (after many adventures, especially by the horse) is reunited with the animal. In terms of narrative, that’s all there is to “War Horse”—except to say that Steven Spielberg’s film is a lovely and touching movie, representing, among other things, a vast improvement on the extraordinarily successful novel and stage play.
Posted on Dec 24, 2011
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By Nora Eisenberg —
This season, don’t look to bells on bobtails to make your spirits bright. Kindle the mood with dreams and songs of Occupation, sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells.”
Posted on Dec 24, 2011
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By Mel White — According to James H. Cone’s “The Cross and the Lynching Tree,” Jesus was crucified by the same principalities and powers that lynched almost 5,000 black people in this country. The lynching tree is the cross in America.
Posted on Dec 23, 2011
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In this excerpt from “The Cross and the Lynching Tree,” James H. Cone writes that the gospel is found wherever the wronged struggle for justice.
Posted on Dec 21, 2011
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When Paris became a Nazi stronghold in World War II, an Iranian diplomat by the name of Abdol-Hossein Sardari used his influence to help more than 2,000 Iranian Jews by making a creative case for their exemption from racial persecution and by issuing hundreds of passports, according to a new book.
Posted on Dec 21, 2011
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By Richard Schickel — Here’s a paradox I’ve never encountered in several decades of movie reviewing: a perfectly well-made film that there is absolutely no compelling reason to rush right out and see—especially if you’ve been paying attention to recent developments in popular culture.
Posted on Dec 20, 2011
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Blue Man Coup: How Gadhafi’s Mercenaries Broke Mali
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