“’Apocalypse Now’ is an exceptional film. It is also an average American film of the post-Vietnam era.”
Serge Daney | Sep 1, 2022
Notes on Laurent Joubert’s “Treatise on Laughter.”
Anca Parvulescu | Aug 25, 2022
Modern novels, films, and television shows are a sobering reflection of society’s vastly different expectations for moms and dads.
Andrew Bomback | Aug 22, 2022
Not content with writing the music of his time, Richard Wagner proposed that his job as a composer was to write the music of the future.
David Huron | Aug 12, 2022
When it comes to the modern history of Islamic art, the story of Musil's "discovery" of Qusayr ‘Amra epitomizes the difference between objects as they exist and knowledge about them.
Shahzad Bashir | Aug 9, 2022
Iofan’s career is a precise reflection of all the compromises that architects must make with power.
Deyan Sudjic | Aug 4, 2022
Historian Peter Baldwin explores the evolution of the state's role in crime and punishment over 3,000 years.
Peter Baldwin | Jul 15, 2022
A poetic, geographic, and botanical journey of perfume discovery.
Jean-Claude Ellena | Jul 12, 2022
Emily West, communication scholar and author of “Buy Now,” offers a cautionary tale of bigness in today’s digital economy.
The Editors | Jun 13, 2022
Two experts examine the arguments and data for and against the polarizing practice.
Jaclyn Schildkraut and Amanda B. Nickerson | Jun 9, 2022
