“Man versus nature, and the ability of humans to cope under environmental stress, are Stewart’s two obsessions. He is at once a chronicler of the achievements and architectures of modern civilization and an ecological fatalist.” —Christine Smallwood, The Nation FIRE George R. Stewart Introduction by Emma Rothschild Among […]
Sponsored by Arcade, a Koffler Arts publication Nicole Sealey Color Me Country Cowboy Carter is both a country album and a Beyoncé album—the distinctions aren’t mutually exclusive, nor should they be. Anahid Nersessian Refusing the Eye In Simone Leigh’s sculptures, strange and contingent details redirect the viewer’s gaze. Sean […]
by Dane MH Arktos Journal Aug 07, 2024 Dane MH criticizes the decline of traditional heroic archetypes in favor of subversive and morally ambiguous characters, using Flash Gordon as a prime example of timeless heroism. This article first appeared in MAN’S WORLD and is republished with permission. The […]
Sponsored by Bodleian Library Publishing “Before there was the world-famous hit-making Dave Brubeck Quartet,” writes Philip Clark today in the NYR Online, “there was a far less popular Dave Brubeck Octet.” While the quartet is famous as the band behind Time Out, one of the best-selling jazz albums of […]
July 25, 2024 | Read Online Keanu Reeves gets emotional while sharing how much ‘The Matrix’ means to him Reeves shared his favorite memories of each of his biggest films. When he got to “The Matrix,” there was a noticeable change. Keanu Reeves might have […]
July 23, 2024 | Read Online People are sharing their personal encounters with Robin Williams to honor his birthday A tribute from Williams’ son prompted heartwarming anecdotes from everyday people who met the iconic comedian. Few entertainers have enjoyed as much broad appeal and admiration […]
by Alexander Markovics Arktos Journal Jul 21, 2024 Alexander Markovics argues that the deep state, driven by globalist elites, is strategically preparing Americans for an impending civil war through cultural manipulation, political polarization, and the upcoming 2024 election, which serves as a trigger for this conflict. “Freedom over […]
Today in the NYR Online, Robert Chandler writes about Constantin Brâncuși, recently the subject of a lavish show at the Centre Pompidou—in Chandler’s words, one of the “three memorable exhibitions of sculpture in my lifetime.” Or, as Man Ray once described a visit to Brâncuși’s studio, “like entering another […]
Trending story July 16, 2024 Jack Black cancels Tenacious D tour over bandmate’s ‘don’t miss Trump next time’ comment after assassination attempt Jack Black canceled the tour of his comic rock outfit Tenacious D over his bandmate Kyle Gass’ “don’t miss Trump next time” comment onstage just after […]
I’ve admired the work of Iris de Moüy, a Parisian illustrator, for years now, and have been looking for a chance to commission her. Her art is loose and free, her minimal lines are often bold, strong, and black, and her figures are simple and gamin, but never […]
By anon (not verified) From FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINEMA ANARQUISTA DE PORTO ALEGRE We are receiving submissions of audiovisual materials of an anarchic nature in all its aspects and also materials that are in some way related to the anarchist struggle. Music videos, films, short films, feature films. […]
Among the essays about novels in the Review’s 2024 Fiction Issue—including Anne Enright on John McGahern’s The Pornographer and Michael Gorra on Percival Everett’s James—is a review by Francine Prose of Tommy Orange’s first two books, There There and Wandering Stars. “Deploying the capaciousness and elasticity of the novel form,” Prose writes, “Orange […]
Joshua Leifer A ‘Moral, Strategic, and Diplomatic Abyss’ In the latest round of disputes within Israel’s ruling coalition, the eliminationist, messianic far right seems poised to triumph. Yuri Slezkine A Sacred Scripture of Doubt A new book by Gary Saul Morson tells how Russian realist fiction foretold, frustrated, […]
WEB VERSION July 1, 2024 Time and Space The focus of Annie Baker’s plays is the passage of time. Known for their highly detailed stage directions, they call attention to duration: “Theater is an opportunity to experience time at the same rate as the actors in the […]
It’s always a fun exercise figuring out what Andrea Long Chu’s next subject will be. She tends to write about artists who have a particular set of fascinations they return to again and again, enough to justify a longform piece of criticism. She couldn’t have found a better […]
US Record Labels Sue AI Music Generators Suno and Udio for Copyright Infringement Kate Knibbs The Recording Industry Association of America and record labels allege that the leading AI music generators trained on their artists’ work without permission. READ ‘SimCity’ Isn’t a Model of Reality. It’s a Libertarian […]
Our July 18 issue—the Fiction Issue—is now online, with Marilynne Robinson on American rage, Anne Enright on John McGahern’s autobiographical novels, Jed Perl on Jean Hélion’s vast vision, Michael Gorra on Percival Everett’s James, Fintan O’Toole on the toll of Donald Trump’s friendship, Yuri Slezkine on the Russian […]
Trending story June 26, 2024 ‘Sopranos’ star Drea de Matteo says Hollywood will ‘take me out into the woods and shoot me for not endorsing Biden’ Actress Drea de Matteo said there are many silent supporters of Donald Trump in Hollywood while also expressing disappointment in fellow Italians […]
AM Edition June 26, 2024 TRENDING NOW Infant dies after being left in car ‘for hours’; Daily Mail gushes about her 2 adoptive dads Why are the Bidens acting like their home is an ATM? MORE STORIES THAT MATTER A peach tart with goat cheese and basil is […]
AM Edition June 22, 2024 TRENDING NOW CBS reporter warns Americans to expect ‘surprises’ from Biden at presidential debate: ‘His physical performance’ Disney senior VP caught on camera claiming company hires based on race and believes ‘it’s just good for society’ MORE STORIES THAT MATTER New poll gives […]
New York Review of Books Poets are supposed to be expert at writing about mortality—the phrase “You had one job!” occurs to me, and that job is elegy—but it’s an almost impossible thing to get right, whatever the form. In Karen Solie’s recent essay about her father’s death and […]
by Chōkōdō Shujin Chōkōdō Shujin Jun 21, 2024 Chōkōdō Shujin asserts that a true work of art must reflect the artist’s state of mind, for it is this inner world that gives life and authenticity to the creation. A work of art always reflects the state of mind […]
Trending story June 20, 2024 ‘Acolyte’ star Amandla Stenberg releases the most woke song of all time, claiming that she is being oppressed The star of Disney+ show “The Acolyte” released a song calling her critics propagandists and racists, while claiming she is oppressed and still feeling the […]
Trending story June 18, 2024 Jason Whitlock wanted to leave ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’ 3 minutes in – here’s why On June 7, “Bad Boys: Ride or Die” starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence, hit theaters. Fans have been eagerly anticipating the release of the fourth installment […]
In truth, they were barely a pack at all. Despite some casting that put a bunch of 20ish-year-old actors in the same movies, Emilio Estevez and Molly Ringwald and Demi Moore and Jon Cryer and Tom Cruise and Andrew McCarthy and Timothy Hutton and Sean Penn all ended […]
In our artificial society, it’s a necessary Turing Test Rachel Haywire Jun 17, 2024 DISCLAIMER TO FUTURE EMPLOYERS IN CASE THE OVERTON WINDOW SHIFTS BACK AGAIN THAT ALSO HAPPENS TO BE TRUE: I AM A SEXY ANTHROPOLOGIST. THIS IS A SATIRE FOR A PERSONAL STUDY I AM CONDUCTING […]
Attention, sports fans! And Muppets fans. And anyone interested in the kind-of–obsessive creative types who make the world around us sparkle. You’re going to love Nell McShane Wulfhart’s profile of Bonnie Erickson, the 82-year-old Brooklyn artist behind Miss Piggy, the Phillie Phanatic, and dozens more beloved mascots and […]
Sponsored by St. Martin’s Press Francisco Cantú A Legacy of Plunder In its reexamination of entrenched narratives about the expropriation of Native land, Michael Witgen’s work is changing how Native people are situated in the arc of North American history. David Toop All That Floats and Drifts André […]
They were Geminis. Tupac Shakur and Christopher Wallace, better known as Notorious B.I.G., were born 11 months apart and were murdered within six months of each other, cosmically joined together in life and death like twins. Though Biggie was killed in Los Angeles, the case didn’t make it […]
Today in the NYR Online, Karen Solie remembers the time she took a guitar, a “lime-green cardboard suitcase,” “travelers’ cheques, a mickey of vodka,” and three volumes of poetry with her on a Greyhound bus to Austin, Texas, where she hoped to play music and “to start my […]
WEB VERSION June 10, 2024 The Myths of Anne Carson Over the last three decades, Anne Carson has forged a unique path in North American arts and letters. An often reserved and opaque writer, sometimes it is hard to tell whether something she has written is supposed to […]
Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more Watch now Replacing Hollywood – #SolutionsWatch The Corbett Report Jun 10 READ IN APP SHOW NOTES AND COMMENTS: https://corbettreport.com/replacing-hollywood-solutionswatch/ Today we talk to independent filmmaker Teace Snyder about how he managed to make a professional feature-length film, Hold Me, without any […]
Neurology and powers of attorney combine to define the limits of artistic capacity. Alexander Adams Jun 08, 2024 [de Kooning in his studio. Source: https://www.wicaonline.org/blog/2020/5/18/f3g5m1d9c2g73nhf6rh887qio68bu7%5D Bill’s family and friends had been noticing that he was becoming forgetful. In the studio, he spent increasing periods looking rather than painting. […]
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Trending story May 28, 2024 Richard Dreyfuss reveals he was never the woke Hollywood actor fans want him to be Famous actor Richard Dreyfuss has never been a fan of the political correctness that’s taken over Hollywood — but it all came to a head this Memorial Day […]
Trending story May 26, 2024 ‘General Hospital’ star Johnny Wactor, 37, shot dead in downtown Los Angeles during catalytic converter theft Johnny Wactor – the former star of the popular soap opera “General Hospital” – is dead at 37 after being fatally shot in downtown Los Angeles during […]
“To the extent that national progress in the arts and sciences can be attributed to university breakthroughs of the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, the nation as a whole gained from universities’ exploitation of Black and Indigenous people,” writes Tiya Miles in her review of Rachel Swarns’s The 272: The Families […]
Trending story May 27, 2024 ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ actor Glen Powell moves far away from Hollywood so he doesn’t have to ‘live in the Matrix all the time’ Actor Glen Powell — who gained notoriety for his role as a talented, cocky pilot in “Top Gun: Maverick” and […]
In the Review’s June 20 issue, Jonathan Lethem writes about the “anomalous” Charles Portis, “a writer force-fielded in a durable glamour of obscurity and frequently championed for revival—‘America’s most remembered forgotten novelist,’ as the writer Mark Dunbar quipped.” (Indeed, none of Portis’s novels were reviewed in our pages […]
The importance of being mindful of the content one consumes Neoliberal Feudalism May 27, 2024 This is a culture post about mostly modern-era dissident films. I was pretty happy with my last pop culture post about the wonderful ABBA, so I thought I would hit popular entertainment from […]
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For several years now, the movie star has been declared dead by just about every publication on the internet, including our own. But lately, something has changed. A new crop of talent is rising in Hollywood, and this one seems to be having more fun than the previous […]
Mark O’Connell Neglecting Beckett James Marsh’s biopic Dance First runs into some predictable problems in adapting the life of a writer, especially one as recognizable as Samuel Beckett. Accra Shepp Those Who Stood Up Photographs from Columbia’s Gaza Solidarity Encampment Clair Wills, interviewed by Fintan O’Toole Making Sense of the Missing […]
Join us for a Dionysian Re-Enchantment Rachel Haywire May 23, 2024 Hello, elite human capitalists. I’m going to begin hosting book clubs here at The Cultural Futurist, and I’ve decided the first book for us to discuss is The Birth of Tragedy by no other than my spiritual […]
by Karl Richter Arktos Journal May 22, 2024 Karl Richter criticises the recent German production of Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser as reflective of the filth in all of contemporary Germany. According to reports, the medieval singer Tannhäuser, the title character of Richard Wagner’s romantic opera of the same name, […]
Lifestyle May 22, 2024 ‘Kingdom’ proves ‘Planet of the Apes’ franchise still rules VINCE SALERNO “It’s a mad house! A mad house!” It’s been more than 50 years since Charlton Heston’s anguished cry in the original “Planet of the Apes” movie, and our mania for America’s longest-running sci-fi […]
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LISTEN HERE In this episode of Walt Right Perspectives I speak with Rachel Haywire, an independent artist and salonnière who spent much of the Alt Right era as a fellow traveler of the movement, often describing herself as a “renegade Jew.” These days she writes about futurism / […]
Architecture can provoke deep unease and even revulsion. Why? What fundamental chords are being triggered? Alexander Adams May 20, 2024 ∙ Paid [Fritz Hoeger, Chilehaus, Hamburg, 1921] One may interpret – in a reductive way – a number of architectural movements as deliberate rejections of preceding orders. The […]
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