Arts & Culture

The new Superman film, Man of Steel, is a good movie with a great theme. It is a competently directed story of a powerful alien who grows up on Earth with human parents; who comes to love his adopted planet and the people living on it; and who, as an…

“‘Elizabeth,’ he cleared his throat, ‘there’s something I need to ask you.’ She stopped breathing. If this was the question, the timing was odd—but she didn’t care.” These lines set the tension in Quent Cordair’s latest short story, The Match. Frank does not ask the question Elizabeth hoped for. Instead,…

Teenager Zach Sobiech recently died of a rare form of cancer, osteosarcoma. His premature death is tragic; however, the enthusiasm and joy with which he lived his final years, even knowing he had a terminal illness, is inspiring. As documented by the media company SoulPancake, Sobiech pursued a loving romantic…

Daniel Wahl reviews Island, by Thomas Perry.

Ifat Glassman discusses her artwork, her atelier education, and her plans for the future. The interview is accompanied by images of several of her artworks.

Ari Armstrong reviews The Sessions, directed by Ben Lewin.

Ari Armstrong reviews The Intouchables, written by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.

Ari Armstrong reviews Django Unchained, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Ari Armstrong reviews Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner.

The movie 42: The Jackie Robinson Story is not a full biography on the life of Jackie Robinson, the black baseball player who broke Major League Baseball's "color line." Rather, the film covers the three year period from the 1945 signing of Robinson to a minor league contract by Brooklyn…