Arts & Culture

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…

We do not yet know who perpetrated yesterday’s bombings at the Boston Marathon—whether it was a “lone wolf” or a group, or whether those responsible are foreign or domestic. Nor do we know whether the attackers were motivated by personal grudges or by ideology, or whether the acts were state-sponsored.…

Congratulations to Anne Hathaway for taking home the Oscar for best supporting actress for her performance in the film Les Misérables. Congratulations to her also for correctly understanding the nature of sacrifice—and for refusing to describe her value-achieving actions with the term. Although many people describe hard work as a…

Daniel Wahl reviews Jiro Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb.

Andrew Bernstein reviews Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.