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Ideas, Arts, and Culture (page 6)

September 26, 2023 5:32 am

Preserving Homer’s Magic

Emily Wilson’s superb new translation of the Iliad makes the familiar text arrestingly powerful and fresh.
Daniel Walden
September 22, 2023 5:32 am

‘Dumb Money’ Review

The GameStop scandal and how the pandemic upended the market.
Sonny Bunch
September 22, 2023 5:32 am

Meet Me in the Middle of the Air

A mischievous history of miracles during the early modern period pokes at our most basic assumptions about life, the universe,…
Eve Tushnet
September 15, 2023 5:32 am

Batman and the Masks We Wear

This Batman Day—yes, that’s a thing—what can Tim Burton’s and Christopher Nolan’s differing takes on the comics vigilante teach us…
Blake Scott Ball
September 15, 2023 5:32 am

‘A Haunting in Venice’ Review

Or, Poirot and the Puzzling Series.
Sonny Bunch
September 14, 2023 5:32 am

Looking for Lasting Meaning in Israel’s Declaration of Independence

The 1948 document was the hastily written product of a hectic moment. Does its political philosophy stand the test of…
Jonathan Marks
September 13, 2023 5:32 am

The Brutal Wonders of a Late-Summer Run

The athletes and writers who made running into an American trend in the 1970s were hip to the way a…
Nick Ripatrazone
September 8, 2023 5:32 am

No Laughing Matter

‘Bottoms,’ ‘No Hard Feelings,’ and the dire financial state of the R-Rated comedy.
Sonny Bunch
September 7, 2023 5:32 am

A Bad Creature That Likes Getting Worse

Two recent speculative novels by European writers provide new ways of imagining what life online is doing to our souls.
Eve Tushnet
September 5, 2023 10:57 am

Why Taylor Swift’s Concert Movie Bypassed the Studios

Across the Movie Aisle