Notre-Dame rising
The rebuilt and revitalized Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris is nearly complete. Will it appease the traditionalists?
Books & Arts
Finally, a version of Merrily We Roll Along that works
Director Maria Friedman has harnessed revelatory performances from her three leads to create a theatrical masterpiece
Reconsidering Paul Thomas Anderson’s Inherent Vice
If the Thomas Pynchon novel adaptation has anything to say about the American dream, it is to mock its high-falutin’ nature
The intriguing revival of the British gangster picture
It is unlikely that either Sexy Beast or The Gentlemen will have their legacies seriously challenged by the television series based on them
Who’s afraid of Judith Butler?
The gender theorist’s first mainstream publication is unconvincing
A look into Billie Holiday’s final year
Paul Alexander is on a mission to correct what he sees as misrepresentations of the singer’s life and personality
An unvarnished insight into the mind of Sonny Rollins
Even if jazz has developed stylistically in ways the jazz saxophonist might not have foreseen, its founding attitudes are enduring
An impressive examination of the conjoined fates of Iraq and the United States
Steve Coll’s title alludes to Homer, and his subject matter has the arc of Greek tragedy
Where is the clarity in modern center-right foreign policy?
Matthew Kroenig and Dan Negrea suggest a response to the new isolationism that is essential for understanding contemporary foreign policy debates on the right
