Quite Contrary
All the conventional wisdom on the 2007 cultural season—and some well-informed rebuttals.
- Published Aug 24, 2007
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Art
- Kara Walker Brings Racial History Into High Contrast
- The New Museum Hits the Booming Bowery Scene
- A Guide to the Lower East Side Art Scene
- The Old Met vs. the New Met
- Rembrandt and His Dutch Peers
- Images From Tokyo’s Furtive Sex Life
- Richard Prince's Tawdry Nurses and Marlboro Men
- The Best of the Rest in Art
Books
- Junot Díaz Karate-Chops His Writer’s Block
- Tom Perrotta’s Sex-Ed Book
- Edmund White Imagines Stephen Crane's Deathbed Confessions
- Shalom Auslander’s Beef With the Lord
- Philip Roth Will Not Go Gentle Into the Night
- Alice Sebold's Latest Pretty Tale of Death in Suburbia
- A Guide to the Season's Biggest Political Tomes
- The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
- The Best of the Rest in Books
Classical & Dance
- German Highlights at Carnegie Hall
- YouTube Compositions at BAM
- Classical and Dance Darlings Join Forces at ABT
- An Acting Philharmonic Conductor in Brooklyn
- A 42-Year-Old Rookie Takes Center Stage at the Met
- The Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela
- The Universe of Brit Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
- Can Vanessa Make Up for the Barber Debacle of '66?
- The Best of the Rest in Classical & Dance
Movies
- Christian Bale Tussles With Russell Crowe
- New York Film Festival: A Mini-Preview
- Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem on the Coen Brothers
- Viggo Mortensen and David Cronenberg’s Violent Streak
- Nicole Kidman on Working With Jennifer Jason Leigh
- Political Films Attempt to Influence the National Debate
- Jodi Foster Takes on Post-9/11 New York
- Renée Zellweger Hooks Up With Jerry Seinfeld
- Video Games: Hard-Core Gamers vs. Everyone Else
- The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
- The Best of the Rest in Movies
Music
- Alicia Keys Confronts Her Demons
- Folk-Country Icon Steve Earle Finds a New Home
- The Next Generation of Hair Bands
- Nonconformist Animal Collective Takes New York
- Herbie Hancock Reimagines Joni Mitchell
- A Temperamental Index of the Season's Debutantes
- The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
- The Best of the Rest in Music
Television
- Lucy Liu Returns to the Small Screen
- Will Hugh Jackman’s Huge Gamble Pay Off?
- Ken Burns Returns With Fifteen Hours on WWII
- The Big Bang Theory on CBS
- The O.C.'s Josh Schwartz, Take Two
- The Most Graphic Sex Ever Seen on Television
- Two Geek-tastic New Shows
- The Triumphant Return of 30 Rock
- The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
- The Best of the Rest in Television
Theater
- Mel Brooks Just Wants a Little Love
- Catching Up With Director Trevor Nunn
- Alison Pill on Telling Off F. Murray Abraham
- Hank Azaria Hooks Up With Aaron Sorkin
- What Claire Danes Learned From Jefferson Mays
- How Albee’s Zoo Story Birthed Peter and Jerry
- I Am My Own Wife Writer Doug Wright Does Disney
- The Anticipation Index: A Mathematical Breakdown
- The Best of the Rest in Theater