Arts & Culture
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: The Intouchables
Ari Armstrong May 20, 2013
Ari Armstrong reviews The Intouchables, written by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Django Unchained
Ari Armstrong May 20, 2013
Ari Armstrong reviews Django Unchained, written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Lincoln
Ari Armstrong May 20, 2013
Ari Armstrong reviews Lincoln, written by Tony Kushner.
Arts & Culture
42: The Triumph of Courage and Moral Certitude over Irrationality and Bigotry
Michael A. LaFerrara April 20, 2013
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…
Arts & Culture
Initial Thoughts on the Boston Marathon Assault
Stephen Bourque April 16, 2013
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.…
Arts & Culture, Good Living
Anne Hathaway’s Hard Work is No Sacrifice
Ari Armstrong February 25, 2013
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…
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Jiro Dreams of Sushi
Daniel Wahl February 20, 2013
Daniel Wahl reviews Jiro Dreams of Sushi, directed by David Gelb.
Arts & Culture, Reviews
Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Andrew Bernstein February 20, 2013
Andrew Bernstein reviews Zero Dark Thirty, directed by Kathryn Bigelow.
Arts & Culture
Interview: Linda Cordair on the Importance of Art in the Workplace
Ari Armstrong February 10, 2013
With her husband, Quent, Linda Cordair operates the Quent Cordair Fine Art gallery, which aspires to help create “a rebirth of comprehensibility, beauty, romanticism and stylization to contemporary subject matter.” In addition to selling works of art, Linda also consults with businesses on placing artworks in office buildings and other…
Arts & Culture, Science & Technology
William Shatner’s Tweet and the Power of Art
Ari Armstrong January 5, 2013
Earth date: January 3, 2013. William Shatner—most famously known as “Captain Kirk” from Star Trek—sent a Tweet to Chris Hadfield, the Canadian astronaut currently commanding the International Space Station. Shatner Tweeted, simply, “@Cmdr_Hadfield Are you tweeting from space?” Hadfield replied, “Yes, Standard Orbit, Captain. And we're detecting signs of life…