As El Salvador transitions from decades of conser- vative rule to the administration of leftist President Mauricio Funes, the country faces an international showdown triggered by a restrictive free-trade agree- ment between the United States and Central Ameri- ca. Canada’s Pacific Rim...
Once in a while they are on public radio, even more rarely are they on public television, and none dare dream of becoming a media pariah, a la Ralph Nader. The thought of it is tantalizing, the possibility too slim. As a recent report from the Graduate Center’s Center for the Promotion...
The Shipment. Produced by Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company at The Kitchen, 512 West 19th Street. A few days before Young Jean Lee’s The Shipment opened at The Kitchen last month, the playwright/director’s Facebook status read, “Young Jean needs to figure out how to get black...
Battle in Seattle, directed by Stuart Townsend. Battle in Seattle has gained more press exposure than the average independent film due to its controversial setting: the riots and demonstrations attended by over 50,000 at the WTO conference in Seattle, Washington in 1999. And then there...
Music Review Works discussed in this essay: La Strada (unsigned) The Stage Names by Okkervil River (Jagjaguwar) There was a time, not so long ago, when seeing every film of any kind of acclaim was for me an absolute necessity. Timeout, The Village Voice and the Film Forum website...
Accusing Sami Al-Arian Dear Editor: Mr. Fairbanks’ article on the plight of Sami Al-Arian has some inaccuracies that deserve correction. The first is that Al-Arian’s plea agreement establishes that he lied both in connection with his providing support for Palestinian Islamic...
