Anne Frank

The Diary of Anne Frank

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​And just like that, as if by magic, we awaken into a world where Russell Brand and Katy Perry can flaunt an Indian marriage license, where Brett Favre got whipped in his old backyard, where the Yankees aren't headed to the world series, and where world peace remains as elusive a possibility as ev ... More >>

Michele Bachmann's a mama grizzly to Newsweek

Maybe Christine O'Donnell can teach Michele Bachmann a little witchcraft.​Newsweek has decided that Minnesota's Crazy Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is on a par with Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell and Nikki Haley when it comes to red-jacket wearing, right-wing loons. Makes sense, since she ... More >>

WW II history museum is not recession-proof

Maybe Christine O'Donnell can teach Michele Bachmann a little witchcraft.​Newsweek has decided that Minnesota's Crazy Congresswoman Michele Bachmann is on a par with Sarah Palin, Christine O'Donnell and Nikki Haley when it comes to red-jacket wearing, right-wing loons. Makes sense, since she ... More >>

Paul Verhoeven, Showman

The auteur-provocateur uses his basic instincts to craft a slick WWII thriller

Rachel Stein, Showgirl

A Jewish chanteuse sleeps with the devil in 'Black Book'

Somebody Has To Root For Macbeth

A Jewish chanteuse sleeps with the devil in 'Black Book'

Atom and Eve

The holocaust as taped tragedy; the atom bomb as marital ordeal

Lifeless Party

Ultimately, David Dillon's revelers aren't very interesting

Artists Of The Year

From escapist entertainment to aesthetic ecstasy: Twenty-nine writers script valentines to twelve months of culture

Cynthia Ozick: Quarrel & Quandary

From escapist entertainment to aesthetic ecstasy: Twenty-nine writers script valentines to twelve months of culture

A Century of Suffering

Revisiting the AIDS crisis with Angels in America; remembering Anne Frank as a universal optimist

The Waiting Game

Revisiting the AIDS crisis with Angels in America; remembering Anne Frank as a universal optimist

Totally Off-Limits

Two books that help girls discover the joy of journaling

For the Record

The music industry released 30,000 albums in 1998. You can live without 29,990 of them.

I'm a Believer

Enchanted, Not Slanted: Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea is one of the best indie-rock albums in years.

Celluloid Shalom

Keeping the Faith: A Hasidic boy recites his prayers in A Life Apart: Hasidism in America.