Advertisement

Hollywood’s Trap

The Nutty Professor

a film by Tom Shadyac

Independence Day

a film by Roland Emmerich

Mission: Impossible

a film by Brian De Palma

The Rock

a film by Michael Bay

Twister

a film by Jan De Bont

The Cable Guy

a film by Ben Stiller

See all reviewed works
See less

The Devil in the Details

Goebbels: Mastermind of the Third Reich

by David Irving


The Deferential Spirit

The Choice

by Bob Woodward

The Agenda: Inside the Clinton White House

by Bob Woodward

The Commanders

by Bob Woodward

Veil: The Secret Wars of the CIA 1981-1987

by Bob Woodward

Wired: The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi

by Bob Woodward

The Brethren

by Bob Woodward and Scott Armstrong

See all reviewed works
See less

Doomsterism

The Ends of the Earth: A Journey at the Dawn of the 21st Century

by Robert D. Kaplan


The Road to Kisses

The True History of Chocolate

by Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe


The Consolation of Theosophy

Madame Blavatsky's Baboon: A History of the Mystics, Mediums, and Misfits Who Brought Spiritualism to America

by Peter Washington


The Pleasure of the Text

Great Books: My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World

by David Denby


Why the Balkans Are So Violent

Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War

by Peter Maass


In Pursuit of Fairness

Inequality Reexamined

by Amartya Sen


Beyond Art

Etruscan Art

by Otto J. Brendel

The Western Greeks

edited by Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli


Getting Things Right

New and Selected Poems

by Donald Justice

Strange Relation

by Daniel Hall


An Attack in Atlanta

The Temple Bombing

by Melissa Fay Greene


The Truth Teller

Becoming Modern: The Life of Mina Loy

by Carolyn Burke

The Lost Lunar Baedeker

by Mina Loy, edited by Roger L. Conover


A Tale of Three Leaders

An Easy Burden: The Civil Rights Movement and the Transformation of America

by Andrew Young

Prophet of Rage: A Life of Louis Farrakhan and His Nation

by Arthur J. Magida

In the Name of Elijah Muhammad: Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam

by Mattias Gardell

Jesse: The Life and Pilgrimage of Jesse Jackson

by Marshall Frady


Free calendar offer!

Subscribe now for immediate access to the latest issue and to browse the rich archive. You’ll save 50% and receive a free David Levine 2025 calendar.

Subscribe now
New York Review subscription offer with free calendar

Give the gift they’ll open all year.

Save 65% off the regular rate and over 75% off the cover price and receive a free 2025 calendar!