Adolescence is marked with the seeking of identity. There is a simultaneous desire for an identity that is collective and individual. Of course if one lives in America, the sense of individualism is drilled in early, yet everyone seeks toRead more…
How it Feels
We walk by faith, and not by sight, but how do we critique? In Hilton Als’ critique of the seminal film adaptation “Moonlight” by Barry Jenkins and in Peter Schjeldahl’s critique of Kerry James Marshall’s retrospective “Mastry,” readers are offeredRead more…
Black & White: from Moonlight to Martin
Reviews are the oddest things. It boggles the mind that “Black Power,” a Hilton Als review of the film Moonlight, and “Agnes Martin, a Matter-of-Fact Mystic” by New Yorker art critic Peter Schjeldahl are approximately the same length, in the sameRead more…