‘Blitz’ | Anatomy of a Scene

The comedian Russell Brand denied “serious criminal allegations” against him in a video he posted shortly before three British news organizations published an investigation Saturday in which four women accused him of sexual assault. The investigation was a collaboration by The Sunday Times and The Times of London newspapers, and Channel 4 Dispatches, a television […]

Rosa Rolanda, Autorretrato (Self-Portrait)Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, ArkansasChosen by: Rod Bigelow, Executive Director The work is currently located in a grand salon hang with over 25 other works in our early American galleries. It’s oil on canvas, with Rolanda’s face taking up nearly the entire frame. She emphasizes a bright blue sky […]

When we first see Michael Keaton in “Birdman,” Alejandro G. Inarritu’s bracingly inventive and accomplished new film about fame, relevance, self-worth and lots of other intense stuff, he’s sitting in his white undies, in the middle of a dressing room. Of course you think, “How’d he DO that?…