Should We Look on New Technologies with Awe and Dread?
The inevitable progress of technology, in other words, makes the technological sublime elusive. And it’s also true that technologies tend to shrink themselves, taking on unassuming guises.…
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“Clint” Highlights the Artistic Modernity of an Old-School Man
Clint Eastwood is as impersonal a personal filmmaker as modern Hollywood has to offer. What makes his movies personal is more their ideas, their attitudes, their tones than anything from…
A.R. Rahman on Bridging History and Modernity With ‘Chhaava’ Score and His Broadway-Style Theater Plans in India: ‘If I Don’t Have Music, Life Is Mundane for Me’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman (“Slumdog Millionaire”) continues to push creative boundaries with his latest score for the historical film “Chhaava,” while simultaneously spearheading…
Anna Sui Fall 2025: A Madcap Mix and Match Take on Modernity
An astute student of history and pop culture, Anna Sui turned her eye to the world of the “madcap heiress” from the 1930s for fall 2025. Women who the society pages of the time would…
Simkhai Fall 2025: Vintage and Lived in Modernity
The legendary Pasadena Rose Bowl flea market served as the jumping off point for Jonathan Simkhai. He is the kind of vintage treasure hunter who gets there before the sun rises and one…