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Jo Livingstone

Jo Livingstone is a former staff writer at The New Republic.

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May 26, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Why Are Americans So Hostile to State-Funded Art?
A personal, historical, and comparative consideration of using public money to support the humanities.
May 24, 2017
Jo Livingstone
In The Wizard of Lies, Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer Return to a Life of Crime
HBO's new Bernie Madoff biopic turns white-collar greed into a mob flick.
May 23, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How the Androids Took Over the Alien Franchise
The machines dominate the latest installment in the space-horror franchise, taking it in a new thematic direction.
May 19, 2017
Jo Livingstone
A Portrait of the Artist Who Had Himself Shot
A new documentary about Chris Burden shows the extreme performance artist’s “cuddly” side.
May 18, 2017
Jo Livingstone
What King Arthur: Legend of the Sword Gets Right About the Middle Ages
Guy Ritchie’s take on Arthurian legend is silly, yes. But it could be a lot worse.
May 16, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Goldie Touch
A new retrospective of Goldie Hawn’s movies shows just why she is one of a kind.
May 11, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Sophie Calle’s Grave Matters
A new conceptual work inters visitor’s secrets in Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery.
May 9, 2017
Jo Livingstone
In Manifesto, Cate Blanchett Delivers a Virtuoso Set of Performances
Through 13 roles and 13 manifestos, Blanchett and director Julian Rosefeldt examine the relationship between life, art, and politics.
May 8, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Dove Takes Objectification of Women to Another Level
The soap vendor plumbs new depths of absurdity with its “feminist” branding.
May 5, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Julian Assange’s God Complex
"RISK," a new documentary from Laura Poitras, follows the WikiLeaks founder for six tumultuous years.
May 3, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Passion of Rei Kawakubo
A new show at the Met honors the Comme des Garçons visionary.
May 1, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Marching for Women on May Day
Bernie Sanders’s recent abortion controversy has reinvigorated a debate over the role that women play on the left.
April 28, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How Video Shaped Our Understanding of the L.A. Riots
On the riots' 25th anniversary, two new documentaries underscore the role that the medium has played in our cultural memory.
April 26, 2017
Jo Livingstone
How Netflix’s Hot Girls Wanted Demeans the Women it Wants to Empower
The producers of the porn documentary have been accused of handling the identities of several performers with gross recklessness.
April 26, 2017
Jo Livingstone
A Crime Novelist Investigates Cuba’s Polyphonic Past
The new novel by Leonardo Padura is a multigenerational epic of baseball, religion, and a mysterious Rembrandt painting.
April 20, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Hidden Lives of Facebook Porn Scrubbers
A new documentary takes us inside an industry that has farmed out the psychological trauma of cleaning up the internet.
April 19, 2017
Jo Livingstone
We Are Living in a Golden Age of Reality Television
The turn toward niche obsessions reflects America in all its humble, variegated glory. But at what cost?
April 14, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Art of the New York Times Obituary
A new documentary examines the strange lives of the journalists who man the death-desk at the paper of record.
April 13, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Secret Lives of Grace Paley’s Women
A new anthology cements her legacy as our most interesting writer of domesticity.
April 10, 2017
Jo Livingstone
After Netflix: Where the Best Television Online is Hiding
Niche streaming services like AMC’s ‘Shudder’ celebrate the genres mainstream providers neglect.

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