Issue of January 21, 2013



THE TALK OF THE TOWN
THE PICTURES

TALES OF HOFFMAN
BY HENDRIK HERTZBERG

How Dustin Hoffman found New York.
THE BOARDS

IF THE SHOE FITS
BY MICHAEL SCHULMAN

What is Cinderella if not the ultimate aspirational consumer?
ANNALS OF ARCHITECTURE

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPACE
BY DAVID OWEN

Solving the problem of Times Square.
PERSONAL HISTORY

BECOMING THEM
BY JAMES WOOD

The other parent trap.


THE CRITICS
THE CURRENT CINEMA

VIOLENT SCREEN
BY ANTHONY LANE

“Gangster Squad,” “Jack Reacher.”