In 1994, the Chinese government dreamed of building the largest hydroelectric dam in the world. It would span nearly a mile across, tower 575 feet above the world’s third-longest river, and cost approximately $24 billion dollars. Read more...

It was about this time last year that I learned how to knit. My roommates, K. and K.T., and I had moved into our new apartment. Read more...

Having recently published her novel, “Milk,” Darcey Steinke decided to take a brief vacation with her daughter off the coast of Connecticut. “You don’t have a lot of days like this out there, do you? Read more...

Flipping through Entertainment Weekly not too long ago, I came across a profile on Richard Linklater. The piece included an overview of his work as a director, adored by hip college kids everywhere, from “Dazed and Confused” to “Waking Life” and “Before Sunrise.” Richard Linklater is a hipster’s wet dream: He’s both cool and artsy, his oeuvre covers rock music and philosophy, slackers and love in Vienna. Read more...

Playwright Nicholas Kazan loosely bases his new drama, “A Good Soldier,” on both Sophocles’ “Antigone” and on contemporary events in Iraq. But in the program notes, Kazan also warns his audience that “no attempt has been made to be faithful to either.” Kazan accurately assesses his work. Read more...

Every year, industry execs flood the streets of Sundance hoping to find the next great filmmaker, temporarily transforming the snow-covered mountains of Utah into the Hollywood hills. Read more...

“2046” Directed by Wong Kar-Wai Sony Pictures Classics The Wong Kar-Wai DVD box set comes emblazoned with a rather impressive quote from Time on the cover: “The most romantic filmmaker in the world.” No, no, no. Read more...