Hauser

Werner Herzog’s enduringly gripping and influential movie is rereleased for its 50th anniversary; it is Herzog’s early masterpiece, a bold and brilliant retelling of a strange true story from German history, plainly and candidly staged, full of poignancy, and pathos as well as mystery, but which is also revealed here to be about the arbitrary nature of survival and death. The original German title is Jeder für Sich und Gott Gegen Alle, whch translates as Every Man for Himself and God Against All, which Herzog used as the…

I am here for the tacos of Downey. I’m Carolina A. Miranda, art and design columnist for the Los Angeles Times, and I’m also here for all the essential culture news:Monuments to the everyday Thomas J. Price makes sculptures that may be monumental in scale, but dispense with the heroic trappings of monuments. His bronze figures do not ride horses, nor do they march heroically into battle. Instead, they peer into their cellphones or stand casually in a plaza, hands in pockets.His sculptures, though inspired by real people,…

In 2019, an American novelist of slender renown named CJ Hauser scored a viral hit with an essay about calling off her wedding and embarking on an ornithological field trip. The Crane Wife described a relationship in which she was cheated on more than once, though what finally brought her to her senses was the realisation that she couldn’t sustain the ludicrously “low-maintenance” persona demanded by her husband-to-be. On one occasion, he even presented her with a blank birthday card, explaining that it could be filed…