Philip Kennicott

Articles by Philip Kennicott

Documentary filmmaker gathering limits press coverage (February 1, 2010)

TV Preview: 'Emma' will delight Masterpiece Classic viewers (January 24, 2010)

What do pictures of Tiger Woods mean, both before and after his scandal? (January 22, 2010)

TV Preview: Latrobe, designer of domes and columns gets his pedestal (January 17, 2010)

Media offers full, blunt, hideous picture of trauma caused by Haiti earthquake (January 16, 2010)

Architectural review of Las Vegas CityCenter hotel-casino-shopping complex (December 27, 2009)

Best of the decade: Architecture (December 27, 2009)

Hirshhorn balloon proposal could give Washington's design landscape a lift (December 16, 2009)

Film Review: 'Visual Acoustics' focuses on photographer Shulman's life (November 6, 2009)

Movie review: Phil Kennicott on 'Visual Acoustics' (November 5, 2009)

Richard Moe, president of National Trust for Historic Preservation, to retire (November 3, 2009)

Movie Review: Formless Vignettes Are Hit and Miss in 'New York, I Love You' (October 15, 2009)

Masterful Film Memoirs: 'My Winnipeg,' 'The Beaches of Agns' and 'L'Aime' (May 24, 2009)

'Architecture of Authority': Richard Ross's Photos at National Building Museum (May 21, 2009)

A Look at National Trust for Historic Preservation's List of Endangered Sites (May 17, 2009)

Movie Review: Philip Kennicott on the Oscar-Nominated Documentary 'The Garden' (May 15, 2009)

Music Review: Louis Lortie at Kennedy Center, Chopin Etudes Minus the Subtlety (May 4, 2009)

Movie Review: Eran Riklis's 'Lemon Tree' (May 1, 2009)

Museum Exhibit: Photos of President Obama's Inauguration at American History (April 30, 2009)

Philip Kennicott on the Choice of Frank Gehry to Design Eishenhower Memorial (April 17, 2009)

TV Preview: The PBS Native American Documentary 'We Shall Remain' (April 13, 2009)

Swiss Architect Peter Zumthor Wins Pritzker Prize (April 13, 2009)

Music Review: National Symphony Orchestra With Kurt Masur Conducting Brahms (April 10, 2009)

Pianist Marc-André Hamelin Ably Fills In at Strathmore, Plays Haydn and Debussy (April 10, 2009)

Movie Review: 'Tokyo!' -- Three Short Stories for the Cinema (April 10, 2009)

One Design Stands Out in African American History and Culture Museum Competition (April 7, 2009)

Jefferson's Poplar Forest: A Footnote That Stands on Its Own (April 5, 2009)

Life on the Mountain, Elevated: Monticello Gets Boost From New Visitor Center (April 5, 2009)

Exhibit A: Ralph Appelbaum's Influence in the Museum World Is Clearly Evident (March 29, 2009)

Movie Review of Restored 1973 Fellini Film "Amarcord" (March 14, 2009)

Exhibit: 'To Sleep, Perchance to Dream' at Folger Shakespeare Library (March 12, 2009)

'In the Realm of Oshima' at the National Gallery, the AFI Silver Theatre and the Freer and Sackler Galleries (March 7, 2009)

Movie Review: Adaptation of "Watchmen" Is Graphic But Not Novel (March 5, 2009)

Movie Review: 'Madea Goes to Jail' (February 21, 2009)

Movie Review of 'Donkey Punch' (February 13, 2009)

Reviews of Lincoln Exhibits at the Library of Congress and the National Gallery (February 12, 2009)

'State of Deception' at Holocaust Museum: Deconstructing Nazi Propaganda (February 11, 2009)

Simone Dinnerstein at Terrace Theater (February 9, 2009)

Exhibit Review: 'Abraham Lincoln: An Extraordinary Life' (January 16, 2009)

(December 25, 2008)

Review: 'Marley & Me' Is a Real Dog of a Movie (December 25, 2008)

Movie Review: Philip Kennicott on 'Valkyrie' (December 25, 2008)

Architecture Review: Renovated Smithsonian National Museum of American History (December 14, 2008)

Movie Review: 'Frost/Nixon' (December 12, 2008)

Exhibition of Fritz Scholder's Native American Art (December 9, 2008)

Capitol Visitor Center Transforms East Side With Unsettling Pomposity (December 2, 2008)

Frank Gehry's Complex Legacy (November 30, 2008)

Modernism's Monster (November 23, 2008)

'Synecdoche': A Part of Life That Makes Us Whole (November 7, 2008)

When a Cutting-Edge Exhibit Is Housed in History (October 5, 2008)

Niemeyer & the Sweep of History (October 5, 2008)

An Architect For the Books (October 2, 2008)

A Halfhearted Fare-Thee-Well to a Middling Design (September 28, 2008)

Coming Full Circle (September 20, 2008)

The Stiff Upper Lip Trembles Slightly (September 13, 2008)

Declawed, 'Women' Lacks Bite (September 12, 2008)

Gay Muslims, Victims of 'A Jihad for Love' (September 5, 2008)

Character Study (August 31, 2008)

Obama Amid the Pillars Of an Ancient Culture (August 30, 2008)

False Loyalties (August 27, 2008)

A Hillside View of a Minimalist's Nature (August 24, 2008)

Gergiev's Russian Overture: A Symphony of Sympathies (August 23, 2008)

'Hamlet 2': A Fellow of Infinite Jest (August 22, 2008)

In 'I.O.U.S.A.,' A Deficit of Originality (August 22, 2008)

Anthem Arrangements Raise A Red Flag Over Authorship (August 22, 2008)

'Death Race' Goes Nowhere Very Fast (August 22, 2008)

Walls That Talk, and Repeat Themselves (August 17, 2008)

'Henry Poole' Should Be Left Alone, Waiting (August 15, 2008)

Gold and Leaden (August 7, 2008)

Reaching Out to The World With A Manicured Hand (August 6, 2008)

Sizing Up a Mega-City (August 4, 2008)

A Rare Glimmer Of Wagner Is Worth the Trip (August 2, 2008)

'King Roger,' A Confounding Object of Desire (July 29, 2008)

It's Funny How Humor Is So Ticklish (July 15, 2008)

It's Tough to Escape What Happens in 'Winnipeg' (June 27, 2008)

Towering Ambition (June 22, 2008)

The Building Blocks of a Modernist's Vision (May 11, 2008)

Playing With Fire (May 10, 2008)

A Topsy-Turvy Kitchen (May 4, 2008)

A Scholarly Patina (April 17, 2008)

At Last, a Gettysburg Redress (April 14, 2008)

Daniel Pink and the Economic Model of Creativity (April 2, 2008)

The War Comes Home (April 2, 2008)

This Diamond Isn't a Gem (March 31, 2008)

Jean Nouvel Wins Architecture's Top Prize (March 31, 2008)

Architecture and the Ability to Draw People In (March 30, 2008)

An Architect With a Taste for Change (March 23, 2008)

'The Last Wright': Green Issues as Wide as the Prairie (March 13, 2008)

Extra! Extra! Indeed (March 2, 2008)

Obama Photo Swaddled in Mystery of Its Intent (February 26, 2008)

Ooh-la-la Lyrics (February 4, 2008)

Beauty Isn't Skin-Deep, It's in Buildings' Bones (February 3, 2008)

'Diva': An Intoxicating Snapshot of Cool in '80s Paris (January 25, 2008)

Sacking the Decks: How Parking Garages Got Ugly (January 20, 2008)

IMAGES (December 30, 2007)

Sooner or Later, Candidates Will Surely Look Lost (December 26, 2007)

Taking Just the Right Angle (December 9, 2007)

Philadelphia Orchestra's Own Musical Language (December 8, 2007)

'Iphigénie' at the Met, New Blood for Domingo (November 29, 2007)

'Red Balloon' and 'White Mane': Childhood Colored by Adult Cynicism (November 23, 2007)

Seeing the Light at Last (November 19, 2007)

Shakespeare and the City, at a New Stage (November 18, 2007)

Button-Down Protest (November 7, 2007)

Romanian Film's Crystalline Lens (November 7, 2007)

An Opera Spans Time (November 3, 2007)

Shapes of Things to Come (November 1, 2007)

Historic Preservationist Awarded Scully Prize (October 30, 2007)

Arabian Heights (October 28, 2007)

Greeks Go for All the Marbles In Effort to Get Back Artifacts (October 7, 2007)

What a Piece of Work . . . (September 21, 2007)

At Smithsonian, Gay Rights Is Out of the Closet, Into the Attic (September 8, 2007)

Four Films, One Singular Talent: Majewski Is the Surreal McCoy (August 10, 2007)

'12:08': Did the Revolution Start Without Me? (July 20, 2007)

One Smashing Smashup (July 13, 2007)

Plain as Dirt: History Without Gimmickry (July 4, 2007)

Insurgents Muster Their Forces Online (June 26, 2007)

Taking the Wrong View (June 24, 2007)

Blueprint of an Artist's Mind, At the Building Museum (June 23, 2007)

'ShowBusiness': A Peek Behind the Curtain (June 22, 2007)

In Philip Johnson's Glass House, His Masterly Vision Is Crystal Clear (June 22, 2007)

The Meaning of a Marker For 100 Million Victims (June 13, 2007)

Of Tykes and Tyrants: Elementary Democracy (June 13, 2007)

On the Hill, a Heap of Trouble (May 27, 2007)

This Bright Idea Is a Glowing Achievement (May 20, 2007)

Verdi, Worth His Weight in Popcorn (May 14, 2007)

Low and Behold, Contrabassoon Soars (May 6, 2007)

Eastern Market, Corner Store And Cornerstone (May 1, 2007)

A Green Star for Sidwell Friends (April 29, 2007)

'In the Pit': A Labored Look at Working Men (April 20, 2007)

A Disturbing Vision of Violence (April 20, 2007)

Piaf: A Life Made for Melodrama (April 19, 2007)

D.C. Needs to Capitalize On Its City-Like Qualities (April 14, 2007)

Bosnia's Lingering Shadow of War (April 13, 2007)

Earth-Friendly Architect Richard Rogers Wins Pritzker (March 29, 2007)

'The Prisoner,' Revisiting A Miscarriage of Justice (March 23, 2007)

Rose-Colored Lens (March 22, 2007)

America Helps Itself to the Bard (March 13, 2007)

Robert MacNeil and The Cudgel of Culture (March 13, 2007)

A Builder Who Went to Town (March 11, 2007)

A Word of Advice to Dance Audiences: Shhhh! (February 25, 2007)

Tchaikovsky Goes to the Cineplex (February 24, 2007)

Urban Retreat (February 17, 2007)

The Fantasy Of Happily Ever After (February 9, 2007)

Torquato Tasso, a Poet Both Obscure and Ubiquitous (January 28, 2007)

On DVD, American Propaganda's High-Water Mark (January 28, 2007)

The Good Old Days Of Selling Democracy (January 27, 2007)

All the World's His Stage (January 15, 2007)

Inspired by the Bard's Words, but Not Their Equal (January 7, 2007)

For Saddam's Page in History, A Final Link On YouTube (December 31, 2006)

Memorial Advocates Are Sold On the Kiosk (December 31, 2006)

Museum Sticks Its Neck Out -- but Only So Far (December 24, 2006)

The Familiar Kingdom Of 'The First Emperor' (December 23, 2006)

The Instructive Message of 'History Boys' (December 10, 2006)

A 'Madama Butterfly' With Pipes, if Not Legs (November 6, 2006)

King Sneer (November 6, 2006)

Bringing the Basilica's Origins to Light (November 5, 2006)

The Heavenly Science Of 'Cosmic Collisions' (October 31, 2006)

Additions Give Mount Vernon The Feel of Yesterdayland (October 24, 2006)

Why Has Maya Lin Retreated From the Battlefield of Ideas? (October 22, 2006)

The Moral Minority's Recurring Role (October 15, 2006)

A Conflict of Images (October 14, 2006)

Wild Blue Wonder (October 12, 2006)

The Transparent Aims of Viñoly's Ivory Tower (October 8, 2006)

Rhapsody in Orange (September 19, 2006)

The Why Behind G, PG, R and the Rest (September 15, 2006)

The Mediocre Mile (September 4, 2006)

Madison's Makeover (August 13, 2006)

Next Exit Marine Land (July 31, 2006)

Object Lessons: Photos That Open Our Eyes to War (July 25, 2006)

Zaha Hadid's Flying Ferocity (July 23, 2006)

Pictures From An Execution Come Into Focus (July 20, 2006)

Beauty and the Beastly (July 13, 2006)

The Surprise Ending? It's the Absence of One (July 9, 2006)

Wegman Has His Day, and It Hasn't All Gone to the Dogs (June 25, 2006)