Masterpiece

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  • The Chrysler Building

    New York's most glorious skyscraper, its art deco eagles poised for flight, is a timeless work of Jazz Age poetry in steel.
    By Stephanie Zacharek February 25, 2002

  • "Who's Next"

    Fueled by a nervous breakdown and primitive synthesizer technology, the Who created a 1971 album so great even classic-rock radio couldn't kill it.
    By Dave Wilson February 19, 2002

  • Masterpiece: "Some Like It Hot"

    Billy Wilder's manic, magical 1959 farce is more than drag shtick and Marilyn in that amazing gown -- it's a topsy-turvy exploration of sexual desire and identity.
    By Charles Taylor February 11, 2002

  • Concorde

    Not even a hideous crash -- and the worst single event in the history of the airline business -- could permanently ground the most sensual and timelessly attractive of airplanes. And by the way, you don't say "the" Concorde.
    By Patrick Smith February 4, 2002

  • "Be My Baby"

    How the genius of Phil Spector and Ronnie Spector met and created a song of magnificent carnality.
    By Stephanie Zacharek January 28, 2002

  • "In Cold Blood"

    Just over 40 years ago, a dandified New York reporter named Truman Capote traveled to Kansas to investigate the shotgun murder of a farm family. The result changed journalism forever.
    By Amy Standen January 22, 2002

  • "Sympathy for the Devil"

    Mick Jagger's mad, erudite incantation strutted '60s rock toward the dark side of history.
    By Douglas Cruickshank January 14, 2002

  • "Seinfeld"

    Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David's TV show wasn't just a sitcom -- it was one of the most complex and troubling art works of our time.
    By Bill Wyman January 7, 2002
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