Arts & Entertainment

Jonathan Safran Foer is not a writer, he is a collector. As played by Elijah Wood, Foer is a vegetarian, an American, and a descendant of a Holocaust survivor, obsessed with mapping the details of his Jewish heritage.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Into the Blue, starring teen heartthrobs Paul Walker and Jessica Alba, pretty much unfolds as one would expect.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Music publications triumphantly announce when they've found "the next big thing" from the U.K. After the tenth time, it becomes hard to tell if they actually listen to some of these bands for any reason other than the fact that they're (gasp) British.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

What is the meaning of life? Based on the book by Walter Kirn, the new film Thumbsucker tries, but fails, to provide an answer to this often-asked question.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Although Roman Polanski's newest movie, Oliver Twist, at first seems to have a winning formula, it falls short in the end.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Serenity, the long-awaited film adaptation of director Joss Whedon's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) cult-favorite TV series Firefly, has all of the components of a typical sci-fi action film, and little more.
September 29, 2005 at 12:00 am

Originally a graphic novel published by DC Comics last year, A History of Violence offers complex but uninspiring drama.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Despite its amazing visual style, Tim Burton's Corpse Bride is never as original or engaging as it should be.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Any McCartney-branded album is bound to be a "big deal." Sales-wise, the quality of the music is almost trivial.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

In the world of pop music, Scandinavia has always been a source of successful imports. From ABBA to Ace of Base, these acts have remained unapologetically "pop," climbing to the top of the U.S.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Four-time Academy Award nominee David Lynch, director of such contemporary classics as The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive, is currently touring colleges around the U.S.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's difficult to make a family comedy these days; the producers of Roll Bounce have learned that the hard way.
September 22, 2005 at 12:00 am

Seu Jorge ignited a samba fury during his sold-out show last Tuesday at the First Unitarian Church. Better known as the minstrel seaman with a penchant for acoustic Portuguese renditions of David Bowie classics in last year's The Life Aquatic, Jorge has emerged from humble beginnings in the slums of Rio de Janeiro to become a hot import in both the film and music worlds. Jorge and his charismatic band commanded the packed audience of urban hipsters, ethno-musicologists, and Brazilian fanatics with their no-frills local samba stylings.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's difficult to categorize Lord of War, the newest release from Gattaca director (and The Terminal writer) Andrew Niccol about an underground arms dealer's rise from rags to riches.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

Michael Showalter doesn't think there's anything funny about Brooklyn. The actor-cum-writer-cum-director, renowned for playing Coop in Wet Hot American Summer (a film he co-wrote) and for his involvement in "Stella" on Comedy Central, has just released The Baxter, his directorial debut.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

Kanye West stands as a fascinating figure in music today. The Chicago producer-turned-MC blends bourgeois intellectualism with lower-class sympathy, swagger with insecurity.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

For a romantic comedy that borrows considerably from Ghost, Just Like Heaven is about three times sweeter and funnier than it has any right to be.
September 15, 2005 at 12:00 am

You've got to try pretty hard to make a movie with a plot line as pathetic as A Lot Like Love's.
April 21, 2005 at 12:00 am

It's Thursday afternoon and outside the front entrance to the Theatre of Living Arts are two middle-aged men.
April 21, 2005 at 12:00 am

T he Interpreter, a well acted and politically relevant film, begins as U.N. interpreter Silvia Broome (Nicole Kidman) overhears a plot to assassinate Edmund Zuwanie, the president of the fictitious and war-torn African country Matobo.
April 21, 2005 at 12:00 am