Milo Miles reviews the music of Eric Dolphy.

Stephanie Zacharek reviews Paul Westerberg's album "Eventually".

Lori Leibovich reviews Gillian Welch's album "Revival".

Sharps and Flats is a daily music review.

An e-mail duet with Cracker's David Lowery.

Richard Thompson riffs on his new "Voltage Enhanced" and "Nude" double CD, the dubious joys of being a"musician's musician," and why the Left Banke deserves a tribute album.

Ten modest proposals for juicing up the Academy Awards' annual snooze-fest

Ten modest proposals for juicing up the Academy Awards' annual snooze-fest.

An Appreciation of George Sanders

While John Schlesinger's "An Eye for an Eye" presents Hollywood's same old good vs. evil universe, Tim Robbins' "Dead Man Walking" triumphs by rejecting easy moral conclusions.

The biggest stories at the Sundance Film Festival are often those of the struggling filmmakers themselves: how Quentin Tarantino languished for years behind a video store counter, how Ed Burns shot "The Brothers McMullen" at his parents' house. This year, it's Todd Solondz's turn to leap from don't-quit-your-day-job obscurity.

Why two of Hollywood's most talented actresses are taking the low road to acclaim

Tucked in among the 34 films (18 features and 16 documentaries) in competition at this year's Sundance Film Festival were more than a few serious gems. The most talked-about (and best) competition films focused on female characters -- a reaction, perhaps, to last year's glut of Tarantino-style shoot-'em-ups.

While John Schlesinger's "An Eye for an Eye" presents Hollywood's same old good vs. evil universe, Tim Robbins' "Dead Man Walking" triumphs by rejecting easy moral conclusions

Why two of Hollywood's most talented actresses are taking the low road to acclaim.

Slamdance provides an alternative to The Sundance Film Festival.

Behind today's feverish vampire obsession lurks a desire to create the cool family we never had.

Martin Scorsese's romance with pop music

Salon's TV picks for Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2000

Sam Hurwitt reviews Cowboy Junkies' "200 More Miles" amd Tarnation's "Gentle Creatures".

Look out Michael Crichton: Jane Austen is becoming filmdom's favorite novelist