Critics' Picks

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  • Critics' Picks: The troll's revenge

    Neil Gaiman, Kelly Link and other writers reimagine fairy tales from the villain's point of view
  • Critics' Picks: Witness protectiveness program

    On "In Plain Sight," Fred Weller is more than a nerdy sidekick. He's one of the show's great pleasures
  • Critics' Picks: Suicide boys

    "Boy Interrupted" tells the story of an emotionally unstable kid whose parents loved him -- but it wasn't enough
  • It's the priest-vampire-ghost love story of summer!

    Director Park Chan-wook talks about his delirious, dark-comic "Thirst" -- this year's other, better vampire romance
  • Critics' Picks: "True Blood's" queen of chaos

    Michelle Forbes was born to play this vampire drama's menacing Marianne
  • Critics' Picks: Roman Polanski's homicidal madness

    A young Catherine Deneuve stars in "Repulsion," a shocking early film from the notorious director, out on a new DVD
  • Critics' Picks: Walk down "Ambivalence Avenue"

    Bibio's eclectic new album sounds like an unholy threeway between Fleet Foxes, Beck and Funkadelic
  • Are you there, God? It's me, childhood

    From "Harriet the Spy" to "A Wrinkle in Time," girl-centric novels of the past come to life in "Shelf Discovery"
  • Critics' Picks: The original time-traveling cop

    The DVD of the British version of the TV series "Life on Mars" cuts a window into another world
  • Critics' Picks: The fun-house world of "Coraline"

    Calling all junior Goths! This mini-masterpiece about a modern Alice in Wonderland is out on DVD, with 3-D glasses
  • Critics' Picks: The genius of Phoenix

    Winsome, accessible pop songs from a band so cool they're willing to be ridiculous
  • Critics' Picks: Secrets of "Mad Men"

    Cast and crew guide us through the second season DVD commentary, from the evolution of Peggy to the real Don Draper
  • Critics' Picks: Folk me all night

    Bowerbirds make restless lullabies about the joy of holding hands among the squirrels and the poison ivy
  • Critics' Picks: The spawn of "Doctor Who"

    The riveting science fiction miniseries "Torchwood: Children of Earth" comes to American screens
  • The 10 best movies of 2008

    "Happy-Go-Lucky" and the ignored romantic comedy "Ghost Town" were among those that reminded us why films are still worth looking at.
  • Critics' Picks

    Thirteen books that changed America, music for an overcast day -- and a satirical look at racists in a President Obama world.
  • Critics' Picks

    Tina Fey rocks "30 Rock," Gretchen Mol lights up "Life on Mars," and the collected "Dykes to Watch Out For."
  • Critics' Picks

    What you need to see, read, do this week: Madonna's sex-positive film, a book of wacky head shots, and the "Mad Men" season finale.
  • Critics' Picks

    Become a Tarvuist, see Palin in the White House, sample "Acid Tongue," and watch your grammar.
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    What you need to see, read, do this week: Indie rock for Barack, a time capsule of late-'80s bohemia, a peek at other people's diaries.
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    What you need to see, read, do this week: Your favorite writers on their favorite states, audaciously hopeful music and a deliciously decadent box set.
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    What you need to see, read, do this week: Redneck comedy, a "Twilight" alternative and a movie trilogy that will blow you away.
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    What you need to see, read, do this week: A radical filmmaker's inspiring memoir; "90210's" slutty, drunken grandma; and great works from lost geniuses.
  • Critics' Picks

    What you need to see, read, do this week: A YouTube survey of Sarah Palin; the ordeal of a lost kayaker; lessons about love and marriage.
  • Critics' Picks

    What you need to see, read, do this week: A sexpert's look at Sarah Palin, the exhilarating return of "Entourage," and a bad-cake blog.
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