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Was "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour" the worst TV show ever? A new book makes a convincing (and charming) case
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
September 15, 2009
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Kate Beckinsale trades latex for polar gear in an Antarctic thriller encumbered by padding
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 11, 2009
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Muriel Barbery's follow-up to "Hedgehog" makes for a delicious meal: One part novel, one part foodie fantasia
By Tommy Wallach
September 11, 2009
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Forget the latest from J.J. Abrams. The six-part miniseries "The Lost Room" is a cult hit waiting to happen
By Laura Miller
September 9, 2009
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Between the off-color jokes and the show-choir version of "Gold Digger," this bubbly dramedy has razor-sharp teeth
By Heather Havrilesky
September 8, 2009
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"Extract," the director's smart, openhearted comedy about work frustration, is like a gift at the end of summer
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
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"All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 4, 2009
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"The Beatles: Rock Band" -- finally, a video game even old people can get excited about
By Alex Koppelman
September 2, 2009
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The celebrated author's "A Gate at the Stairs" is aggressively clever, meticulously crafted -- and exhausting
By Stephanie Zacharek
September 1, 2009
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Josh Neufeld's haunting account of one of the worst disasters in U.S. history gives new meaning to graphic tragedy
By Mary Elizabeth Williams
August 31, 2009
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Can Ang Lee's gentle "Taking Woodstock" possibly capture the madness and mud of the legendary music festival?
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 28, 2009
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How George Lucas and Francis Coppola helped the Japanese master create the greatest spectacle of his late career
August 27, 2009
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Behind the gloss of Vogue, a revealing look at work, creativity and two strong women
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 27, 2009
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Blog turned book, "The Sartorialist" finds beauty in passersby and strikes a blow against boring "celebrity style"
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 25, 2009
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Renee Zellweger's career is not dead yet! This classy period piece features her most nuanced performance in years
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 21, 2009
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Quentin Tarantino's "Jews vs. Nazis" epic is unwieldy, nutso and often boring. That doesn't mean it isn't any good
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 21, 2009
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Modest Mouse's new album captures their bitter wisdom and ragtag sound
By Heather Havrilesky
August 17, 2009
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Hayao Miyazaki's latest fable is beautiful and whimsical. Unfortunately, it's also a little cold
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 15, 2009
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Robert Stone's documentary feels like a Pynchon-style alternate history of the U.S. -- except it really happened
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 14, 2009
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This adaptation of the 2003 bestseller is meant to be supremely romantic. But why does this love go so bad?
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 14, 2009
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A lively new documentary brings together Jack White, Jimmy Page and the Edge -- and lets the legends be people, too
By Stephanie Zacharek
August 13, 2009
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"The Magicians" is a ravishing adult novel that shines a new light on the fantasy tales we read as kids
By Laura Miller
August 12, 2009
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How cartoonish are Bravo's reality TV shows? A series of animated parodies lets us laugh with (and at) them
By Thomas Rogers
August 11, 2009
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Romantic poets and scientists tapped the marvels of nature and sounded a clarion alarm that can transform us today
By Kevin Berger
August 10, 2009
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An eye-opening collection of essays revisits the legendary campaign-trail moment
By Andrew O'Hehir
August 10, 2009
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