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  • Is apartheid acceptable -- for giant bugs?

    Peter Jackson protégé Neill Blomkamp talks about "District 9," the sci-fi breakthrough of the summer
  • 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
  • Born too soon

    Vicki Forman's twins weighed only a pound at birth. She thought they should be allowed to die. Doctors disagreed
  • Kevin Spacey needs a "Shrink"

    The two-time Oscar winner talks about his move away from Hollywood and his new role as a pothead Dr. Phil type
  • What's the baby sitter up to?

    She's the source of fear, frustration and sexual fantasy. A new social history looks at girls who care for our kids
  • Overheated by clean energy

    As the debate over the Waxman-Markey climate bill rages on, Harvard's top environmental economist sheds some light
  • Defusing bombs at 115 degrees

    Action queen Kathryn Bigelow and writer Mark Boal talk about "The Hurt Locker," their pulse-elevating Iraq drama
  • Daddy on board

    Today's fathers spend more time with their children than ever. One of them talks about why that's a good thing
  • Why we can't eat just one

    We do it for the buzz. Like drug addicts. How do we stop the constant craving?
  • Behind the food industry's iron curtain

    Michael Pollan and director Robert Kenner talk about "Food, Inc.," the movie agribusiness doesn't want you to see.
  • The dark side of the moon

    Sam Rockwell and Duncan Jones talk about their new space movie and the pleasures of 1970s science fiction films.
  • Climbing out of a midlife crisis

    How couch potato Mark Obmascik changed his life, and his body, summiting dozens of Colorado mountains in one summer
  • Steven Soderbergh and Sasha Grey deliver "The Girlfriend Experience"

    The indie film legend talks about his latest experiment: Casting a real-life porn star as a high-class call girl
  • The virginity fetish

    Why is our culture so obsessed with girls' chastity? Author Jessica Valenti talks about how purity balls and "barely legal" porn both feed the same idea: That a woman's worth is between her legs.
  • Inventing a family

    French director Olivier Assayas talks about the temporary intimacy of filmmaking and his new movie, "Summer Hours."
  • Behind Washington's closet door

    Closeted gay politicians like you-know-who and hm-hm aren't just personally screwed-up, says filmmaker Kirby Dick. They're hopelessly distorting democracy.
  • Stop worrying about your children!

    Kids today are just as safe as they were in the '70s, says "Free-Range Kids" author Lenore Skenazy, and what's really distressing is an alarmist culture that refuses to let them grow up.
  • Rorschach "Rachel"

    An Israeli film explores the ambiguous death of Rachel Corrie, peacenik angel to some and "terrorist-loving swine" to others.
  • Jim Jarmusch takes control

    The independent film icon talks about making a ravishing action movie with no action -- and why he'll never direct a Hollywood blockbuster.
  • Don't have a cow!

    Famous animal lover Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, the author of "The Face on Your Plate," talks about why you should consider giving up the burgers -- and the fromage.
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