Arts & Entertainment

Straddling the state line between Texas and Arkansas is a little city called Texarkana, home of the only U.S.
February 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

This past week, the line-ups for two important music festivals were announced. Hippie Bonnarooites cursed its indie line-up, while Coachella fans were equally disappointed by its list of bands.
February 9, 2006 at 12:00 am

In Why We Fight, Eugene Jarecki strings together footage from every war the United States has fought on camera with interviews from experts on the subject in order to prove a point.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

In Something New, first-time director Sanaa Hamri makes an admirable effort to increase discourse on the perpetually controversial topic of race.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Belle and Sebastian The Life Pursuit What happened to the old Stuart Murdoch? Where did he go?
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

This week's "That Guy" is none other than Michael C. Maronna. Michael C. who, you ask? You may not know his name but you'll never forget his pale skin, gangly figure, fiery mane or his cracking pubescent voice as narrator of the bizarre storylines of Nickelodeon's cult favorite, The Adventures of Pete and Pete. Since Pete and Pete's cancellation in 1996, Michael has been on the Hollywood backburner, getting suspended from high school for setting guitars on fire, studying film and re-emerging onto the Hollywood scene. In 2002, Maronna made his first appearance on the big screen since his 1990 debut in Home Alone as Jeff, one of Kevin's (Macaulay Culkin) older siblings.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Kriss Turner's breakthrough screenplay Something New proves to be a breath of fresh air in multiple ways.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

Some higher power decided to inflict the human race with the ineffable and inextinguishable desire for sex.
February 2, 2006 at 12:00 am

The long stretch between winter and spring breaks is arguably the worst time of the year. The holidays are over, it's cold and dreary and few people around here brave the outdoors without a Burberry scarf and pants tucked into their Ugg boots.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

You may know her as Will Smith's wife, or as the actress in such films as the Matrix Reloaded and Madagascar, but Jada Pinkett Smith is reinventing herself as the frontwoman of the new, aggressive rock band Wicked Wisdom.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead, Mary Poppins and Mrs. Doubtfire are just a few of the "nanny" movies that have thrilled us, made us laugh and made us cry.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

In Annapolis, James Franco plays Jake Huard, a shipyard worker who joins the U.S. Naval Academy.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

Two years ago, P.O.S. was pulling water-shutoff notices from his door. One year later, he was touring the U.S.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

Street: Could you tell us a little about how the Video Library started? Attiba Royster: I'm not sure exactly -- I only started this job about four years ago -- the store has been around before me.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

Director John Whitesell literalizes tropes of gender and racial identity confusion in his Big Momma's House 2, which meditates upon the nuanced difficulties of existing in society as an obese African-American woman, while in reality being a skinny black man.
January 26, 2006 at 12:00 am

And you thought music was dead. It's been a pretty good year for music, with some disappointments along the way, but if anything, 2005 indicated that good bands just keep getting better.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

Match Point was a departure from The Island -- I thought you were going to go action on us.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

In 2001, with the release of the Strokes' first album, Is This It, critics predicted that they would be the leaders of a new era of rock and roll, and for a while, they were right.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

On Tour in Philly: February 10-11: Wu-Tang Clan at the Electric Factory February 16: Common at the House of Blues, Atlantic City March 4: Belle & Sebastian and the New Pornographers at the Electric Factory April 6: Coldplay at the Wachovia Center Albums to be Released: Belle & Sebastian -- The Life Pursuit, February 7 After having teamed up with producer Trevor Horn (Tatu) for 2003's Dear Catastrophe Waitress, the band returns to its usual producer, Tony Hoffer, for this much-anticipated album, which is said to have a '70s influence.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am

David Koechner is one of those actors who is perfectly content playing "policeman number two." Though he's not usually on the screen for more than a couple of minutes, he manages to garner up a small, but well-deserved laugh.
January 19, 2006 at 12:00 am