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Television: The Bizarre Brains of Nightmare TV
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 10:30pm GMT by By DAVE ITZKOFF
A show on the Cartoon Network revels in an aesthetic of awkwardness.
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Playlist: Inspiration in the Melody, at Home or on the Road
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 10:28pm GMT by By TAD KUBLER and CRAIG FINN
Members of the Hold Steady discuss releases by Tinariwen, the Night Marchers, Brother Ali and Oasis.
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Music: Shout-Outs to Mom and God? See Online
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 10:26pm GMT by By DAVID BROWNE
Liner notes and artist credits may be another casualty of the Internet age.
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Art: Watch the Children, That Subversive Is Back
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:54pm GMT by By RANDY KENNEDY
Tomi Ungerer, an artist equally at home with political art, children’s books and dark erotica, returns to American bookstores.
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Film: A Leading Role, With Room to Stretch
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:25pm GMT by By KAREN DURBIN
After a career of secondary parts in indie films, Melissa Leo gets a star turn in “Frozen River.”
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Film: Two Amateurs, Reinventing the Wheel
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 9:22pm GMT by By TERRENCE RAFFERTY
Steven Sebring’s film “Patti Smith: Dream of Life” bears almost no resemblance to any other documentary about the punk-rock heroes of Ms. Smith’s turbulent era.
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Classical Recordings: The Rites of Chaos and a Dip Into Verdiana Past
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 8:42pm GMT
Reviews of works performed by Ensemble 21, Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra and the Berlin Philharmonic.
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Film: Twin Hopes: Satisfying Movie, Low Cost
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 6:11pm GMT by By JOHN ANDERSON
The filmmaking duo the Polish brothers established Prohibition Pictures in the spring to address their concerns with production costs and artistic independence.
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Music: Minimalist Man Tries Organizing a Concert Series
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:25pm GMT by By STEVE SMITH
New territory is old hat for the founder of New Albion Records, so why not SummerScape?
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Barbara Ann Teer, 71, Dies; Promoted Black Arts
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 7:56am GMT by By BRUCE WEBER
Ms. Teer, who founded the National Black Theater, gave up a promising career in commercial entertainment to concentrate on developing African-American culture in Harlem.
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Eleanor Friede, 87, Is Dead; Edited 1970 Fable ‘Seagull’
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 7:54am GMT by By WILLIAM GRIMES
Ms. Friede was the book editor who sent “Jonathan Livingston Seagull” on its nonstop flight to publishing glory in 1970.
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Comic-Con Brings Out the Stars, and Plugs for Movies
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 6:42am GMT by By MICHAEL CIEPLY
Hugh Jackman, who was on hand to promote “X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” found exactly the right words for the crowd at the 39th annual Comic-Con convention.
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Art in Review
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 5:58am GMT by By HOLLAND COTTER; KEN JOHNSON; and KAREN ROSENBERG
David Wojnarowicz at P.P.O.W., Matthew Buckingham at Murray Guy and more.
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Letter: Classical Programs: Risky Isn’t Always Better
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:25am GMT
To the Editor:.
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Art Review: Artists Leap Into the Moment
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:25am GMT by By ROBERTA SMITH
“How Soon Is Now?” at the Bronx Museum of the Arts is almost nothing but symptoms reflecting almost nothing but failings.
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Letter: ‘Brideshead Revisited’: Not Really From Source
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:24am GMT
To the Editor:.
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Art Review: Will the Revolution Be Museumized? Will There Be a Revolution?
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:24am GMT by By KEN JOHNSON
“That Was Then ... This Is Now” is an ambitious if disappointing effort to extend the activist spirit of the Vietnam War protest days into the Iraq war era.
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Letter: Ballet Theater: Writing Off Sarah Lane
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:22am GMT
To the Editor:.
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Letter: Tracy Letts: Defining Bravery
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:17am GMT
To the Editor:.
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Theater Review | 'Some Americans Abroad': This Blessed Plot, Those Incurable Anglophiles
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:13am GMT by By CHARLES ISHERWOOD
Only frantically Anglophile theatergoers are likely to derive much joy from this limp two hours of high-toned cultural tourism.
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Books of The Times: Prowling in the Land of Unequal Opportunity
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:09am GMT by By RICHARD EDER
The best of the pieces in this book about unequal opportunity in America are something quite different from journalism. They are small absurdist gems.
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Antiques: Old Fabrics and New Designs
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:08am GMT by By WENDY MOONAN
Antiktex Ltd., a Manhattan company, is one of a handful of companies with large stocks of old fabrics.
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Inside Art: Angels Appear, and Museums Rejoice
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:06am GMT by By CAROL VOGEL
A recently discovered drawing of the Archangel Gabriel by the Netherlandish artist Lucas van Leyden has been acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Art Review | 'Pretty Ugly': Art Makes Such Weird Bedfellows
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:04am GMT by By HOLLAND COTTER
Everyone-into-the-pool gallery group shows like “Pretty Ugly” are a welcome distraction in a steamy New York midsummer.
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Art Review: Inspired by Vikings and Volcanoes
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:00am GMT by By KAREN ROSENBERG
Two exhibitions of Icelandic art are on view for another couple of weeks at Scandinavia House and the Luhring Augustine gallery.
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DVDs: If Jim Rockford Were an Expert in Antiques
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 4:00am GMT by By SUSAN STEWART
We can admire “Lovejoy,” slight but well made, as a fine example of another sort of craftsmanship of the past: the lighthearted detective show.
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Movie Review | 'Step Brothers': Once More to the Well of Goofball Comedy
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:57am GMT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
In “Step Brothers,” a middle-aged male arrested adolescent meets same.
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Movie Review | 'The Order of Myths': A Mardi Gras Story in Black and White
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:57am GMT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
“The Order of Myths” is a wise and soberly affecting documentary about the separate but unequal Mardi Gras festivities that take place each year in Mobile, Ala.
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Movie Review | 'Back to Normandy': Returning to the Scene of a Crime Movie
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:56am GMT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Back to Normandy” takes a look at how the making of a film affected the village where it was set.
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Movie Review | 'Baghead': Gabbing, Flirting, Drinking, Missing
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:55am GMT by By STEPHEN HOLDEN
With “Baghead,” the Duplass brothers have sophisticated radar trained on the undercurrents of contemporary relationships.
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Movie Review | 'Brideshead Revisited': Bright Young Things in Love and Pain
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:54am GMT by By A. O. SCOTT
“Brideshead Revisited,” directed by Julian Jarrold, is a strenuously picturesque adaptation of the novel by Evelyn Waugh.
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Movie Review | 'American Teen': Lives of Real Adolescents, in Very Deep Close-Up
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:54am GMT by By A. O. SCOTT
The documentary “American Teen” is the kind of movie the people in it might have made.
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Music Review: From a Veteran at the Keyboard, a Mozart Staple and a Finger-Busting Ravel
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:53am GMT by By ANTHONY TOMMASINI
Philippe Entremont gave a piano recital at Mannes College the New School for Music as part of the International Keyboard Institute and Festival.
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Theater Review | 'Dog Day Afternoon': Vintage Brooklyn Mayhem, Live on Stage
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:53am GMT by By WILBORN HAMPTON
The stage adaptation of “Dog Day Afternoon” is more a curiosity for fans of the movie than any elucidation on the Oscar-winning screenplay.
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Theater Review | 'Expatriate': Ah Paris, Beacon of Freedom, City of Jazz
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:53am GMT by By ANDY WEBSTER
This production is a reminder how invigorating an Off Broadway play can be with just two appealing performers, compelling music and an intelligent script.
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Arts, Briefly: Footnote
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:52am GMT by Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
Ralph Fiennes, Barry McGovern, Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Cynthia Nixon will perform hourlong readings of Samuel Beckett’s poetry and prose.
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Arts, Briefly: Two-Hour ‘Dance’ Helps Fox
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:52am GMT by By BENJAMIN TOFF; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
A two-hour episode of “So You Think You Can Dance” averaged 8.4 million viewers on Wednesday from 8 to 10 p.m., helping make Fox No. 1 in the ratings for the night.
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Arts, Briefly: Glass to Play at Dance Festival
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:52am GMT by By DANIEL J. WAKIN; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
The opening night on Sunday at the Vail International Dance Festival in Colorado will be all Philip Glass.
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Arts, Briefly: Applying More ‘Hairspray’
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:51am GMT by By JULIE BOSMAN; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
John Waters has begun writing a treatment for a sequel to the movie musical “Hairspray.”
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Arts, Briefly: Batman Actor Seeks Space
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:51am GMT by Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
In his first statement since accusations were made that he assaulted his mother and sister, Christian Bale, above, asked for privacy on Thursday, The Associated Press reported.
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Arts, Briefly: Savage Has Syndicator’s Support
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:51am GMT by By JACQUES STEINBERG; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
Talk Radio Network, which syndicates Michael Savage’s program to more than 350 affiliates, said that it had decided to reject critics’ calls to fire or suspend him.
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Arts, Briefly: Symphony Space’s Next Season
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:50am GMT by Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
Salman Rushdie and Tom Wolfe are slated to contribute to the 2008-9 season at Symphony Space on the Upper West Side, the organization announced.
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Arts, Briefly: Leno and Letterman Ratings Dip
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:50am GMT by By BILL CARTER; Compiled by JULIE BLOOM
The late-night hosts may be making jokes about the presidential election, but news coverage of it seems to be interesting viewers more right now.
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Movie Review | 'The X-Files: I Want to Believe': Who’s Afraid of the Darkly Paranormal?
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:48am GMT by By MANOHLA DARGIS
Baggy, draggy, oddly timed and strangely off the mark, “The X-Files: I Want to Believe” is the generally bad-news follow-up to the show’s first feature-film incarnation.
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Movie Review | 'Man on Wire': Walking on Air Between the Towers
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:47am GMT by By A. O. SCOTT
James Marsh’s “Man on Wire” is a thorough, understated and altogether enthralling documentary.
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Television Review: Back to the Office, Vices in Tow
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:42am GMT by By ALESSANDRA STANLEY
“Mad Men” distills the moment in the American century when the buoyant certainty that came with winning a war and running the world was beginning to crack.
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Movie Review | 'Canary': A Child’s Odyssey
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:37am GMT by By JEANNETTE CATSOULIS
“Canary” finds inspiration in the deadly sarin nerve gas attacks in the Tokyo subway in 1995.
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Movie Review | 'The Animation Show': Life in Motion
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:26am GMT by By NATHAN LEE
There is plenty of sleek, expensive-looking computer animation on display in the fourth edition of “The Animation Show.”
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Movie Review | 'Bustin’ Down the Door': Making a Splash
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 3:11am GMT by By NATHAN LEE
“Bustin’ Down the Door,” a documentary about the rise of professional surfing, hits all the standard notes of the awestruck historical sports saga.
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Movie Review | 'No Regret': Sexual Identity Collides With Economic Need
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:58am GMT by By NATHAN LEE
In overlighted hallways and shady side rooms, the director, Leesong Hee-il, presents a remarkably frank portrait of low-rent South Korean homosexuality.
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Movie Review | 'CSNY: Déjà Vu': The Politics of Song
Posted: July 25th, 2008, 2:32am GMT by By NEIL GENZLINGER
“CSNY: Déjà Vu” has some delicious moments, but you never quite shake the feeling that it’s documenting a tempest in a teapot.