Academy Awards

Whit Stillman Returns Triumphant with Damsels in Distress

The Flowers of War: Making a Spectacle Out of Tragedy

Footnote: Father and Son Grapple Over Their Talmudic Scholarship

Five Must-Attend Lectures in February

​Wiggle into those smarty pants, here are five lectures that'll stretch your brain in Feburary. bell hooks @ ASU West Author and activist bell hooks skewers the Oscar-nominated, racially controversial novel-to-blockbuster The Help in a lecture in the University Center's La Sala ballroom at ASU's ... More >>

Music of Lord of the Rings in Concert @ Jobing.com Arena

​Wiggle into those smarty pants, here are five lectures that'll stretch your brain in Feburary. bell hooks @ ASU West Author and activist bell hooks skewers the Oscar-nominated, racially controversial novel-to-blockbuster The Help in a lecture in the University Center's La Sala ballroom at ASU's ... More >>

Five Movies Outshined By Their Soundtracks

​It's impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what "vampire" means to an entire generation. Now, it's less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long a ... More >>

One Day: Life Happens According to a Plan

​It's impossible to not hate almost everything about Twilight. The books changed what "vampire" means to an entire generation. Now, it's less about being an undead monster than it is about misunderstood hunks with sparkly pale skin. Then, the movies went on to solidify the idea that as long a ... More >>

The Dude to Make an Album

​As everyone knows, The Dude was in the music business, briefly. As a roadie for Metallica during the Speed Of Sound tour. The band was, reportedly, a bunch of assholes.Now the Dude, using his professional alias Jeff Bridges, will record an album with Oscar and Grammy award winner T-Bone Burnett f ... More >>

Oscar Party Edition: Dinner and a Movie

Sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical, but always themed food for each film.​Staying in? We've got you covered -- both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie -- a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film. For many of us film and food nerds, Oscar ... More >>

Brooklyn's Finest: This Sleepy Follow-Up to Training Day Cops Out

Sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical, but always themed food for each film.​Staying in? We've got you covered -- both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie -- a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film. For many of us film and food nerds, Oscar ... More >>

Mariah Carey

Sometimes literal, sometimes metaphorical, but always themed food for each film.​Staying in? We've got you covered -- both on the culinary and entertainment fronts. Now presenting Dinner and a Movie -- a guide to a do it yourself evening of food and film. For many of us film and food nerds, Oscar ... More >>

A Golden Cocktail for the Golden Globes

Photo by Lizard Martini​The 67th Annual Golden Globes will air this evening on NBC. The fashion misfires, the bizarre acceptance speeches, and the stage exit stumbles - we relish the opportunity to watch the beautiful people at their best and worst.With Julie & Julia nominated for Best Pi ... More >>

Concert Review: The Swell Season at Mesa Arts Center

By Lindsey Holder I'm not sure how many bands I saw last night. ...maybe three-ish? The ticket said The Swell Season, but the show was more like The Swell Season, Glen Hansard, The Frames, and a combination of the three. I figured it would be fairly straightforward, with songs from The Swell Season ... More >>

Swell Band, Bad Relationship

The Swell Season's Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova Carry on a Tradition of Music-Making Exes

The Gospel of Mork

America’s most manic comic returns

Does Anyone Know How to Play Live Anymore?

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

With Gran Torino Clint Eastwood Has Solidified His Position as America's Director

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

Mongol paints a historically hazy but kickass picture of Genghis Kahn

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

Dropkick Murphys hit the Marquee on Monday

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

Egyptians and Israelis forge an unlikely, and unsappy, bond in The Band's Visit

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

New Times' top DVD picks scheduled for release this week

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

Some Call It Pronk: Coping with The Cardiacs

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

New Times' top DVD picks for the week of July 25.

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

This Dogg's Got Bite

An interesting thing is happening. It seems these days everyone is lip-synching. It used to be the case that is was the random pop hack or teen puppet who was exposed in the act. But now it seems that some of the best and talented artists in entertainment are guilty. Take Yo-Yo Ma, rega ... More >>

Lyrics Born

Same guy, different name

What's Old Is Nude Again

Burlesque revealed at Jugheads

Feels Like 80 Days

"The whole sordid affair is craptacular-craptacular."

Fear Factors

Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Conspiracy and greed confront the wonder of childhood in I'm Not Scared

XO, Elliott

Elliott Smith, 1969-2003

Far From Happy

The year's best featured plenty of sad white guys

Movie Buffet

Mexican films give new meaning to "cinema fare"

Spy, But Why?

Charlotte Gray went to war, and all she came back with was this lousy movie

Feel His Pain

Billy Bob has a simple plan: to sing about life and lovin' his wife

Todo en la Familia

Tortilla Soup adds Latino flavor to a warmed-over family drama

Eliza Gilkyson

Hard Times in Babylon (Red House)

O Sister, Where Art Thou?

You'll hear America singing in folksy Songcatcher

Me and Ms. Jones

Partridge-under-glass with Shirley Jones

International House of Pancake

Despite French film awards, flat Venus Beauty Institute is pretty vapid

Harden's Crossing

She's finally been invited to the Oscar party, but what will she do after the ball?

The Tired Gun

Or: Why winning an Oscar sometimes means losing a career

Write and Wrong

Chris McQuarrie won an Oscar for Usual Suspects, to which Hollywood responded, 'Big deal'

The Rat Pack

Tune-packed Beehive delivers big bangs for the buck

War--What Is It Good For?

Hey, it's a great subject for a movie; just ask Private Ryan's filmmakers

Friday Night Lights

Hey, it's a great subject for a movie; just ask Private Ryan's filmmakers

Academy Fight Song

Mr. Smith goes to Hollywood and jumps to the majors

Three and a Half Hours Under the Sea

Das Boot guarantees to put you in a tight spot

No Cannes Do

Das Boot guarantees to put you in a tight spot

LIFESTYLES OF THE DEAD AND FAMOUSPHOENIX COMPANY MAKES A KILLING TRAFFICKING IN CELEBRITY WILLS AND OTHER DEATH DOCUMENTS

Das Boot guarantees to put you in a tight spot

QUESTIONS

Das Boot guarantees to put you in a tight spot