Wes Anderson

Bogan Via, Anthony Fama, and Emby Alexander Drop New Videos. Watch Them Here

Phoenix doesn't just boast talented music makers, we also got this cool seraglio of directors. And when you combine the two, you get the kind of music vid that's worthy of all your indie cred. Cash it in right here with three kickass, locally produced music videos. Bogan Via - "Kanye" A certain ... More >>

Hollywood: Enough With the Father-Son Dramas, Already!

Celebrate Yuri's Night 2013 with These Songs about Dying Alone in the Darkness of Space!

Say what you will about Nikita Khrushchev, but the man knew how to make the poignant-songs-about-cosmonauts train run on time. April 12 marks Yuri's Night 2013 -- a chance to party on an even larger and more scientific scale than Earth Day -- and the 52nd anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's famous manned ... More >>

What to Eat with An Oscar Nominated Film: A Dinner and a Movie Recap

If you're still hustling to get all of the Best Picture nominees watched before the Oscars on February 24, don't starve yourself doing it. We've been pairing up dinner and movies just so you'd be ready for Oscar season. While we didn't hit all of the nominees, we got most of them and have ideas for ... More >>

Roman Coppola Gives Charlie Sheen the 8 1/2 Treatment

Inside the Mind of Charlie Sheen

Sea Wolf Doesn't Fall Into Americana Revival Traps

The 2012 Village Voice Film Critics' Poll

Ten Favorite Food Scenes From Movie Classics

We love movies and we love food. And every once in a while, a scene comes along that sticks in our brains for, like, ever. These are the scenes that combine film and food in the best way -- to make you laugh or smile or maybe even get a little misty-eyed. From '90s action flicks to modern animated ... More >>

Looper Makes Time Travel Thilling Again

63: Audrey Lasalle

From now 'til we publish the 2012 edition of Best of Phoenix, New Times and Chow Bella present 100 Tastemakers -- Valley residents who make the cut in our culinary scene. Some you'll know; for others, it'll be a first introduction (but likely not the last). While you're here, check out our 100 Creat ... More >>

Moonrise Kingdom: Young Love, Wes Anderson-Style

Your Guide to Highly Anticipated Summer Films

Big Brain Awards 2012: Meet This Year's Finalists

Karina Longworth Looks Ahead to the Most Anticipated Films of 2012

Nine Films to Anticipate in 2012

Kinch Explains "VHS," Gears Up For Album Release Show

It's been almost a month since Kinch made its latest record, The Incandenza, available to stream online. On Thursday, October 13, they'll be celebrating the official album release with a performance at the Rhythm Room with Let Down Right and Yellow Minute. Andrew Junker took time from the highway t ... More >>

Fitting the Bill

Vegan Meal Time, My Drunk Kitchen and Others Take on Epic Meal Time

Vegan Meal Time: keeping people carnivores one video at a time​Ever since Epic Meal Time landed on the scene last year, Youtube cooking shows, blending hearty amounts of internet humor and ego with varying levels of culinary talent, have been on the rise. In the digital age, where everything and a ... More >>

Flash Gordon

Artist plays a composition based upon the frequencies of vegetables

You Asked For It: Thee Jaguar Sharks

​ Thee Jaguar Sharks Thee Jaguar Sharks (Wahalla Music) GRADE: B Surf rock can't help but be a bit ironic out of the context of the time and space that it was created. That is to say, in the 2000s and in the middle of the desert, the meaning just doesn't quite translate the way one might like. ... More >>

Fantastic Mr. Fox: Wes Anderson Brings His Wes Anderson-Ness to Animation – and It’s a Fantastic Fit

Thee Jaguar Sharks

Mates of State Find Balance with Their Indie-Rock Spirit

Old Wave

Young Valley bands emulate original surfers

Hamlet 2 is tragically not half as funny as it thinks it is

Justice League: The New Frontier is a cartoon strictly for Mom and Dad

Knocked Up

Teen pregnancy, hilarious and sweet

With Siblings Like These . . .

Margot sees family for what it is: prickly

Small Wonder

Mr. Magorium is far less fantastical than its title

Social Suicide

The afterlife is just a lousier version of real life. Oh, and Tom Waits is there

From Russia With Love

Spektor can melt our pot any time

Strangers on a Train

Road trip tale stings with deep whimsy

Legs to Spare

The Kids Are Not Alright

From Dakota Fanning's rape to John Cusack's daddy issues, Sundance 2007 was all about the kiddy porn

A Family Adrift

Moments of joy amid the bitterness of divorce

Various Artists

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou (Soundtrack)
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Sea of Loathe

Wes Anderson takes Bill Murray out to sea and strands him there

Must Sea

A band of local indie rockers quietly builds a name for itself

Swiff It, Bad. Whip It Good!

Devo dude shares his view in gallery show

Yes, You Can

Braff pulls triple duty on his new project

Hack, Man

What's a great actor doing in a dump like Mooseport?

Salon Perspectives

FirstMondays Art Salon provides frame of reference

Burr, Not Chilly

With the rich, says Igby, always a little pity

Cheaters Never Win

Even with Rushmore's Jason Schwartzman, Slackers swindles its audience

Pretty Vacant

New Times' panel of critics searches for musical gems in a disheartening 2001

Royal Screw-Ups

The Royal Tenenbaums is like its characters: flawed genius

The Final Cut

DVDs pull back the curtain on the movies, but do you really want to see the Wizard?

A Slightly Dirty Dozen

Although many standout films were released in 1998, no single movie really stood out

Crime Spree