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Great Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami Lost a Home but Gained a Planet

Kim Porter Tries Manischewitz for the First Time, and Narrowly Avoids a Latke Fire

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2 Days in New York's Julie Delpy Rocks the Big Apple

Julie Delpy Rocks New York

Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now's Haters, and PoliticoMafioso's Anti-Pearce Top Ten

When recalled state Senate President Russell Pearce's Ban Amnesty Now announced a "buy-cott" of New Times' advertisers, I quipped that it was like being boycotted by the Ku Klux Klan. An exaggeration, to be sure, but not by as much as you might think.Take for example the comments of BAN supporters t ... More >>

Miniature Tigers Paint a Sensual Scene with Mia Pharaoh

Why Garry Marshall Is Hollywood's Middlebrow Hero

Iron & Wine at Crescent Ballroom, 12/2/11

Jason P. Woodbury​Iron & Wine Crescent Ballroom 12/2/11 How much saxophone is too much saxophone? You might want to ask the young lady who passed out during the extended dub-into-free jazz-psychedelic blues skronk of "Wolves (Song of the Shepherd's Dog)," the fifth song played by Iron & Wine ... More >>

The Year SxSW Film Broke

Pixar's Wall-E is a tale of robotic love that nods to sci-fi's pantheon of greats

Jason Segel keeps Forgetting Sarah Marshall from being forgettable

With Siblings Like These . . .

Margot sees family for what it is: prickly

Social Suicide

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

Saying Goodbye To Two Giants of Cinema

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007); Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007)

Bird Boycott

The truculent tweeter tackles Mayor Phil, PHX City Council hypocrisy, and goofball prez wanna-be Fred Thompson

Hurricane Billy's Back

Can William Friedkin resurrect his career?

Mail Order Joe

The cranky cockatoo criticizes Sheriff Joe's new jail mail policy, and agitates the agitators at last week's kooky counter-protest

Mild Wilde

A good actor or two wouldn't hurt

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Dog Park Decadence

The Phantom Surfers and Neil Hamburger run with the big dogs at Phoenix Greyhound Park.

Ropes a Dope

Meg Ryan may be looking to mature, but her new boxing movie goes down for the count

Heavy, Man

The heart wants what the brain has to fight for in 21 Grams

Farrelly Mediocre

The idiots what brung you Dumb and Dumber ain't funny no more

See Dick, and Tom, Run

In comedy--and comebacks--it's all about the timing

Scot Free

When the boyfriend passes away, Morvern Callar may play

'Til Death. That's It.

The In-Laws is bigger and broader than the original, but not better

Hallway Gangstas

When bad things happen to good kids, their Luck always holds

No Glass Slipper

J.Lo plays a Maid in Manhattan, but a predictable script sabotages this Cinderella story

After M*A*S*H

Larry Gelbart is one of TV's last great writers. So why can't he stay tuned?

Famous and Tired

Pop stars complain about their jobs like everyone else. Here's what's happened when some of their gripes have actually made it to tape.

Herald and Mod

My First Mister proclaims the transcendence of a pretty young freak

Chin Up

Bruce Campbell knows why bad movies happen to great actors

Gauche Busters

The Taste of Others is a foreign flavor worth savoring

Eccentricities

While they may not top the Billboard charts, this month's batch of jazz, blues and heritage releases is definitely worth hearing

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

One Is Enough

Multitalented Betty Buckley brings solo show to town

The Man Who Would Be Killed

Chen Kaige's Chinese epic balances the historical and the intimate

Bard Karma

Fetid Accompli

Very Bad Things don't come much worse than this

Carnivore Cruise

I Don't Want a Pickle; I Just Want Wagner's Ring-Sickle

Sucker Punch

Palmetto's faux noir barks up wrong tree

Cause and FX

Lucas Digital's movie chief answers the question, "Isn't that special?"

Mex Without Guilt

Pretty Bridesmaid

With My Best Friend's Wedding, Julia Roberts finally recaptures the bouquet

Here Comes the Son

Hope springs maternal in Albert Brooks' uneven Mother

Kin of Comedies

Drama's Boy

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