Wednesday, February 23 2011
In the Oft-Reviled Genre of Memoirs, Here are Some Memoirs to Love
A subgenre has emerged that should placate memoirphobes and please memoirfiles: the artist-teacher memoir.
Thursday, January 6 2011
The Year in TV: March 2010
Continuing our look at the year’s most notable television events, here’s what happened in March 2010.
Friday, October 23 2009
Steve Martin reunites with his old stand-up partner , the banjo , for serious music
Wednesday, March 25 2009
Part 3: The Sixth Sense to Fight Club (August - October 1999)
Films that have left a lasting impression on their creators (M. Night Shyamalan, Sam Mendes, David Fincher) make up the majority of Part Three of our Films of 1999 overview.
Friday, February 6 2009
The Pink Panther 2
Much of the “comedy” in The Pink Panther 2 is a rehashing of the jokes from the first film.
Monday, January 12 2009
Happy-Go-Plucking
Steve Martin, Sufjan Stevens, and Kermit the Frog all know it and you should, too: the banjo is hands-down the coolest instrument out there.
Friday, April 25 2008
Baby Mama
If he's not precisely magical in Baby Mama, Oscar (Romany Malco) does function as wise advisor for white women who should know better.
Friday, March 7 2008
Comedy at the Edge by Richard Zoglin
Zoglin frames stand-up comedians who achieved artistic maturity during the ‘70s as the “forgotten heroes” of the cultural revolution that rocked the country from Vietnam until the Reagan era.
Tuesday, January 29 2008
Born Standing Up: A Comic’s Life by Steve Martin
Offers a fascinating glimpse of an odd brain doing its work, as well as an enjoyable sweep through America's pop culture past.
