short order

The fluffy romantic comedy Short Order is recommended to fans of Amelie , old-school Hollywood musicals, the culinary arts and, most importa...

battlestar galactica: guess what's coming to dinner

Lots of surprises and lots of small little storytelling annoyances came together in Friday's episode of Battlestar Galactica . My recap ...

a thought from woody allen to end our week

From an interview in today's Hollywood Reporter ... Gregg Goldstein: Since death has been such a theme in your work, how do you feel ab...

roger ebert on david mamet

One of the filmmakers Roger Ebert assesses better than just about any other critic is David Mamet. Ebert's review of Mamet's underva...

when good bands rise from the ashes of other good bands

When a popular band breaks up, you expect its individual members to go off and do mediocre side projects and cruddy solo albums that never l...

brooks melchior speaks

Sports by Brooks is a Los Angeles-based sports site that features gossip, news, humor and, oh yes, many pictures of beautiful women. For L....

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

Three very good performances, including one from "it" girl America Ferrera, are almost enough to recommend How the Garcia Girls Sp...

destroyer's dan bejar speaks

Trouble in Dreams is the fine new album from Destroyer, a Vancouver band lead by Dan Bejar. (He also contributes songs to the New Pornograph...

grand theft auto iv: overrated?

I read a lot of film, music, and book reviews. But I don't read many video-game reviews, although a large reason for that is because I d...

robert christgau discusses the b-52's, aging

With the nationwide push to cut older music and film critics, it's important to remember that people who were born before, say, 1965, mi...

battlestar galactica: faith

If Battlestar Galactica wasn't set in outer space, an episode like "Faith" would earn it a ton of Emmy nominations -- it was a...

here's all you need to know about speed racer

"This toxic admixture of computer-generated frenzy and live-action torpor succeeds in being, almost simultaneously, genuinely painful -...

radiohead: from the basement

Well, this is a pleasant surprise: To promote In Rainbows , Radiohead went into a London studio to perform a series of songs that were later...

the whigs and what made milwaukee famous

Two great indie-rock bands performing on the same bill: So why does that make me so darn nervous? My piece is up at the Phoenix New Times .

lyrics born

Everywhere at Once is the new album from Bay Area hip-hop artist Lyrics Born. He takes on Homeland Security and relationships, but not at t...

obama wins north carolina

I'm on deadline right now, so I can't focus on tonight's primary results as much as I'd like, but this made me happy. (Here...

bloodline

Picking up where The Da Vinci Code left off, Bloodline is a documentary that investigates the theory that Jesus had a child with secret wife...

battestar galactica: the road less traveled

In this week's Vulture recap, I sing the praises of Tahmoh Penikett, who plays the quietly heroic Helo. He was all over Friday's ep...

tom waits goes on tour

Can I forgive him for skipping over Los Angeles because of this video "press conference"? Almost.

my take on iron man

Good but not great. I review the Robert Downey Jr. blockbuster and also take on Flight of the Red Balloon , Coldplay's new single, Stand...

kenneth turan on iron man

I'll have my thoughts on Iron Man up in a couple days, but in the meantime, the Los Angeles Times ' Kenneth Turan's review will...

jonathan rosenbaum on eyes wide shut

Recently retired Chicago Reader film critic Jonathan Rosenbaum has his own site up now , and it's a great archive of his reviews and art...

underoath speaks

Christian metal band Underoath are currently recording their follow-up to 2006's Define the Great Line in Atlanta. I spoke to them for ...

made of honor

Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan are nothing but charming in Made of Honor -- so how does the movie go so wrong?