Columns
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‘Spartacus’ Creator Defends the Show’s Sex Addiction — Both Straight and Gay
“If people want to stop watching the show because two guys kiss, well, I shrug my shoulders”
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Suzette Valle -
The Next Big Genre: ‘Cli-Fi’ — Climate Fiction, in Which ‘Mad Max’ Meets ‘The Road’
Forget missions to Mars and start thinking about mass migrations of ”climate refugees” north to Alaska.
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Dan Bloom -
Hope & Inspiration at Sundance, After the Pall Cast by the Death of Bingham Ray
I don’t remember anything else about the conversation, only that at some point Amy Taubin said, “There’s just so much death”
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Jeremy Walker -
Review: Miley, Adele, Adam Levine, and Dozens More Ring Dylan’s ‘Chimes of Freedom’
Evan Rachel Wood and Ke$ha are among the improbable interpreters who score in a 76-song Dylan tribute
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Review: Tim McGraw’s ‘Emotional Traffic’ Is Serious and Silly
The uneven album, once the center of legal battle between the singer and his label Curb Records, hints at greatness and settles for affability
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Review: Craig Finn’s ‘Clear Heart’ Holds Steady With Superior Songwriting
Craig Finn’s first album under his own name strips away the raucousness to reveal the haunted quality that’s always been there
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‘Committee Meetings’ Hold Key to Well-Developed Characters
Writers and directors breathe life into their creations, but to give them real depth, they must rely upon actors. And those voices in their heads
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Mark W. Travis -
The Night I Danced With the Shah of Iran
“My sons like to date Pan Am stewardesses,” he told me — to the music of the Bee Gees
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Carole Mallory -
‘Real Housewives’: Even the Airport Turns Out to be a Trip
The ladies of Atlanta get in shape, shop, talk trash and bid fond farewells before heading off to Africa
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The Art of Making Contacts in Hollywood
A few well-chosen and complimentary words to the empowered can be a wise thing for those hoping to crack the “great wall”
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Dear (Downton) Abbey: An Obsession With a Long Shot
You wouldn’t think the very British and high-brow drama would be America’s cup of tea. But it is, and here are five reasons we are loving it
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Watching ‘Red Tails’ With the Real Tuskegee Airmen
“We were a catalyst for the Civil Rights Movement”
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Carole Mallory -
The Past Wins Big at the Globes, as Another Tradition Dies
The looming bankruptcy of Kodak symbolizes the digital age’s dominance over film
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How the Pirates of the Internet Are Killing Hollywood’s Golden Goose
MPAA chief Chris Dodd is earning $1.5 million to arm-twist Congress, but the powerful tech industry has other plans
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Edward Jay Epstein -
Review: Springsteen Does Another Political Fakeout With ‘We Take Care of Our Own’
If you loved “Born in the USA” — for the right or wrong reasons — you’ll hear anguished echoes in Bruce’s new single, from his new album due March 6