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Critic's Notebook: He's Everywhere in Films, on Duty to Promote Them
The essence of Ralph Fiennes's acting is to play off the tension between his characters' restraint and his genuine movie star ability to hold the screen.
Golden Globe Nods for 'Brokeback' and Art-House Films
Golden Globe voters turned their backs on Hollywood's major studios, spreading best drama nominations among small, art-house films.
Earliest Known Maya Painting Found
Archaeologists have uncovered a mural that is providing an unparalleled view of the early development of Mayan mythology and art.
Movie Review | 'The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada': Dead Man Rising: An Odyssey in Texas
As a vision of the American West and the wide country around it, Tommy Lee Jones's western strikes both fresh and familiar chords, most of them pleasingly dissonant.
Controversy Still Clouds Prospects at 9/11 Site
The prospects for cultural activity at ground zero were met with mixed reactions at a panel discussion on the issue on Monday at the New School.
It's Star Wars on Satellite Radio
Watch out, Howard Stern: Bob Dylan has signed on to host his own show on XM Satellite Radio.
Critic's Notebook: When Fabric Is Where Culture Meets Style
Two exhibits show us that there is no part of the world where group and individual styles don't meet.
Art Review | 'Wearing Propaganda': When Clothes Help Make the War
An exhibit at the Bard Graduate Center explores how graphic design on cloth was used to rev up wartime sentiments.
Television Review | 'Nightline': Like Gaul, Divided in 3 Parts
The new "Nightline" omits sustained, intelligent inquiry in favor of a flimsy, fast-moving magazine format.
Books of The Times | 'The Edifice Complex': Leaders Who Build to Stroke Their Egos
Deyan Sudjic explores the ways in which buildings can be made to embody everything from national aspirations to narcissistic displays of ambition.
Admiration for a Comedian Who Knew No Limits
For many comics, Richard Pryor was considered both a fearless performer and a trailblazer onstage.
Movie Review | 'King Kong': 'You Beast,' She Said, and Meant It
Peter Jackson's remake is as much a tribute to the old, seat-of-the-pants spirit of early motion pictures as it is an exercise in technological bravura.
Music: The World's Most Popular Gay Postmodern Harpsichord Nerd
The hybrid sensibility of Canadian indie singer Owen Pallett is in full bloom with his new solo-violin-based project.
Architecture: Bilbao? Please, That Was So Eight Years Ago
For his final show at the Modern, Terence Riley will focus on the explosion of inventive architecture in Spain.
DVD: The Bear Who Was There at the Start of It All
Yogi Bear, Hanna-Barbera's first breakout star, set a trend of pop cultural reference in animated cartoons.
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