E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Steven Spielberg's imaginary childhood friend brought to life, voiced by an aging actress with a two-pack-a-day cigarette habit.
Dec 23, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism Ranters and Corantos: Renaissance Journalism
A Folger Library exhibit examines Renaissance journalism and the birth of newspapers.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Richard Byrne
Back Talk: Tim Reiterman Back Talk: Tim Reiterman
A newsman who witnessed the carnage at Jonestown talks about the People's Temple, the power of images and the state of news.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Christine Smallwood
Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces Point and Place: William Eggleston’s Vibrant Spaces
Democratic Camera: William Eggleston's grand and gorgeous retrospective at the Whitney Museum.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky
Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism Living for the City: Robert Clifton Weaver’s Liberalism
A biography of Robert Clifton Weaver traces the life and times of an often misunderstood urban reformer.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Kim Phillips-Fein
On the Waterfront On the Waterfront
Elia Kazan and Budd Schulberg used this gritty tale of corruption on the New York waterfront to help put a positive spin on ratting out their colleagues.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Bernard Nossiter
Citizen Kane Citizen Kane
Frequently listed as the greatest film ever made, Orson Welles's masterpiece is also a thinly veiled biopic of William Randolph Hearst.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Bower
Nashville Nashville
The quintessential Robert Altman film featured a cast of hundreds and about an equal number of subplots, but who's complaining?
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Dog Day Afternoon Dog Day Afternoon
Sidney Lumet finds the soul of New York City in a bank robbery that goes comically--and tragically--awry.
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Robert Hatch
Wings of Desire Wings of Desire
Angels look for love in some very odd places and discover among other things, a lonely trapeze artist and the real-life Peter Falk (sans raincoat).
Dec 22, 2008 / Books & the Arts / Jonathan Baumbach