Desperate neither to declare the wonderments of digital 3D nor to debunk them, Martin Scorsese’s Hugo does have some preaching to do, on the director’s pet subject of film preservation. Magnanimously, Scorsese […]
Anne Beattie’s latest book, Mrs. Nixon: A Novelist Imagines a Life, is a work of fiction. Yes, Mrs. Nixon, or Pat, or Buddy, or St. Patrick’s Babe in the Morn, or […]
"Mystery Movie Night" Tuesday and Wednesday 8pm, TNT Given TNT’s success with original and recycled crime procedurals (“The Closer,” “Bones,” “Rizzoli & Isles,” those never-ending “Law & Order” marathons), it […]
It will require a certain disposition to see it as such, but in a way, writer-director Lars von Trier’s gloriously glum, robustly romantic new film Melancholia is the perfect post-Thanksgiving […]
“Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade” Thursday 10am, NBC I still love the Thanksgiving Day Parade. It’s my official kickoff to the holiday season, and I still have vivid childhood memories of […]
“I remember you from my seminar at UVA. You grilled me pretty hard, as I recall, on the bureau’s civil rights record in the Hoover years. I gave you an […]
A harmony of seemingly unrelated elements pervades the prints, sculptures and oil paintings of UVA art professor Dean Dass. When obscure literary allusions or philosophical references appear among his rich […]
David Bazan has more fanatics than fans. As the songwriter and creative force behind Pedro the Lion, Bazan spent 11 years building a dedicated following that largely pursued him into […]
“America’s Next Top Model” Wednesday 9pm, CW We’re nearing the end of Tyra Banks’s “all-star” cycle, and this week’s recap episode is the only thing between us and the Final […]
“Vietnam in HD” Tuesday 9pm, History Channel As President Obama prepares to bring an end to one of the most controversial military engagements of our time, History Channel looks back […]