Back Stage: A Very Good Movie Weekend, Including 'Middle of Nowhere'

This week's Back Stage column is full of choice offerings, and I'm not just saying that because four of the six films I reviewed ar...

'Shut Up and Play the Hits' Comes to DVD

Shut Up and Play the Hits chronicles LCD Soundsystem's final concert, but more than that, it dives into the mindset of front man James ...

Your Buddy Ben Affleck

With Argo about ready to come out, I decided to write about the remarkable, unlikely comeback that Ben Affleck has orchestrated over the la...

Roxy Music - "Avalon"

Like many people, I've long lamented the fact that MTV doesn't play videos anymore. But why? Were videos in and of themselves incred...

Back Stage: Oh, That 'Paperboy'

This week's Screen Grab is live at Back Stage , but right now I'd like to take a moment to single out The Paperboy , a movie that go...

'Taken 2' Review

Liam Neeson! Liam Neeson! Liam Neeson! My review of Taken 2 is up at Deadspin .

'Wuthering Heights' and Andrea Arnold

Director Andrea Arnold has made three films, each of them distinctive and resonant. Her latest, an adaptation of Wuthering Heights , impress...