Sam Shepard

Capsule Stage Reviews: The First Church of Texaco, The Language Archive, True West

River Phoenix's Dark Blood: Not the Epitaph He Deserves.

Bizarre Acting Roles by 20 Famous Musicians

It's a toss-up whether actors or musicians will go to greater lengths to make rent, but some musicians have even found themselves so hard up they've been forced to take an acting gig. Such is the case with the haystack-sized Sleepy LaBeef, who in 1968's The Exotic Ones appeared as the "Swamp Monster ... More >>

Essential Self-Defense

True West

Pendulum Theatre puts a woman director at the helm of Sam Shepard's play about sibling rivalry

For April 1: The Five Best "Fool" Movies, No Kidding

Whether somebody posted those drunken emails you mistakenly sent to the entire company on their MySpace or you merely wasted valuable internet time last night making sure your computer was protected against the "Conficker" virus (*cough*), you may very find yourself the victim of a prank this April ... More >>

Bob Dylan Gives Houston Some Love on Surprise New Album

www.bobdylan.comThat wily Bob Dylan has a new album in the can and all set for an April release, and even better, there's a song about Houston on it. The still-untitled album's sudden appearance came as a surprise even to those close to Dylan, Rolling Stone reports. "The disc has the live-in- ... More >>

Dylan's Singing `Bout Houston On His New Album

www.bobdylan.comThat wily Bob Dylan has a new album in the can and all set for an April release, and even better, there's a song about Houston on it.The still-untitled album's sudden appearance came as a surprise even to those close to Dylan, Rolling Stone reports. "The disc has the live-in- ... More >>

Lonesome Onry and Mean: Roasting the Latest Best In Texas

Like a Complete Unknown

I'm Not There and the changing face of Bob Dylan on film

The Holy Modal Rounders: Bound to Lose

The bad boys of folk music hit the big screen

Directors Series: Stanley Kubrick, American Gangster, Mr. Brooks, Days of Heaven

Shoot 'Em Up

Shoot 'Em Up proves that its star could have been a killer Bond

Knockoff

A German new waver resorts to tired old tricks

Bombs and Bikinis

Stealth aims low but hits its mark

Tears in Heaven

Need a love story to cry over? Leaf through The Notebook.

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Gritty Girls

Taking risks to tell the truth pays off big for thirteen

SEAL Appeal

Antoine Fuqua and Bruce Willis lend nobility to brutes

Hell and Back

Scott's Black Hawk Down pays grim, gritty homage to real-life warriors

Irrelevant Reverence

Dismissing artistic pretension

RV Xmas

In which our intrepid reporter goes searching for the heart of America on a trailer pad. And finds disappointment, isolation, kindness and a great way to cook himself a turkey.

That Was Then...

Confusing Simpatico explores the guilt that haunts three friends who pulled a scam in their youth

Night & Day

May 13-19, 1999

Night & Day

February 25 - March 3, 1999

Unconventional Conflict

War films get redefined by the complex Thin Red Line

Rotation

Good Shepard

Night & Day

June 25 - July 1, 1998

Geezer Love

Take heart, Boomers: You're never too old to be tortured by romance

Press Picks

Post-Pulp

Jackie Brown shows Tarantino looking for direction

Press Picks

Surrealpolitik

Stages' Tango dances around a serious subtext

Press Picks

Press Picks

Ready to Rise

Raisin' Cain may give Jesse Dayton his long anticipated push into prominence

Robert's Rules of Fashion

Slimmed down and back on top, Robert Altman's having a fine time

Dancing Fool

Swinging and swaying at the Forties Follies

Celebrity Photographer, Photographer Celebrity

Talking with Annie Leibovitz about the manufacture of cultural identity and the American dream

Pretty Woman, Bad Movie

Julia Roberts picked the wrong vehicle for her comeback