7/ 7/08
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 5:30 PM
In the Magazine
Plus: Ed Burns! MGMT! Hellboy! And more!
Julie Hagerty Touches Down on Broadway, and Other Culture Highlights From This Week's ‘New York’Posted 7/ 7/08 at 5:00 PM
Right-Click
Astrology Partly to Blame for Bloc Party's Lyrics
Plus: New music from the Kooks and Max Vernon!
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 4:45 PM
Agenda
David Markson Slums It: ‘The Ballad of Dingus Magee’
This newly reissued 1966 Western is an outrageously ribald take on the genre.Posted 7/ 7/08 at 4:30 PM
The Early-Evening News
RZA Runs Out of Dialogue to Sample; Will Direct His Own Kung-Fu Movie
Plus:Sacha Baron Cohen's homophones will be hilarious to homophobes.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 4:00 PM
Apropos of Nothing
Lame: Ghostbusters Video Game to Be Moranis-Less
'He made so much money off of 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' that he retired.'
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 3:30 PM
Apropos of Nothing
A Weeping Frank Rich Declares: ‘Wall-E For President’
In which we take Frank Rich at his word and nominate the little robot from the future as the candidate for today.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 3:00 PM
Art Candy
Artist BLU Makes Animated Vandalism
The Italian artist brings the streets of Buenos Aires to the small screen.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 2:30 PM
Last Night's Gig
Rachid Taha Demands Blow, Possibly Beefs With Santana at Raucous Show
When he strolled onstage, belly-dancing erupted in the audience.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 1:45 PM
Tube Junkie
Video: Artist Joshua Allen Harris Turns Garbage Bags Into World's Greatest Balloon Animals
Harris creates giant inflatable animals that come alive when fastened to a sidewalk grate.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 1:15 PM
Agenda
‘The Retired Kid’: A Boy Exhausted by the Daily Grind
Phyllis, Harvey, Myrtle. If he knows people with names like these, he'll be doubly amused by the premise of this picture book.Posted 7/ 7/08 at 1:00 PM
Quote Machine
Those ‘Hellboy’ Coffee Cups Were a Total Rush Job, Says Mike Mignola
Plus: Julianne Moore Googles herself and the ever-eloquent Young Jeezy imparts some wisdom.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 12:30 PM
Trailer Mix
‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ Trailer: This Time, Gort Means Business
It looks more like a prequel to 'The Road' than Spielberg's cheery-by-comparison 'War of the Worlds' remake.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 11:45 AM
Apropos of Nothing
NBC to Buy the Weather Channel; Ben Silverman to Control Weather
Vulture intercepts a top-secret fake email from Ben Silverman to his new employees.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 11:00 AM
Obit
Unsung Science Fiction Master Thomas Disch Dies at 68
The author committed suicide in his Union Square West apartment.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 10:30 AM
Ranters and Ravers
French Critics, Even Snootier Than Expected, Pan Cronenberg Opera
We assumed critics would take to 'The Fly' like flies to ... you know. We were wrong.
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 9:45 AM
Beef
In Your Face, Willow: Will Smith Crushes 7-Year-Old Daughter at Box Office
Willow Smith: Is she over?
Posted 7/ 7/08 at 9:00 AM
The Industry
Spike Lee Is Feeling ‘Strange’
Plus: Robert De Niro is making two sequels to a movie no one cared about the first time.
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