- November 13, 2006 | Feature
- Lights, Camera, Dissatisfaction on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
New York Magazine's movie buzz and backlash report.
- November 13, 2006 | Feature
- Never-Ending Stories
How to fix shows like ‘Lost.’
- October 23, 2006 | Feature
- Everything Is Beautiful on the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
Theater buzz and backlash report.
- October 23, 2006 | Feature
- Smarty Pants
How Project Runway flatters New Yorkers’ sense of self.
- October 16, 2006 |
- Stephen Colbert Has America by the Ballots
The former Jon Stewart protégé created an entire comic persona out of right-wing doublespeak, trampling the boundary between parody and politics. Which makes him the perfect spokesman for a political season in which everything is imploding.
- October 2, 2006 | Feature
- Après le Déluge in the Undulating Curve of Shifting Expectations!
Autumn, with its flood of capital-C culture, is the season of thwarted expectations.
- October 2, 2006 | Feature
- Chris Parnell: An Appreciation
Chris Parnell, recently bounced from Saturday Night Live along with Horatio Sanz and Finesse Mitchell, isn’t known for funny catchphrases or wacky characters. Instead, he played the reporters, the scientists, the professors, the foils.
- October 2, 2006
- A Killer Role
On the gloriously bloody Dexter, Michael C. Hall plays the charming psycho next door.
- September 18, 2006 | Feature
- The Aaron Sorkin Show
Studio 60 isn’t about TV comedy—it’s about its own creator.
- September 11, 2006
- America the Beautiful
Thanks to America Ferrera, Ugly Betty is shaping up to be the new season’s most unlikely swan.