How to troubleshoot the guest list; arrange the floor plan; and accommodate everyone at the reception.

Erykah Badu has always been one of the weirder pop stars, but this time she really goes for it.

Star of Mitchell Lichtenstein’s Teeth.

What the hell was Woody Allen thinking?

Spain’s entry for the foreign-language Oscar is spooky, fast-paced, and shot in just the right creepy grays and grimy whites.

Hilary Swank finally lets loose in this adaptation of the Cecelia Ahern novel.

In Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, Judd Apatow’s new parody of the Big Music Biopic, Office favorite Jenna Fischer ditches the frump to play tarted-up love interest to John C. Reilly’s ludicrous rock star

Radiohead rediscovered their instincts, Rihanna’s great summer hit was all about rain, LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire made it cool to be a geek.

One hip-hop fest celebrates the genre’s up-and-comers; the other, its very beginnings.

Highlights from the 20th Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair.