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Film: This Article Is Not Yet Rated - Put down your cigarettes and consider those film ratings.
Genuine Actress Flirts With Stardom - Laura Linney, who stars on Broadway in Donald Margulies’s new play “Time Stands Still,” remains a sort of Everywoman’s Meryl Streep.
Music: A Gainsbourg Moves Beyond Her Legacy - On her new album, Charlotte Gainsbourg is less burdened by the influence of her father, Serge Gainsbourg.
He’s Got It Bad, or ‘Baad,’ for His Art - Melvin Van Peebles, ever the Hollywood outsider, is staging a musical-theater adaptation of his 1971 film “Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song.”
Structural Integrity and People, Too - Chilly perfection is traded for humanity in Iwan Baan’s architectural photographs.
Recording Staged Works for All the World to See - OntheBoards.tv is the first online, pay-per-view series dedicated to presenting progressive contemporary performances from around the world.
For Tapestry, One More Renaissance - A tapestry project brings artists and artisans together.
Movie Review | 'Misconceptions': Portrait of a Gay Childless Couple - In the breeding dramedy “Misconceptions,” a childless gay couple enters into a holy alliance with a fertile Christian wife.
Bridges, Bullock and ‘Inglourious Basterds’ Win Top SAG Awards - Jeff Bridges of “Crazy Heart” and Sandra Bullock of “The Blind Side” claimed top acting honors, and the cast of “Inglourious Basterds” won best ensemble performance.
Television: Guerrilla Comic Invades Los Angeles - Marc Wootton, a British comedian who fuses prank comedy with performance art, brings his cast of characters to Los Angeles in “La La Land,” a new series on Showtime.
Film: Going Really Indie, With His Own Cash - The filmmaker John Gray has financed his new movie “White Irish Drinkers” with his own $600,000.
Film: Gay Identity Refracted in Multiple Voices - The documentary “Word Is Out” became a wide-ranging oral history that doubled as an en masse coming out. The film is being revived in a restored print.
DVDs: In Rossellini’s War Movies, the Naturalism Survives - Roberto Rossellini was a director for whom technical perfection was less important than spontaneity.
Playlist: Several Shades of Jazz, Some Infused With Metal - Releases by Myra Melford’s Be Bread, Shining, Jerry Bergonzi, RJD2 and Matthew Shipp.
Arts: Nonfiction Filmmakers Still Tell Rich Stories - While the success of locally produced documentaries can be attributed to education, funding and community, it ultimately comes down to storytelling.
Jean Simmons Dies at 80; Actress Whose Talent Exceeded the Parts She Played - Ms. Simmons, a British actress known for her beauty as well as her acting, starred in “Hamlet,” “Guys and Dolls,” and “Spartacus.”
Earl Wild, Pianist, Dies at 94 - Mr. Wild was known for his high-energy performances of Romantic works, but his tastes ranged from Baroque works and Mozart concertos to contemporary scores.
Letter: Double Features: Two Shows? Try Four - To the Editor:.
Letter: ‘Fish Tank’: Hand-Held Warning - To the Editor:.
Letter: Pierre Boulez: Revisiting the Revolution - To the editor:.
Comment of the Week - As disturbing as the graphic is, it is exceptionally well conceived. The minarets, as pointed out, resemble missiles, and I would argue that the message conveyed isn’t that Sharia law is the next step, but that Switzerland will become a war zone. This is powerful propaganda and succeeds because of its fear-inspiring forms. Unfortunately tolerance, sweetness and reason tend to have far less dramatic images to promote them, and hence they lose in the battle for emotional resonance.
Photography's Early and Unsung Pioneers - Two auctions held at Drouot in Paris at the end of the 2009 season showed the sophistication of some of the most interesting photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Bollywood's Rhythms Felt Worldwide - "The Merchants of Bollywood," a musical about the Hindi film industry, is set for its first worldwide tour this year.
A Berlin Landmark Keeps on Keeping On - Resisting the hip reinvention that has swept much of the city, the 100-year-old Turbine Hall is still performing its original function.
Daring to Play With a Rich Palette - The Dutch industrial designer Hella Jongerius is challenging her colleagues to reach beyond drab browns, black and grays and experiment with colors much as an artist might.
On the London Stage: New Varnish for the Boards: British Theater Undergoing a Renewal - A funny thing has happened imperceptibly yet unmistakably to the British theater of late: an entire generation of stage actor has pretty well passed from view.
Opera's Unlikely Embrace of the Telecast - Anyone who has seen clips from the Met's old closed-circuit telecasts will realize that improved technology is the reason opera is a hot commodity in movie houses now but wasn't back then.
