Television: The Most Trusted Man in America? Jon Stewart says his job is just throwing spitballs. But in satirizing a world that defies satire, “The Daily Show” delivers both news and morality.
Movie Review | Bachna Ae Haseeno: Love in Transition “Bachna Ae Haseeno” grows more serious and interesting as it contemplates the various permutations of romance in a culture with rapidly changing sexual mores.
Movie Review | Mirrors: Evil Reflected A possessed nun, an alcoholic ex-cop and a mess of shattered glass drive “Mirrors,” a minor chiller and major downer from the talented Alexandre Aja.
Arts, Briefly: Jackson Browne Sues Over McCain Ad The singer-songwriter Jackson Browne has filed suit against Senator John McCain over what he says is the unauthorized use of his 1977 hit “Running on Empty” in a McCain campaign commercial shown in Ohio.
Art Review: Provocateur: The Peter Saul Manifesto The influence of Mr. Saul’s paintings, with their cartoony figures, lurid-lush colors, splatter-film expressionism and contrarian take on topical subjects, pervades recent art.
A Celebration of the Squeezebox Accordion lovers from as far away as China have come to Arlington, Va., for the American Accordionists’ Association’s festival and competition.
Arts, Briefly: Smithsonian Gets Archive From Christo The Smithsonian American Art Museum has acquired a collection of artwork and research materials from the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude that document “Running Fence.”
