Billy Crudup

More 'Watchmen' details released

What the Future Holds

The Broadway staging of Arcadia hints at what's in store for ACT audiences

Dr. Manhattan, Meet Dr. Hollywood

Whew! Tinseltown's go-to graphic novel guy didn't ruin Watchmen. But he doesn't get it, either.

The Break-Ups

Stale romantic comedy has neither romance nor comedy

Reps Etc.

Stale romantic comedy has neither romance nor comedy

Gender Pretender

Billy Crudup goes girly in the witty Shakespearean world of Stage Beauty

After the Fall

Temptation flourishes in the garden of Young Adam

Poet of the Fallen World

How an S.F. theater troupe helped turn a reclusive novelist into a full-fledged playwright

Spy, But Why?

Charlotte Gray went to war, and all she came back with was this lousy movie

Listen to the Movie

Almost Famous rings in your ears -- and heart -- long after it's over

Capsule reviews

At All Costs; Close-Up; Eeny Meeny; The Jazzman From the Gulag; Mask of Desire; Handsome Arno; Nowhere to Hide; Our Song; Return of the Idiot; Seduced and Abandoned; This Years Love; Trixie; Voyages; Wisconsin Death Trip

Desperately Seeking Anima

At All Costs; Close-Up; Eeny Meeny; The Jazzman From the Gulag; Mask of Desire; Handsome Arno; Nowhere to Hide; Our Song; Return of the Idiot; Seduced and Abandoned; This Years Love; Trixie; Voyages; Wisconsin Death Trip

Old, Old, Old Ramon

Temporarily in Los Angeles working on a movie, Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek still doesn't know when his next record's coming out

The Mild Bunch

Temporarily in Los Angeles working on a movie, Red House Painters' Mark Kozelek still doesn't know when his next record's coming out

Eight Isn't Enough

Michael Sragow finds eight good films, and countless condescending duds, in a year at the movies

From Chinatown to Niketown

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

Send in the Costellos

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

The life and crimes of John Dillinger in the fast and furious Public Enemies

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine

“A Picasso” deals with fascism, criticism, and art

Robert Towne, the best screenwriter in the business and the man who invented Jake Gittes, is back with a bio of Olympic runner Steve Prefontaine