Viola Davis

"Won't Back Down": That'll Show Those Teachers' Unions

The 84th Academy Awards: a Timeline

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Early Summer Movie Guide: What to See, When to See It

​ People plan parties around this stuff, so we assume you probably watched too. But just in case you didn't, here's a timeline of the 84th Academy Awards ceremony. They make it this long just to mess with us all, in case you didn't know...

Knight and Day

Tom Cruise, please stop talking.

One-Scene Wonder

In Doubt, Viola Davis once again proves that there are no small parts.

Built to Spill

Middle-class malaise meets inner-city despair in The Architect

Moore, and Less

Julianne is radiant, but Todd Haynes' 1950s homage seems pointless

Song of Seven

With Seven Guitars, playwright August Wilson and director Lloyd Richards achieve a new level of artistic harmony

Carey Nation

As ACT returns to its home at the restored Geary, Artistic Director Carey Perloff stages a coup de theatre for her fourth season

Bloodless Revenge

ACT's star-driven Hecuba is balanced, admirable -- and oddly uninvolving