Palestine became a full member of the U.N. cultural and educational agency Monday, in a highly divisive move that the U.S. and other opponents say could harm renewed Mideast peace efforts.
Just in case you've been feeling deprived of ecological disasters, a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck southeastern Turkey yesterday, resulting in a death toll of at least 270 and leaving rescue crews frantically searching for survivors.
Right-wingers and protesters prove strange bedfellows as Republicans woo the Occupy Wall Street vote.
Meanwhile, the honorable Katy Perry is the latest celeb to visit Zuccotti Park.
Tomorrow at UC Berkeley, Roland Emmerich and his Film Anonymous writer and producer John Orloff, among others, will discuss the film's Shakespeare authorship controversy. To watch the webcast live, from 8:15 to 9:15, click here.
Alfred Hitchcock's first film, The White Shadow, which was lost for more than 80 years, has been screened in Los Angeles.
More reasons to hate heath insurance companies...and opponnents of "Obamacare."
Activists post identity of NYPD cop who pepper-sprayed Wall Street protesters at Union Square.
Matt Zoller Seitz explains how Terra Novalets us excape the consequences of befouling Earth.
It was the end of more than 600 years of history. On Sunday evening, amid the cheers of fans and the bloody death throes of fighting bulls, Barcelona hosted its last-ever bullfight.
Two Americans, Shane M. Bauer and Joshua F. Fattal, arrested while hiking along the Iran-Iraq frontier two years ago and sentenced to eight years for espionage were released Wednesday on $1 million bail by the Iranian authorities, news agencies reported.
B. Kite and Alexander Points-Zollo offer a few ways of seeing of Alfred Hitchcock's impossible object, Vertigo.
Please take a moment to sign the petition to help release the filmmakers arrested "for collaborating with BBC Persian."
To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The New York Times asked eight artists in disciplines ranging from dance to film to talk about how that day and its aftermath have informed their work and lives.
USA Today's Susan Wloszczyna on Roger Ebert finding his voice in Life Itself.
Reverse Shotwrestles with "the worst" films of all time.
According to Matt Zoller Seitz, there's more to the office than The Office.
Kristin Thompson explores a D.W. Griffith biograph film.
Nick Davis anticipates his fall 2011 movie-watching season.
David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Methodtops odds to win Golden Lion.
In Haiti, sexual violence, healthcare neglet plague women, girls.
Matt Zoller Seitz explains why we should give remakes a chance.
Maybe this explains why I still don't have web service on my new Sidekick 4G: The Obama administration on Wednesday filed to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of wireless rival T-Mobile USA because of anti-competitive concerns.
At yesterday's MTV Video Music Awards, there were lows, perhaps none lower than Katy Perry's look-at-me, possibly Super Mario Bros.-inspired couture, but there were more highs than expected, among them a sterling performance by Adele. Also, Eric was right: Beyoncé was definitely ovulating when she recorded 4.
Irene left a path of damage, but largely spared the city.
Related: Matt Zoller Seitz feels TV news is addicted to weather porn.
Also: Michele Bachman says Irene, and earthquake, were messages from God.
Laura Miller reviews Errol Morris's Believing Is Seeing.
There was a time when crap like this wouldn't even be nominated for a Moon Man:
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Sad news this morning from the San Francisco Film Society. Graham Leggat, who stepped down as SFFS executive director just last month, died yesterday after an 18-month battle with cancer.
Christopher Hitchens asks us not to lose sight of the crimes of Muammar el-Qaddafi.
Matt Zoller Seitz on the brilliance of the best show on television, Louie.
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Raúl Ruiz, the Chilean-born film director, who has died aged 70, after suffering a lung infection, held audiences with his glittering eye for more than 40 years.
A little late, I know, but click here for this year's full New York Film Festival main slate.
For Press Play, Liliane Anjo interviews Matt Zoller Seitz on the metaphysical cinema of Terrence Malick.
Below, Marlene Dietrich's screen tests from The Blue Angel:
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