From Sydney to Seattle, here are 11 music festivals worth traveling to this summer
All Is Lost: Robert Redford Is Our Man
J.C. Chandor’s new film stocks its 105 minutes with enough seafaring challenges and adventure to keep mainstream audiences fascinated
Why Reality TV Is the New Family TV
The genre that was supposed to be the death of civilized society has become—at least some of it—the best primetime programming for parents to watch with kids.
The Hangover Part III: The Third Time’s the Harm
Did we really need two more ‘Hangover’ movies? What happened in Vegas, should’ve stayed in Vegas
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Today’s Movie Trailers: We’re the Millers and Don Jon Show Some Skin
New trailers for the forthcoming road-trip comedy and the rom-com that made a splash at Sundance
The National Breathes Confidence on Trouble Will Find Me
The band’s latest is approachable but does not compromise
From Chinese Dissident Artist Ai Weiwei: A Profanity-Laced Heavy-Metal Music Video
The artist says the video was inspired by his 81-day detention in a Chinese jail
'Only God Forgives': A Red Light for Ryan Gosling
A curiously passive Gosling recedes into the background in this ultra-violent and comically black Thai affair
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Arrested Development’s Mitch Hurwitz Talks About Getting the Bluths Back Together
As Arrested Development comes back from the dead, its creator talks about the “Rubik’s Cube” that is the new season, working with Netflix, and choosing to bleep out the swear words.
Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories is Sleek, Bold
On the band’s latest album, the robots have found their souls
As I Lay Dying: James Franco Does William Faulkner
An “unfilmable” novel becomes an art movie of modest accomplishments and frustrations
Dancing with the Stars Watch: And the Winners Are…
Pitbull and Psy performed. And somebody took home a Mirrorball Trophy.
Robocall: A Conversation with Daft Punk
Speaking from their secret LA lair, the electronic-music duo talk about their new album, the artists that influenced them, and their relationship with technology
Band to Watch: Alpine
Their music — sugary, dreamy and effervescent — belongs on any summer playlist
Soderbergh's 'Behind the Candelabra': Michael Douglas IS Liberace
Matt Damon co-stars as the primping pianist’s lover in a funny, poignant, surprisingly warm biopic soon to air on HBO
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Ron Howard Talks the Arrested Development Reunion
Executive producer, narrator—and, in the new episodes, guest star—Ron Howard talks about bringing the show back from the dead
Fiction’s Greatest: We Pick the 13 Most Memorable People Who Never Lived
A superhero, an iconic toy, and an outlaw hero — they’re among the 13 fictional characters we rank among the all-time greats
