If August’s pop cultural offerings seem a little lackluster, it might be because everyone’s taking one last chance to have a summer vacation. But what are you supposed to watch without new movies and television shows to entertain you?
Movies
Comedian Mike Birbiglia on His New Movie, Sleepwalk with Me
“I would sleepwalk and my wife would come in and I would be adjusting lamps.”
Today’s Movie Trailer: The Impossible Brings Tsunami Disaster to the Big Screen
Spoiler alert: you will need a hanky
Avengers Deleted Scene Turns Philosophical
A clip that didn’t make it into ‘The Avengers’ has Bruce Banner battling his inner green monster
Jennifer Grey Talks 25 Years of Dirty Dancing
“It’s just such an honor to be associated with something that gives people pleasure.”
Sixto Rodriguez, Secret Rock Star Behind Searching for Sugar Man
The musician, subject of a new documentary, was a manual laborer in Detroit — and, unbeknownst to him, a cultural touchstone in South Africa
Remembering Phyllis Diller: Stand-Up Comedy Pioneer
She burst through the sex barrier, and could reel off gag lines with the best of the boys
Tony Scott: Hollywood Top Gun, Yes. Unstoppable, Alas, No.
The director of some of the sleekest action vehicles kills himself by jumping off a bridge. In the wake of a violent death, we pay tribute to what he achieved in life.
Expendables 2 Wheezes to a Win, As People Still Dare to Go to the Movies
With the box office up 31% from last year, Sly Stallone and his antique musclemen take the weekend, while the kids go to ‘ParaNorman’ and their moms see ‘Sparkle’
ParaNorman Stop-Motion Action: The Process Revealed
See how filmmakers spent years bringing each scene to life—one tiny detail at a time
Compliance: Sundance Torture Porn
The year’s squirmiest movie proves you don’t need a social scientist’s lab to test the limits of the harm people will inflict on others. A fast-food joint will do fine.
Titanic 3-D First Hollywood Film Released in Burma in a Generation
I’ll never let go…of expanding markets
Sparkle: Whitney Houston’s Last Picture Show and Jordin Sparks’ First
Houston plays mother to a trio of Supremes-style girl singers, including American Idol winner Jordin Sparks, in this lively remake of a 1970s favorite