Everybody's Got One: The Home of Tim Grierson

Well, that might be an exaggeration. But the indieWIRE poll of 107 alt-weekly and alt-leaning critics is a good place to start. My only com...

I do. You should too. And with their new single, "Phantom Limb," there's more to love. Elsewhere in Consumables , I gush abou...

The Pursuit of Happyness is a pretty standard based-on-a-true-story "inspirational" tale. But Will Smith's seemingly indestru...

Sometimes you don't need a sportswriter to summarize your feelings about a game's outcome; sometimes the fans can express it just as...

My reviews of ... ... Casino Royale ... For Your Consideration ... The Departed ... Babel ... Happy Feet ... Candy ... Flags of Our Fathers ...

One of the best places for consistently good music commentary is The Onion , that beacon of cultural satire. I must admit that I had taken T...

David Thomson's Biographical Dictionary of Film is a reference book I check as frequently as I do my dictionary -- it's a constant ...

I'm sure it's a fight some twisted individuals would love to see. My reviews of Volver and Borat are part of my latest Consumables ...

Five songs. Fifty-six minutes. Say hello to Ys . Ugh.

It may seem like a sleazy documentary about the drug wars that overtook Miami in the 1970s and '80s, but Cocaine Cowboys is also a dark...

After 1999's Play , he seemed like he was on his way to becoming a superstar. Didn't quite happen, huh? Still, with the release of h...

The Stephen Frears movie is great, even if you don't care at all about the royal family . Also in Consumables, the Hold Steady and the P...

Robert Pollard writes too many songs and releases too many albums. But that's why his fans love him. Even though Guided by Voices has d...

It's been six long years since The Hour of Bewilderbeast . Badly Drawn Boy's latest record, Born in the U.K. , is as cozy and lush a...

The third installment in the horror franchise is more of the same, except less so .

Colin Meloy's indie-rock group has never done much for me. Then I heard their new record, The Crane Wife . This is the warmest, most mov...

Todd Field's second movie is pretty terrific, although it could have been ever better . Also in Consumables, reviews of Deliver Us from ...

Greil Marcus is brilliant at taking an album and turning its songs, lyrics, and themes into a narrative -- he reviews the work by presenting...

I mentioned before that I'll be teaching a class this weekend at the Writing Pad on the art of criticism, so I've been looking for ...

Good news: My review of Zerophilia is my first in The Village Voice . Bad news: I had to watch Zerophilia .