Plenty of kids taught by their parents end up with great educations and social skills. I wasn't one of them

Do you have to go to every Little League game to be a good dad? An excerpt from "The Bastard on the Couch."

The band was the perfect bridge between classic rock traditions and futurist pop approaches

Twenty-five years ago, it looked like Robert Altman's freewheeling cinematic tapestry would change movies forever. What happened?

Reviews of new releases from Tom Petty and the Latin Playboys, plus a tribute to Madonna and a Kill Rock Stars radio compilation.

How did the iconic comic become the king of unmakable jokes? "The job was open," he says. "Nobody was doing it"

A Thai filmmaker paints a rapturous, flowing picture of his parents' pre-love story.

Depending on the state, a movie night can often be a "lower risk" activity

On the singer's 60th birthday, a musician remembers the lessons his dad taught him about Bob Dylan, rebellion and following your heart.

Andrew O'Hehir on Woody Allen: the neurotic court jester of sophisticated urbanites everywhere has given his most

No, it's not the much-vaunted theory about represssed homosexuality, but embracing a more nuanced masculinity

Even the hilarious Kristen Wiig can't save this lackluster "Saturday Night Live" action-film parody

Salon talks to alt-country hero Steve Earle about "utterly batsh*t" politics, Stones vs. Beatles and his new album

"The Expendables" proves just how much our ideas of heroism -- from Rambo to Bourne -- have changed since the 1980s

Jia Zhangke made his reputation with this joyful, crushing account of China in the '80s, lived at street level