No expense has been spared in this lavish, streamlined adaptation, but is there such a thing as too much good taste?

In a new recording of Evelyn Waugh's wickedly funny satire "Scoop," the press descends on an African backwater

Michael Korda, editor of Jacqueline Susann and Tennessee Williams, picks his five favorite novels of the past 40 years.

This miniseries is a mashup of two thrillers too moody to be enthralling, but Rampling is riveting to watch

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William Georgiades reviews 'Will This Do?' by Auberon Waugh.

A controversy over what it means to be "a great mum"

This gorgeous, prestigious costume drama just isn't very much fun

The genetically engineered future depicted in "Gattaca" makes for a chilly, neurotic night at the movies.

Christopher Walken hot to cook and chug castor oil; Marilyn Chambers is back to her old tricks; Carrie Fisher on bonkin' Steve Martin. Plus: Mama Cass, Karen Carpenter and, uh, a brunch-related query.

Why do the John Ashcrofts burn with hatred for John Walker Lindh? He's their renegade son whose every thought and action stands as an unforgivable personal rebuke.

A new book about "Saturday Night Live" dishes the backstage dirt on sex, drugs and fistfights, but lacks the guts to ask if the show still matters.

A group of artistically minded actors have made audiobooks one of the publishing world's rare success stories

From "Midnight in Paris" to "The Artist" to "Mildred Pierce," in 2011 we wanted to be anywhere but 2011

Flann O'Brien was a curmudgeonly alcoholic failure, Ireland's best kept literary secret, and the perfect way to celebrate the luck o' the Irish.