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Indecent, improper and dangerous
David Thomson
"Blue Velvet" was and is an outrage. And a
masterpiece.
The FBI’s dangerous drug-war obsession
Arianna Huffington
Before Sept. 11, the FBI was too focused on busting pot smokers to see the warning signs of a looming terrorist attack.
Marvel’s forgotten heroes
Mark Holcomb
Spidey's the celeb of the year. Blade and the X-Men are huge, with Daredevil, Iron Man and the Hulk waiting in the wings. When will Hollywood show some love for Marvel's venerable Fantastic Four?
A new teenage wasteland?
Andrew Leonard
Script kiddies, Web site defacers, chat-room gangsters: Today's digital troublemakers get a bad rap. But in "The Hacker Diaries" we learn that they're really all right.
Can Moby save pop?
Michelle Goldberg
Anointed by the desperate music media as pop's new king, Moby brings electronica to the masses with "18." (Now if only he would stop trying to sing.)
“It was just stupid”
Katharine Mieszkowski
TheStreet.com's co-founder, Jim Cramer, explains why he regrets his dot-com days.
“Radical Hollywood” by Paul Buhle and Dave Wagner
Michelle Goldberg
Two academics are so eager to find socialist themes in classic Hollywood films that they wind up lending credence to McCarthyism.
“Fight the Power”
Laura K. Warrell
Public Enemy's explosive 1989 hit single brought hip-hop to the mainstream -- and brought revolutionary anger back to pop.
Sue you, E.U.
Ferry Biedermann
As tensions between Israel and Europe rise, Israeli victims of a Palestinian attack are suing the European Union for giving money to the Palestinian Authority.
“Undercover Brother”
Stephanie Zacharek
At long last, Hollywood got the funk! Eddie Griffin is the black man's answer to Austin Powers in this delightful farce.
Tourism and temptation
Charles Taylor
A sexual history of the Grand Tour reveals the fleshly temptations proper young Englishmen and women found -- and succumbed to -- in all those exotic lands.
Hell no, we won’t go
Michelle Goldberg
A young Israeli draft resister isn't challenging just the Israeli occupation, but the very foundation of this warrior nation.
The greatest show on earth
Andrew O'Hehir
It's World Cup time again -- when more than a billion people will be enthralled not just by the joy of victory and agony of defeat, but also by the mystery and despair that is championship soccer.
Been there, smashed that
Douglas Cruickshank
From porcelain machine guns to plates commemorating hideous disasters, artist Charles Krafft's grimly satirical work sheds strange light on an age when terror is rattling our teacups. (With a portfolio of 14 photographs.)
In praise of “soccer”
David Thomson
It's time for America to discover the knees, thighs and invention of the men who play the most erotic game in the world.
“CQ”
Stephanie Zacharek
This debut film by Roman Coppola (son of Francis) is a frothy, sexy, '60s delight with a movie lover's heart.
“Kamasutra” redux
Michael Castleman
In the Hindu world the pursuit of sexual pleasure was revered as a sort of religious quest. Imagine a world where getting laid was just as important as going to church on Easter.
Totally awesome software?
Sam Williams
"Extreme programming" sounds like no more than a marketing-driven fad, but fans are convinced that its rules hold the key to better code.
The death of etiquette
Jonathon Keats
For proof positive that "gracious living" is now extinct, look no further than the new revision of Amy Vanderbilt's classic guide.
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