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Critical Questions: White Fence

Tim Presley talks collaboration and influences.

Memory Motel: Lee Hazlewood’s Longing Letters From L.A.

Excavating the archives of an American original.

Beatles first American show hits theaters this month

Debuting May 6 at NYC's Ziegfeld Theater

The Godfather

The most influential gangster movie ever made.

Family Perfume Vol. 1

Lo-fi gets wise and stays weird.

Jason Reitman to stage The Apartment live in New York

A Wilder night of theater.

New Mad Men cast member revealed

The office gets some new blood.

Clip of the Day: Mad Men mashup

The Mad women sing for a change.

Mad Men’s new season premieres at the Paley Center

Zou Bisou Bisou.

F-111

War Effort.

Davy Jones dies at 66

The cute one from The Monkees.

Trailer of the Day: Mad Men, season 5

Action is back?

Andy's VU banana cover starts a fight

All tomorrow's lawsuits.

The Age of Movies: Selected Writings of Pauline Kael

A collection of tell-it-like-she-thinks film reviews.

R.I.P. Etta James

An esteemed R&B-pop crossover artist passes.

Norwegian Wood

A lush, expressive story of doomed young lovers.

Out of the Vinyl Deeps

First anthology showcasing a pioneering rock critic.

Goodfellas: the TV show

Get your shinebox, it’s a Goodfellas prequel.

1961 Nobel Jury snubbed Tolkien

Lord of the Rings deemed second-rate.

Mr. Tambourine Man

Among the coolest debut albums of the '60s.

The Canterbury Scene

Lovable left-field corner of the art-rock kingdom.

Eames: The Architect and the Painter

An engaging look at two mid-century design luminaries.

Paris When It Sizzles

A rom-com for movie-lovers.

The Smile Sessions

What do pop nerds have to look forward to now?

Bradley's Barn

Stunning expansion of an almost-lost 1968 classic.

X-Men: First Class

Even McAvoy and Fassbender can't help First Class live up… >>

Miral

Reasonable in its politics, but a failure in its execution.

Tina Mason Is Something Wonderful!

Little-known soft-pop gem resurfaces.

C'est Chic! (French Girl Singers of the 1960s)

A near-perfect introduction to les filles française.

The Collage

Sunshine pop cult heroes get deluxe reissue.

Closer

Lyrical miniatures from the free-jazz era.

Is Growing Faith

Darker My Love singer's warped psych-pop side project.

From Memphis To Hollywood: Bootleg Volume 2

Fascinating time capsule of early rarities.

Tropicália ou Panis et Circencis

Protest music at its most lovely.

The Bootleg Series Vol. 9: The Witmark Demos 1962-1964

No clunkers, but no revelations.

Withnail and I

They've gone on holiday by mistake.

Tommy James Reissues

An unsung influence on ‘70s and ‘80s pop/rock.

Electric Ladyland

Wondering what all the fuss is about? Start here.

Crumb

A portrait of the artist as a middle-aged curmudgeon.

The Box Tops

Alex Chilton's teenage blue-eyed soul.

The Atlantic Ocean

A distinctive, quirky approach to those elegant-but-accessible sounds of the… >>

What Have You Done, My Brother?

A new take on the gospel-soul salvation of the Soul… >>

A Serious Man

Comedy doesn’t get much blacker--or bleaker--than this funny, right-on-target Coen… >>

The Apartment

The ultimate comedy-noir.

Coyle and Sharpe

Pulling absurd, elaborate pranks on unsuspecting passersby led to a… >>

Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life

A warmhearted, generous memoir of the comedian's childhood and early… >>

The Byrds

Iconic, yet somehow still underrated.

Dennis Hopper

Id-following American actor, director and artist.

Mad Men

Cultural influences abound in this artful, cinematic show, centered on… >>

Please Step Back

A late '60s rock star's rise and fall, told at… >>

Sly and the Family Stone

The first psychedelic soulsters to reach the kids as well… >>

Merriweather Post Pavilion

Focuses freewheeling experimentalism into relatively concise song structures

Scott Walker

Teen idol turned adventurous art-pop crooner.

Bob Dylan

Creator of the mutable rock persona.

Neil Young Archives Volume 1: 1963-1972