Arts & Life

Arts

Where In The Mall Is Carmen Sandiego?

10:53am June 03, 2016

In this game, we shrink criminal mastermind Carmen Sandiego's world to the mall and imagine incoming theft reports from ACME CrimeNet. Contestants to identify what store Carmen stole something from.

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Arts

The Rest Of The Tiger

10:53am June 03, 2016

We've rewritten Survivor's classic workout montage song, "Eye of the Tiger," to be about other tiger body parts.

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Arts

The Price Was Right

10:53am June 03, 2016

In this game, we describe a piece of historical merchandise. Contestants each guess how much the item cost to buy or build. Whoever comes closest to the historical price wins.

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Arts

Final Round: Not The Band You're Looking For

10:53am June 03, 2016

We've taken the names of famous bands and replaced them with rough antonyms. For example, if we said "Videofeet," you would answer, "Radiohead."

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Arts

'The Wailing' Draws From All Over But Struggles To Find Its Way

5:00pm June 02, 2016

by Mark Jenkins

The Wailing is a bloody thriller that recalls both elements of Korean cinema and older Hollywood examinations of exorcisms and the undead, but it doesn't quite reach a satisfying destination.

Kitty Genovese, who was murdered in 1964.

Arts

'The Witness' Looks Back At Those Accused Of Ignoring A Murder

5:00pm June 02, 2016

by Ella Taylor

The murder of Kitty Genovese became a symbol of all that was wrong with big-city neighbors, but in a new documentary, Genovese's brother considers the complexities of recollection and responsibility.

Akiva Schaffer, Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone of The Lonely Island team up in Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping.

Arts

'Popstar' Makes The Most Of Its Big, Chest-Thumping Joke

5:00pm June 02, 2016

by Scott Tobias

The comedy trio known as The Lonely Island blows its goofy musical parodies up to feature length in the story of a boy-band veteran with limitless ego who decides to go solo.

Books
Arts

This 'Hero Of France' Is A Truly Decent Man

4:02pm June 02, 2016

by Bethanne Patrick

The latest installment in Alan Furst's Night Soldiers series opens on a grey spring day in occupied Paris. It follows Mathieu, a small-time Resistance leader and fundamentally good man.

Books
Arts

Moving, Inventive 'Thing With Feathers' Is A Guide To Grief

1:00pm June 02, 2016

by Heller McAlpin

Max Porter's darkly funny, fiercely emotional new novel centers on a family — a husband and two sons — devastated by the loss of their wife and mother. And then the crow appears.

Books
Arts

'Possession' Charts The Tangled Paths Of Art And Antiquities

8:20pm June 01, 2016

by Genevieve Valentine

Art crime expert Erin Thompson digs into the dirt around antiquities in her new book — what motivates collectors, what justifications they give and the politics around their acquisitions.