E.M. Forster

The 40-Year-Old Virgin

Shannon Borg for Poet Populist

SIFF Week Two: Picks and Pans

July 19-26, 2006

Zombies in Fremont, Wallace and Gromit in West Seattle.

Only Connect

From White Teeth to the ivory tower: an interview with On Beauty novelist Zadie Smith.

Asylum

Also: À Tout de Suite, This Divided State, The 40-Year-Old Virgin, My Date With Drew, 9 Songs, Red Eye, and Tropical Malady.

This Week's Reads

Franz Wisner, Ayun Halliday, Wesley Stace, Carole Cadwalladr, Lydia Millet, and The Best in Rock Fiction.

Enroll Now

Classes for teenagers, adults, and teachers alike—from Bloomsbury literature to bird physiology to belly dancing.

'Billy' in bondage

Britten's floating opera stays grounded in shallows.

Portraits of the artist

A tour of Trevor Fairbrother's sensational Sargents.

Up at the Villa

Smart woman, foolish choices?

Light a single candle

Politics and the personal are inextricable in David Hare's masterful play.