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The 10 Best Films of 2011

Friday Food Porn: In The Night Kitchen

Photo courtesy Joshua Huston​ "It is strange to see a restaurant open at three in the morning. I don't care where you've lived, what you've seen, or the level of your insomnia, there is just something in the human psyche--some conditioned reflex, pure as circadian rhythms--which revolts sligh ... More >>

Vampire Weekend at The Night Kitchen

Its steak frites is just as improbable as the restaurant itself.

The Killer Inside Me: Jessica Alba Is Beaten to Death

Its steak frites is just as improbable as the restaurant itself.

DVDs of the Week

French suspense master Claude Chabrol makes like James M. Cain.

Pulp Nonfiction

A writer becomes prey in ArtsWest's literary noir.

This Week's Reads

Sabina Murray and Robert Ferrigno.

This Week's Reads

Danny Wallace, Bruce Murkoff, Elisabeth Robinson, and Mike Sager.

The Defiant One

After ushering in a double disc of Miracles with his last album, underground icon Steve Wynn explores his troubled soul on the forthcoming Static Transmission.

The Grifters

After ushering in a double disc of Miracles with his last album, underground icon Steve Wynn explores his troubled soul on the forthcoming Static Transmission.

Dark Prophet

Spinning tales of broken hearts and broken bones.

Fatalism and fatality

When the wrong choice is the only choice.

The Talented Mr. Ripley

You can't escape those humble origins.