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  1. Brainy BroadwayHow Schiller became a sure thing.
  2. Mortgage-Backed InsecurityAt BAM, Sam Mendes’s production of The Cherry Orchard is a bold beginning to a daring series.
  3. ranters and ravers
    Vulture’s Critics’ Poll: The Complete BallotsComplete ballots from all 57 critics participating in our poll, whether they knew it or not.
  4. ranters and ravers
    Vulture’s Critics’ Poll: What’s the Worst Movie of 2008?Vulture checks with 57 of America’s top critics to find out.
  5. outrage
    Cop-out! Benjamin Button Delivers Old-Man Baby But Botches Old-Baby ManWhy the end of ‘Benjamin Button’ totally blew it.
  6. The Annotated Script: ‘The American Plan’Richard Greenberg on reworking his breakout play.
  7. vulture lists
    16 Pics of Mickey Rourke’s Face Through the Ages’The Wrestler’ is the first role to fully exploit the gruesomeness of Rourke’s real-life appearance.
  8. looking out for number one
    When Should You Take Your Bathroom Breaks During Che?An illustrated guide to making it through all four and a half hours of ‘Che’ without befouling yourself.
  9. whoa
    Vulture’s Complete Field Guide to the Facial Expressions of Keanu ReevesComplete with our patented Kean-u-meter™!
  10. Prayer for My EnemyIn setting the centerpiece of his play ‘Prayer For My Enemy,’ Craig Lucas has given himself a challenge.
  11. the many uses of tempura oil
    Read an Excerpt From New York’s Top Comic of the Year, Disappearance DiaryYou may read ‘Disappearance Diary’ as a cautionary tale, but at least you’ll learn how to make a meal out of a radish and tempura oil.
  12. The Top Ten Graphic NovelsRuns the gamut from poignant memoirs to vividly terrifying, including elegant, wordless works of art.
  13. The Top Ten Plays1. Fela! 2. South Pacific 3. Gypsy 4.The Seagull 5. Top Girls 6. Blasted 7. Hair 9. Les Liaisons Dangereuses 10. On the Town
  14. BlastedAs reporter Ian (Reed Birney) and his former mistress Cate (Marin Ireland) enter the posh Leeds hotel room that’s the setting for Soho Rep’s p […]
  15. I Hear America SingingRoad Show almost gets its motor running this time. Plus: Cedric the Entertainer plays Mamet cool.
  16. vulture lists
    28 Reasons the TwilightThe movie’s more exciting, more fun, and way less annoying than Stephenie Meyer’s gazillion-selling blockbuster.
  17. Documenting Lies: Ellen KurasEllen Kuras started filming Thavisouk Phrasavath and his family in 1984, when Thavi was 21, shortly after they fled Laos and landed in Flatbush. […]
  18. Guess Who’s Coming to Visit?Where to take your out-of-towners this holiday season, in one act.
  19. ranters and ravers
    The ‘Times’ Public Editor Plays Theater CriticSince when is a critic obligated to frame his review in such a way that it’s unobjectionable to anti-gay interest groups?
  20. election hangover
    The ‘Times’ Is Kind of Mean to Sarah PalinNow that we’re no longer afraid of her becoming president (anytime soon), is it maybe time to stop piling on Sarah Palin?
  21. scripts
    Exclusive: We’ve Seen Steve Carell’s ‘Beaver’ ScreenplayOur verdict? This is one of the more elegantly messed-up stories we’ve read in a long, long time.
  22. An Animated Best Picture RaceWe’re calling it: Slumdog Millionaire will get an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. But what of the other four slots? This year’s hope […]
  23. possible downfalls
    Can ‘The Daily Show’ Survive the Barack Obama Presidency?Do you want Jon Stewart taking potshots at your hero?
  24. ‘JCVD’: ‘Synecdoche’ for DummiesInterested in Charlie Kaufman’s Synecdoche, New York but worried you might not be smart enough? You’re in luck! The new meta-drama […]
  25. Dirty Rotten ScoundrelsRaúl Esparza steals the show in Speed-the-Plow. Plus: John Patrick Shanley’s musical.
  26. vulture lists
    10 of Vulture’s Favorite Daffy Old PeopleThey give us hope that our golden years might offer something a little livelier than sponging off our children and clucking over our empty 401(k).
  27. vulture lists
    6 Underdog Movies McCain Should Probably WatchSix DVDs we imagine are playing on repeat on the Straight Talk Express’ wide-screen TV — and what John McCain can learn from them.
  28. 13: The Musical“Okay, here’s the story,” 12-year-old Evan (Graham Phillips) announces at the beginning of 13. Exiled from Manhattan to Indiana, “the lamest pla […]
  29. the list
    Tina Fey, ‘W.,’ and the Ten Funniest Political Impressions of All Time
  30. vulture lists
    10 Best One Crazy Night Movies of All TimeYou know the type: Over the course of one incredible evening, our heroes will drive around, find adventure, listen to some tunes, and maybe — just maybe — fall in love.
  31. The SeagullThis Seagull, imported from London, has its share of stars, with Kristin Scott Thomas reprising her acclaimed Arkadina and Peter Sarsgaard as Tr […]
  32. Ready for the Glue FactoryNever mind Daniel Radcliffe: It turns out that Equus itself is a pretty lame old nag.
  33. Bro, Can You Spare, Like, Five Bills?The Great Depression 1.0 inspired tremendous works of art. There’s no reason to expect that the Great Depression 2.0 won’t do the same.
  34. vulture lists
    10 Lamest Liberal MoviesFrom Tim Robbins to Michael Moore to Steven Seagal, the movies that would make Karl Marx vote McCain.
  35. nudes
    ‘Ghost Town’: Hey, What Happened to Naked Guy Ghost?How did he die? Why was he naked when he died? Did they film a scene of Ricky Gervais delivering clothes to his naked widow?
  36. the unexpected
    Surprisingly Good ‘Ghost Town’ Continues the Tradition of the Monday SurpriseYou know the Monday Surprise! You don’t know why you saw it, but on Monday, you buttonhole your co-workers and tell them how good it was.
  37. vulture lists
    7 Coen Brothers Idiot Movies, RankedWhere does ‘Burn After Reading’ fall on the register of the Coens’ comedies of buffoonery?
  38. announcements
    Bye!A fond look back from the outgoing editor.
  39. countdown
    Could ‘Fela!’ Actually Make It on Broadway?Oh, if only we lived in a world where that was possible!
  40. countdown
    So, How’s It Going at ‘Tale of Two Cities’ Previews?’Every time we see it, it’s so different!’
  41. the take
    The Aaron Sorkin Facebook Movie: A Facebook HistoryWatch Aaron Sorkin go to work — as reflected in his Facebook status updates for Tuesday, September 2, 2008.
  42. the take
    Will We Hate the New ‘90210’ As Much As Jennie and Shannen Do?’When they told me that, I thought, Aaron Spelling is rolling over in his grave right now.’
  43. apropos of nothing
    What Does That Crucified-Frog Sculpture Look Like, Anyway?Does it really represent an artist ‘in a state of profound crisis,’ or does it look like Kermit?
  44. countdown
    Epic ‘Crank 2’ Required More Footage Than ‘Titanic’Thankfully, it seems like no expense has been spared to make ‘Crank 2’ even more awefulsome than its predecessor.
  45. the take
    ‘Piss Christ’ Photographer Andres Serrano Craps Out Some New ArtSerrano has a new show opening next month at the Yvon Lambert Gallery, and he’s moved his focus from No. 1 to, naturally, No. 2.
  46. the comics page
    The Lonely Toilet-Cleaner Dreams of a Better Life in Raymond Briggs’s Comic ‘Gentleman Jim’First released in 1980, ‘Gentleman Jim’ is one of the first graphic novels ever published in English.
  47. apropos of nothing
    Jay Baruchel: The Next Anna Faris?The ‘Observer’ stakes a claim for the Apatow supporting player.
  48. news reel
    CONFIRMED: Aaron Sorkin Creates Facebook Page, Writing Facebook MovieIs a man who doesn’t understand Facebook writing a movie about Facebook?
  49. pop trash
    ‘Mad Men’ Twitter Wars End PeacefullyAMC suspends, then reinstates, Don Draper’s and Peggy Olson’s Twitter accounts.
  50. countdown
    Haley Joel Osment, on Leave From NYU, to Hit BroadwayIt’s official: ‘American Buffalo’ has the weirdest cast ever.
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