
Consummation of convenience
Getting errands done for you on a cold night can unexpectedly turn up the heat.

Battleborne
The debut of Claire Vaye Watkins offers a withering view of the contemporary American southwest.

Fettucine with 11 cockroaches
If you're hungry but your meal is, um, delayed, get ready for a special treat.

Flight 370
Schooled in resolution, Western culture is increasingly resentful of those who fail them.

Inside Llewyn Davis
The Coen Brothers take a soft and highly melancholy look into the New York folk scene.

California Latin
In Ojai, near Santa Barbara, a dinner with friends gives Italian wines a chance to shine.

Downloading iKids
Putting limit your kids' video time can sometimes seem like an exercise in futility.

Check, please
Picking up women in Rome, whether the Coliseum or Campo, is a cinch, after which...

Enough Said
Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini are two adults in love — maybe.

The Spinning Heart
Donal Ryan's fictional vision of housing bust Ireland is both smart and shattering.

Lights, camera, crisis
Thanks to cable TV and the online universe, public dissent is now the greatest show on earth.