An insightful look at the life of DFW, a discussion of over-and-under-rated directors, and a movie download battle continues.

A post-mortem on the three biggest ways this year’s election went from political pageant to pop culture moment.

Animation Show founder debuts his latest, ‘I Am So Proud of You’; ‘Heroes’ creator assures us it’s back with a vengeance; Ebert and Damon come up with the best VP zingers.

The Stand Ins debuts via cover songs, Obama pulls more viewers than the Oscars, and horses doping with chili peppers in Beijing.

Behind the scenes of Henry Selick’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman, another of many articles on why ‘The Daily Show’ beats real news, and a trailer with some familiar touches.

A top five from the Pineapple Express star, Mr. Oswalt addresses his alma mater, and Baby’s First Internet.

The Watchmen trailer (plus its great music), the limits of the superhero film genre, and our first look at a Max Payne movie.

True Blood comes to a boil while Generation Kill makes its debut.

The new Quantum of Solace trailer, plus Junot Diaz on GTA IV as art, and the NY Times on MGS 4 being as much movie as game.

An anime take on Batman in ‘Gotham Knight’, a trailer for the Coens’ ‘Burn After Reading’, and a fundamentalist editing snafu.