Audio Slide Show: Two 'Bad'
Video: Werner Herzog
Vampires, Werewolves and Love
Images from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon.”
Movie Review | 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans'
A New Orleans Mystery: A Cop So Bad, He’s Good
By A. O. SCOTT
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Nicolas Cage plays the title character, and Eva Mendes is his girlfriend, in “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
Pain, addiction and craziness fuel “Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans.”
Seattle’s Theater Scene
This city is a cultural common ground for tourists and theater lovers alike.
Tim Burton at the Modern
Images from the Museum of Modern Art's expansive retrospective of his noncinematic art.
Icon Painting and Crete
A new exhibition at the Onassis Cultural Center is essentially a dual-purpose visual essay on the painter Domenikos Theotokopoulos, better known as El Greco.
A Weekend in Rajasthan, India
Forts, palaces and chai in the state’s three biggest cities: Jodhpur, Jaipur and Udaipur.
Testing the Chevrolet Volt
Chevrolet's flagship hybrid sedan is headed to the marketplace in nine months.
Photo Replay: Nov. 19
A view of the day in sports, from soccer in the mountains of South Africa to skating in Canada.
Building Around the Rock
Photos of the builder and real estate developer John Carson’s Catskills home as it was constructed.
Interactive Feature: Shopping With Palo Samko
It's not hard to find well-designed folding chairs -- especially useful for the holiday season -- if you know where to look.
A Pop-Art Cavern in Morocco
Emma Wilson and Graham Carter, British design partners, bought this 200-year-old four-story riad within the walls of the medina, the historic center of Essaouira.
Photo Replay: Nov. 18
A view of the day in sports, including a closely watched (and guarded) World Cup match in Sudan.
The Lineup
Photos from the New York Regional Yoga Championship, where yogis demonstrate seven postures.
Properties for $600,000
A house in Hollywood, a house with an adjacent cottage in Pahoa, Hawaii, and a a converted barn in Westport, Conn.
A Rustic Home in Ecuador
A three-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot house on a hilltop in Cuenca is on the market for $220,000.
Pieces From Robert Isabell’s Collection
The floral and event designer’s trove of mid-20th-century furniture and sculpture will be up for auction at Sotheby’s.
Coconut Pluckers in Short Supply
Kerala, India, is in the grips of an acute labor shortage that threatens to undermine one of its most important industries.
A Town Ponders Controversial Prisoners
A plan to move terrorism suspects from the detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to a state prison in Thomson, Ill., has sparked debate among residents.
New York Police Department Lures Recruits
The New York Police Department is now better educated and more qualified than in the past.
A Real Wake-Up Call at St. Peter's
To receive national television exposure for their men’s basketball programs, St. Peter’s and Monmouth agreed to play at 6 a.m. so they could participate in ESPN’s College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon.
Waterworld!
Sam Sifton's review of Oceana, a venerable name in Manhattan seafood that moved this summer from small quarters on East 54th Street to enormous ones on the ground floor of the McGraw-Hill Building in Manhattan.
Photo Replay: Nov. 17
A view of the day in sports, with big wrestlers, early tipoffs and friendlies around the globe.
Inside Umi Nom
The chef King Phojanakon from the Kuma Inn brings his artfully composed Asian comfort food to Brooklyn.
Photo Replay: Nov. 16
A view of the day in sports, from boats on the Mediterranean to soccer players on the beach in Dubai.
Cutting the Deck and Hoping for Clues
In South Carolina prisons, more than 10,000 packs of playing cards have been sold that depict the victims of unsolved crimes, in hopes that information will surface.
Pacquiao Claims Seventh Title
Manny Pacquiao defeated Miguel Cotto to win the World Boxing Organization welterweight title on Saturday.
Discord in Milbridge
A small town in Maine, which once won acclaim for its efforts to welcome and integrate immigrants, is smarting from accusations of racism.
Video: On the Street | Colors
Autumn’s last hurrah is to be seen all over the city, as pools of leaves fall to the ground. Stylish women are wearing many points of view -- so long as it’s black with a touch of white.
City Critic
Audio Slide Show: Employment Plan B
A trio of career counselors are summoned, offering varied approaches.
Microlending, From Bangladesh to the Boroughs
Immigrant women in New York are starting businesses with the help of small loans from a nonprofit agency that typically lends in poorer countries.
A Troubling Time for Turtles
Climate change may deal the fatal blow to an animal that has lived in the Pacific for 150 million years.
Science in Pictures: Gorilla Blood Pressure and the Color of Love
Scientific images and news from Oct. 30 to Nov. 12.
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Director’s Suite
At home with the director Brett Morgen in his house on the beach in Rockaway, Queens.
Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries Meet in Brooklyn
The annual International Conference of Emissaries brings Lubavitchers together.
Local Stop
Atlantic Avenue Entrepreneurs
In Brooklyn, a new class of creative business owners is reviving Atlantic Avenue’s commitment to old things.
The Sights and Sounds of the Silk Road
“Traveling the Silk Road: Ancient Pathway to the Modern World” at the American Museum of Natural History succeeds with compelling vividness.
The Week in Culture Pictures, Nov. 13
A slide show of photographs of cultural events from this week.
From the South Lawn, a Sweet Smell of Honey
For the first time in history, honey has been made on White House grounds. It’s a bumper crop.
Water Polluters Near You: Coal-Fired Power Plants
As coal-burning power plants have reduced their air emissions, many have created another problem: water pollution.
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7 Months, 10 Days in Captivity
Part Two
Inside the Islamic Emirate
Part Four
A Drone Strike and Dwindling Hope
Part Five
A Rope and a Prayer
The Family Tree of Michelle Obama, the First Lady
New revelations have emerged recently from the research of Megan Smolenyak, a genealogist, and from reporting by Jodi Kantor and Rachel L. Swarns of The New York Times.
Lens Blog
On Assignment: Under the Radar in Kandahar
By MIKI MEEK
Tyler Hicks of The Times has learned to be careful of where he points his camera in this southern Afghanistan city, and to rely heavily on his translator and driver.
Trendspotting
In this series, Ruth La Ferla trains a spotlight on trends as they emerge and develop on the international runways. Its aim is to identify and detail the currents most likely to spark change in the ever-evolving world of style.
How Different Groups Spend Their Day
The American Time Use Survey asks thousands of American residents to recall every minute of a day. Here is how people over age 15 spent their time in 2008.
Gauging Your Distraction
A game illustrates the potential consequences of distractions like texting on your driving ability.
Surfing the North Carolina Coast
The Outer Banks, a chain of barrier islands, offers some of the best rides on the East Coast.
Broad Unemployment Across the U.S.
Under a broader definition of joblessness, some states have rates higher than 20 percent. This rate includes part-time workers who want to work full time, as well some people who want to work but have not looked for a job in the last four weeks.
Michael Jackson’s Legacy: Readers React
Readers across the globe described what Mr. Jackson meant to them and how they viewed the legacy of his music and career.
Jackson’s Billboard Rankings Over Time
A timeline of how Michael Jackson’s songs performed on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
A New Blog
Lens: Photography, Video and Visual Journalism
Lens is a new photojournalism blog that presents some of the most interesting visual and multimedia reporting.
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The Recession’s Impact
Faces, numbers and stories from behind the downturn.
One in 8 Million
New York is a city of characters. This is a collection of a few of their passions and problems, relationships and routines, vocations and obsessions. A new story will be added each week.
Talk to the Newsroom
Talk to The Times: One in 8 Million
The staff members involved with One in 8 Million answered questions.
Talk to the Newsroom: Assistant Managing Editor Michele McNally
Michele McNally, who oversees photography, answered questions from readers.
Pictures of the Day
Thursday, Nov. 19
President Obama wrapped up his tour of Asia on a day when Pakistan was again struck by violence and the Serbian Orthodox patriarch was laid to rest.
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