Adam Goldberg: Somewhere beneath all that pretension is a sweetie -- maybe. With his chronic 19th-century-Russian-poet scowl and heroic swirl of hair, Adam Goldberg is almost too perfectly cast as a tortured artist in " ." Goldberg usually comes off as fairly smug, so I had misgivings when he popped up as a pretentious "sound artist" whose ...

Few subjects are more ripe for ridicule than pretentious artists, and Jonathan Parker 's skewers the world of contemporary art in a way that's insightful and funny without becoming a broad parody.

Norah Jones, "The Fall" Norah Jones ditches her old band, and most of her trademark piano playing, for her latest release "The Fall." Jones sounds more confident and stretches her songwriting muscle on her fourth solo record and the second in a row where she wrote or co-wrote all of the songs.

David Schmader approves of We Live in Public : Nearly a decade before Big Brother , Josh Harris was playing Big Brother, creating a series of outlandish and extreme "human experiments" presented as entertainments for what he dreamed would be an ever-growing audience of round-the-clock internet viewers.

A Serious Man The newest Coen brothers film combines the spiritual desolation of "No Country for Old Men" with the black comedy of "Burn After Reading." It's an unusual and effective combination.

If you've ever been to a gallery opening and have felt lost in a sea of black-clad, chunky-eyewear-wearing Type-A's cooing over conceptual pieces of taxidermy, you're going to like " ." For Los Angeles native Adam Goldberg, this film's topic - New York City's often ridiculous world of contemporary art and the relationships that exist therein - ...

' , ' with Marley Shelton, Adam Goldberg, Eion Bailey. Directed by Jonathan Parker, from a screenplay by Parker and Catherine di Napoli.

Jemaine Clement stars as fantasy novelist Ronald Chevalier in Fox Searchlight's New film Gentlemen Broncos .

Comedy. Starring Adam Goldberg, Marley Shelton and Eion Bailey. Directed by Jonathan Parker.

Critic also notices the oddly titled but musically amusing " " Lyn and critter face off in "The Men Who Stare at Goats." "The Men Who Stare at Goats" arrives between a great film about the Iraq war, "The Hurt Locker," and another one coming soon, "The Messenger." As satire it never sheds any light on a war that is still killing people.

Psycho Analysis: Jovovich's psychologist enjoys a breakdown of her own. The Fourth Kind Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi Directed by Jonathan Parker The Fourth Kind has out-Blair Witch'd The Blair Witch Project .

When it comes to a working actor who humorously perfects the modern guy as a hip scepter for perpetual thought and frazzled irritation, Adam Goldberg holds the key to today's conflicted kingdom.

Adam Goldberg could be considered the Woody Allen of his generation, having brought neuroses to the screen with greater comedic effect than most other modern actors.

Thanks to everyone who came out for The Men Who Stare at Goats last night; it was a great turnout.

AS IN THE BEST movie satires, a solid core of truth informs director Jonathan Parker's " ," which takes on the New York art and music worlds in one smart and funny swoop.

This film aims wide and misses, its satire of the contemporary-art scene seemingly lifted from the transcripts of late-'80s Senate debates about the NEA.

HOROSCOPE Q+A/MAILBAG MINERVA STARCAST The Halloween cauldron continues to bubbles as the Sun, in sensuous Scorpio, and the Full Moon, in tenacious Taurus, eyeball one another.

In his new film, Adam Goldberg plays a nightmare of an avant-garde composer - absurdly intense, disdainful of listeners, utterly convinced of his artistic superiority.

Los Angeles! Celebrate the release of by heading out to the Landmark theater tonight! As a special treat, after tonight's 8PM showing, stars Marley Shelton and Adam Goldberg will take questions about the film! Out now in limited release, centers around a brooding composer, Adrian , who falls for an owner of an avant-garde Chelsea art gallery .

Sales company also handles 'American Venus' BUENOS AIRES -- FilmSharks Intl., a leading sales company in Latin America, is continuing its expansion into the Canadian and U.S. movie businesses with "American Venus" and "Untitled." The Buenos Aires-based shingle has sold Middle East rights for "Untitled," a satire on a New York contemporary art ...