"Judgment" (Dutton), by Joseph Finder A one-night stand becomes a bigger mistake than she bargains for when judge Juliana Brody hooks up with a man at a conference in Chicago. The next morning...

Gaulitana returns between the 8th March and 7th April, with a programme entitled on "Women in Society". Indeed, taking cue from Manon Lescaut - this year's staged opera, the festival shall underline...

The upcoming final season of "Jane the Virgin" is already drawing tears. The CW show's creator, Jennie Snyder Urman, said she's crying in the editing room as she works on the concluding episodes...

Dave Keuning, "Prismism" (Thirty Tigers) The Killers' founding member and guitarist Dave Keuning shows off some very different sides of his music on a new solo album. The question is who besides...

The "Transformers" movie universe has lately been leaky and rusted out. It's become shorthand for bad blockbuster moviemaking — male-driven, mindless spectaculars with sophomoric humor. How can...

"We Cast a Shadow" (One World), by Maurice Carlos Ruffin A fear-driven, racially charged world is the land in which the narrator of "We Cast a Shadow" lives. Half the black community — and...

Historian Henry Louis Gates can trace the roots of his upcoming PBS documentary about the Reconstruction to his days in school, when he'd hear about the end of slavery during the Civil War, then...

Steve Gunn, "The Unseen In Between" (Matador) Steve Gunn has teamed up with stellar musicians over the years, from Kurt Vile to Michael Chapman, and his own albums — little gems like "Time...

Deerhunter, "Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared?" (4AD) Leveled, steady, Bradford Cox coaxes, "Come on down from that cloud/And cast your fears aside." That perfect line leads...

There are lot of movies in theaters right now trying to grab your attention, and dollars, from big superhero spectacles and musical extravaganzas to awards darlings and wannabes.  It's easy to...