The Arts Articles
Environmental photographer brings unique insight to St. Louis
by Will Holston
The St. Louis Zoo is hosting a question and answer session with noted nature photographer Steven Kazlowski next month as a part of a presentation of images from his new book The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World. "My most favorite type of photography is the foundation of this piece: photography in which I can spend a lot of time with animals," Kazlowski said.
Have your say on: Three Cups of Tea
Freshmen weigh in on their summer reading selection
by Adam Tamburin
Three Cups of Tea is a New York Times bestseller published by Penguin Group in 2006. Alongside co-author David Oliver Relin, Greg Mortenson describes the events in his life that led him to devote himself to fighting for poverty relief and education in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Stiller's Thunder ends the summer movie season with a bang
Downey Jr. steals the show, Tom Cruise returns to former glory in hillarious Hollywood satire
by Landon Burris
The summer movie season comes to an end in a big way with Tropic Thunder (DreamWorks), Ben Stiller's first directorial effort since 2001's hilarious Zoolander. In case you haven't heard, this is the movie that has been causing all of the controversy lately, some of it due to the fact that Robert Downey Jr.
Woody's European vacation
Film Review: Vicky Cristina Barcelona
by Will Holston
In the immortal words of the J. Geils Band: "You love her, but she loves him and he loves somebody else. You just can't win." Never was this platitude truer than in Woody Allen's breezy and biting new comedy Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Rebecca Hall (The Prestige) and Scarlett Johansson (The Other Boleyn Girl) star as the titular women, two friends spending a summer in Barcelona with a friend.
2008 Woodie Awards