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Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews It's Time, a new reissue of a classic '60s jazz album from the late alto saxophonist Jackie McLean.

The newest art museum in Paris is dedicated to non-European pieces, mostly from Africa and Asia. But what might have been a monument to multiculturalism faces criticism for segregating such works into a museum of "the other."

Actor James Woods is currently starring in the new CBS drama Shark, playing the ruthless super-lawyer Sebastian Stark. Woods' films include Salvador, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Onion Field, Once Upon a Time In America, Nixon and Casino. This interview originally aired on Jan. 12, 1999.

Thursday begins the five-day Indian festival Durga Puja, the largest annual celebration for Bengali Hindus. Commentator Sandip Roy contrasts celebrating the holiday as a child in Calcutta and as an adult in California.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan sums up what the nation's critics are saying about this week's new movie releases -- School For Scoundrels, The Last King of Scotland and The Guardian.

Our television critic reviews the new drama series Brothers & Sisters, which airs on Sunday night in the ABC time slot previously occupied by Grey's Anatomy.

The popular NBC White House drama The West Wing wraps up seven years on the air on Sunday night with a final episode. Our TV critic has a retrospective of the series, and we feature previous interviews with some of the actors.

Filmmaker Wes Anderson is famous for quirky, comic films such as The Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore. Now he's winning new fans with his take on the American Express "My Card, My Life" ad campaign. Slate ad critic Seth Stevenson offers a review of the unique commercial.

The Comedy Central television network debuts a new show this week called Dog Bites Man -- an improvised comedy about a fictional local news team who interview real, unassuming people. Television critic Andrew Wallenstein says that although he was skeptical, he found himself laughing.

One of the most acclaimed films of the 1970s was Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger, starring Jack Nicholson. On a new DVD release, home viewers can now see it in the original wide screen and with six additional minutes not shown in the American theatrical release. It's a personal favorite of critic John Powers, who says that it's not an easy film, but a good one.