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Day to Day television critic Andrew Wallenstein reviews the new ESPN2 movie Four Minutes. The made-for-TV film, which recounts Englishman Roger Bannister's quest to break the four-minute mile, airs Thursday night.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new three-and-a-half-hour documentary about Bob Dylan called No Direction Home by director Martin Scorsese. It's available on a two-disc DVD and will be shown on PBS as part of the American Masters series.

The new movie Mr. and Mrs. Smith stars Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as a married, gun-toting couple. Reviewer Bob Mondello says it's a reasonably amusing summer picture, if you can put your critical mind in neutral.

Provocative French philosopher and writer Jean-Paul Sartre was born 100 years ago Tuesday. Frank Browning explores Sartre's life and work, which still inspire both admiration and anger.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what the critics are saying about this week's new movie releases, including Bewitched, Herbie: Fully Loaded and Land of the Dead.

Slate advertising critic Seth Stevenson talks with Madeleine Brand about his listener survey of the most misused songs in television commercials. Listeners chose "Lust for Life," Iggy Pop's ode to drug culture, which is featured in an ad for the Royal Caribbean cruise line.

Azaria is also currently starring in the Broadway production of Spamalot the musical version of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. He along with Tim Curry has been nominated for a Tony. He also stars in the Showtime series Huff, about an urban psychiatrist with troubles of his own. Azaria does the voices of Apu the convenience store owner and Moe the bartender, among others, on The Simpsons. This interview was originally broadcast on Dec. 6, 2004.

Critic at large John Powers has been watching the HBO show Entourage -- about a handsome young movie star and his buddies -- and has some thoughts on the way the rich and powerful are often protected from reality.

Lonnie Bunch, director of the National Museum of African-American History and Culture, discusses plans for a Smithsonian African-American Museum. Bunch says the museum plans to exhibit an array of objects, including the lunch counter from the legendary Woolworth sit-in in Greensboro, NC. The Smithsonian has not released a date for the museum opening.

Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan reviews what the critics are saying about this week's new movie releases, including Batman Begins, Heights and The Perfect Man.