The X List the expanse

The X List the expanseNational Society of Film Critics dares to go where few mainstream critics have gone before to the heart of what gets the colored lights going, as they say in A Streetcar Named Desire. Here is their take on the films that quicken their (and our) pulses an enterprise both risky and risque, an entertaining overview of the most arousing films Hollywood has every produced. But make no mistake about it: This isn't a collection of esoteric "critic's choice"

"On the road and on the bandstand

a thriller that goes behind the closed doors of New York high society and into the depths of depravity

Trent Reznor

WINTER SOLSTICE is Elin Hilderbrand at her festive best

Dealing with layoffs

young children

At the same time

his may be the only way for Maviah to save her people--and herself

from Arabia to China

but will he discover the truth in time

A sensitive songwriter with profound powers of musical expression

Blythe is a natural storyteller and his voice drips with cutting humor