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After a slew of films, this year, Brian Cox returned to the theater as Max in Tom Stoppard’s Rock ’n’ Roll, in a part written for him. He spoke with Boris Kachka.

Why Jennifer Garner had to take her chances on Broadway.

Diqui James is the Argentine co-creator of De La Guarda and the man behind its sequel, Fuerzabruta, which opens this week.

De Niro, DeVito, and Chazz: How A Bronx Tale got told.

Deconstruction is too gentle a word for what the 32-year-old Wooster Group does to classic plays. Its Hamlet, which transfers to the Public Theater next week, features reenactments of a taped 1964 Richard Burton performance, which is also broadcast on monitors. But the result is relatively coherent�if not exactly faithful. Where does it rank among other Wooster-exploded old chestnuts?

Jesse Eisenberg (The Squid and the Whale) is everywhere. He talked with Boris Kachka about typecasting, politics, and getting mugged.

The former German-lit major has just published a new translation of Spring Awakening.

Doug Wright does Disney.

Claire Danes and her tutor Jefferson Mays.

On telling off F. Murray Abraham and her awkwardness with Jeff Daniels.