Central Intelligence Agency

Ryan Fogle: Diplomat Accused of Being CIA Spy in Russia From St. Louis, Went to Ladue School

Ryan Fogle, 29, graduated from Mary Institute and Country Day School in Ladue in 2002. His family reportedly has roots in Clayton and Richmond Heights. And yesterday, he was apparently detained and expelled from Russia after he was accused of being a CIA spy. In an incredibly bizarre story, Fogle w ... More >>

St. Louis Native Martyl Langsdorf, Designer of the Doomsday Clock, Dead at 96

Late last month, Martyl Langsdorf -- the famed painter, designer and native St. Louisan -- died at a hospital in the Chicago area. She was 96 years old and according to family fell ill with a lung infection. Her best-known creation was likely the Doomsday Clock, a symbolic representation of how clo ... More >>

Old Habits: Die Hard's latest breaks new ground in incoherence and stupidity

The thrilling manhunt of Zero Dark Thirty

Band Mom is The Man: Five Musicians with Politician Parents

Sen. Daniel Inouye, who passed this week, was present for some of the 20th Century's pivotal events. Born in Hawaii in 1924, he witnessed the Pearl Harbor attack as a medical volunteer. He enlisted in the Army and fought in World War II; there he lost an arm and still stayed in the service until 194 ... More >>

Muslim Hunting: David Horowitz has made taunting college students a spectator sport. Sometimes he's actually right.

Ryan Reynolds' bod is the asset in men-on-the-run thriller Safe House

Friday Afternoon Video Dump: So This Is America?

It's time for your weekly brain dump. Open up and say duh. 1. Well, At Least The Internet Is Free. You have to appreciate the irony of this video. While Secretary Clinton delivers a speech on internet freedom, a man who dared interrupt her speech by holding up a sign was wrestled out of the room ... More >>

Jeffrey Sterling: Indictment States Ex-Spy in Missouri Had Grudge with CIA, Leaked Secrets

Information Sterling allegedly leaked to a reporter ended up in this book and described how the CIA may have inadvertently assisted Iran in its quest to build a nuclear weapon.​Jeffrey Sterling, a 43-year-old resident of O'Fallon, Missouri, who now works as a fraud investigator with the health ben ... More >>

Tom Cruise, please stop talking

(100) Days of Summer Movies

Mission Finally Accomplished: American hero Matt Damon and his WMD of a movie Green Zone confirm the big lie, Hollywood-style

Back From the Edge? Mel Gibson gets some kind of revenge with a semi-successful vigilante flick

Guantánamo's Final Days: America prepares to shutter the infamous prison camp, and jihad looms

Lies We Can Believe In: Ridley Scott's latest is the post 9/11, tech-savvy terror thriller we deserve

Moolah for Mullahs

All aboard the '80s way-back machine for Mike Nichols' good time Charlie.

2007: The Year in Movies and Music

A year-end wrap-up of what we adored, what was ignored and what the new year will bring.

Spies Like Us

A Star is Bourne (Again)

Amnesiac-spy trilogy culminates in a thrilling Ultimatum.

Film Openings

Week of May 17, 2007

The Big Valley

Twin Peaks: The Second Season

Film Openings

Week of December 21, 2006

Like Herding Sheep

De Niro takes a loooong, sloooow look at the history of the CIA

Kill the Messenger

The tragic death of one of America's most important investigative journalists

The Sultan

Aya Sofia, 6671 Chippewa Street, St. Louis; 314-645-9919.

"It is a priority of Whole Foods Market to only use products that meet our strict quality standards."

Week of August 31, 2006

Film Openings

Week of March 16, 2006

The Mississippi Mirror

Unreal takes a local celeb inside our actor's studio, browses for Star Trek figurines and says hello to "The Pampered Queer."

Hacked

Strong Safety

Has the NFL gone too far trying to monitor players' off-field antics?

Focking Wonderful

Streisand and Hoffman save a family -- and a movie, too

We Spy

Old-school private eye Joe Adams and his talented sidekick Jason Walz are on the case -- and they always get their man

Film Openings

Week of October 15, 2003

Waves of Fascination

Shortwave radio: Where the lunatic fringe lives, breathes and flourishes

Film Openings

Week of May 21, 2003

Cardboard Miracles

In his new collection of poems, David Clewell hails the power of simple belief

Film Openings

Week of March 12, 2003

A Matter of Honor

Vets call on the military's top brass not to fight

Columbine Harvester

Michael Moore goes threshing about in search of fear itself

Bourne Free

Matt Damon plays an assassin searching for his Identity.

Film Openings

Week of June 5, 2002

Film Openings

Week of February 6, 2002

Patriot Games

With a distant war, a vague enemy and no access, local media are left waving the flag

Amused to Death

How will Hollywood react now that real life is more terrifying than fiction?

Hack Mentality

At 28, Spuds has become a cybersage for the young and the reckless. Now he's gone straight.

DECEMBER MADNESS

College "scandals" expose hypocrisy of NCAA cartel

Letters to the Editor

The Tragic Christian

Father James Carney left St. Louis to work with the poor in Honduras, putting him at odds with both church and state. Fifteen years after his mysterious death, a new CIA report raises more questions than answers.

Breaking the Waves

Squeals of Delight