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Television critic David Bianculli previews two new TV shows. Broken Trail, a western starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church, premieres on the AMC cable channel this Sunday and Monday night at 8 p.m. ET. Bill Moyers: On Faith and Reason debuts Friday night on PBS.

John Updike has made a career out of chronicling American culture. In his new novel, Terrorist, he tells the story of a young Muslim who is repelled by it.

Our film critic reviews Superman Returns. The new feature is directed by Bryan Singer, who made The Usual Suspects and X-Men. Newcomer Brandon Routh plays the man of steel, and Kevin Spacey is archenemy Lex Luthor.

CNN's best-known journalists are demanding transparency over the reasons compelling former CNN head Jeff Zucker to resign. He acknowledged a consensual relationship with another top network executive.

The Lake House, starring Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock, and Nacho Libre, starring Jack Black, are very different films with very different stars. But both provide good old escapist entertainment.

The name of designer Viktor Schreckengost may seem an obscure one, but that may change this summer. More than 100 museums around the world will mount exhibitions of Schreckengost's work to celebrate his 100th birthday. The American designer's career arc includes Art Deco, bicycles, and cars.

Washington, D.C. is shaking the dust from one of its signature collections. The National Portrait Gallery and the American Art Museum will reopen to the public after a lengthy renovation. Mark Pachter, the director of the National Portrait Gallery, offers a sneak peek.

Film critic Kenneth Turan reviews the film Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift. He says the movie is unintentionally amusing but enjoyable.

Graffiti -- New York's most famous symbol of urban anxiety -- no longer grows like ivy on the subway trains. Still, it's lodged deeply in the city's psyche. And through Sept. 3, it's firmly ensconced in the Brooklyn Museum, in an exhibition simply called, "Graffiti."

Factotum is a delicate melding of a trio of different sensibilities you wouldn't think would naturally cohere. It gracefully combines the bleak world of the despairing poet and novelist Charles Bukowski with the droll point of view of Norwegian director Bent Hamer.