James Ellroy

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James Ellroy

Your Weekend Art-Geek Advisory

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Street Kings: Keanu Reeves Kicks Ass, Takes Names, Bores Us

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James Ellroy

His The Black Dahlia has been adapted to film.

The Black Dahlia

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Sept. 15. Rated R. 121 minutes.

Christmas in Cudrup

Counteracting yuletide treacle with comedy noir.

Bolshoi Ballet

Also: James Ellroy, Rosemary's Baby, Eduardo Calderón, Halloween parties.

This Week's Reads

Susan Orlean, Lawrence LaRose, and Jerry Stahl

Fall Arts Calendar

Susan Orlean, Lawrence LaRose, and Jerry Stahl

Mystic River: Clint Eastwood Meets Dennis Lehane

On a drab, detective-show canvas, Eastwood creates a great story of crime and character.

ABC Africa, Old School, and Vakvagany

On a drab, detective-show canvas, Eastwood creates a great story of crime and character.

Crimes of the Art

Kevin Spacey and Kurt Russell demonstrate why winter is the darkest time of the movie year.

Concealed Weapons

Hollow-points, steel jackets, and the arsenal of history.

The Culture Bunker

Hollow-points, steel jackets, and the arsenal of history.

Book events

Hollow-points, steel jackets, and the arsenal of history.

Best City

Hollow-points, steel jackets, and the arsenal of history.

The thrill Is On

Robert Ferrigno scores with his latest page-turner.

The artist as panty sniffer

How the writer turns his worthless life to estimable art.