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Your Arts & Aliens Weekend Planner

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

The Pink Panther

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

Dr. Strangelove

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

Hal Ashby Retrospective

​The weekend begins with a monster dripping acid from its fangs in a sci-fi classic that had its world premiere at SIFF 30 years ago: Ridley Scott's director's cut of Alien--running through Tuesday--isn't much different than the 1979 original. In truth, Scott confessed of this 117-minute edit ... More >>

The Upside of Angst

Dialed down and depressed, Adam Sandler shows us he's a real actor in Reign Over Me.

Nov. 1-8, 2006

A week of calamities: The Cold War, the Iraq War, and Katrina all over again.

Running Scared and the Tennessee Williams Collection

Paul Walker: surprisingly okay. Carroll Baker in Baby Doll: a revelation.

DVDs of the Week

Paul Walker: surprisingly okay. Carroll Baker in Baby Doll: a revelation.

Feb. 15-22, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

The Muhammad Cartoon War

"Get real. The reason that publications in the West have reprinted cartoons of the prophet Muhammad is because, in today's political climate, it is OK (in some circles) to attack Muslims and Arabs."

Film Calendar

"Get real. The reason that publications in the West have reprinted cartoons of the prophet Muhammad is because, in today's political climate, it is OK (in some circles) to attack Muslims and Arabs."

Breakfast on Pluto

Opens Fri., Dec. 23, at Varsity.

Virtue Restor'd

A luxurious, sexy conflation of two 300-year-old plays offers a gallery of dazzling comic turns.

Love in the Late Afternoon

Steve Martin stretches his novella into a modest, melancholy, and affecting film.

The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou

The Criterion Collection, $32.99.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Also: House of D, Palindromes, Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela, Watermarks, and Winter Solstice.

Dr. Strangelove

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $34.95

They Got the Beat

Revamped Ravenna restaurant mixes, matches world cuisines.

Scening Is Believing

Local game developers blend Trivial Pursuit and movie mania. The result? A flashy new breed of board game.

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Also: Ropeadope New Music Seminar, Jesus Christ Superstar, Neue Slovenia Kunst, Dr. Strangelove.

Lip Service

Henry Rollins brings the noise.

Natural Bored Killers

Scorsese's gangster epic is a masterpiece of design and a storytelling disaster.

Lessons in Laughter

Tracing comic history with gut-busting CDs.

Dubya designees

Bush names sub-cabinet talent—and himself.

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

A Japanese parody of the cool P.I.

SIFF Events

A Japanese parody of the cool P.I.

Dr. Strangelove

Nothing can sap or impurify this precious black comedy.

Try to Tapa This

Mad Park's latest culinary hot spot specializes in Basque cuisine and Spanish wines.

Going to the well

Bringing a literary classic to the screen.