Hayao Miyazakis epic 1999 fantasy is grounded in a mythology as richly complex as Disneys fairy tales are simplistic. The…
Im a coffee drinker out of convenience. There are no decisions to make. All I have to say is drip,…
It would have been easy enough for cellist Matt Haimovitz, a child prodigy who began to concertize and record in…
A prize winner at Sundance, this animated docudrama about the famous, raucous free speech trial, which followed the 1968 Democratic…
Sarah Palin must not have many bird houses in the backyard of her Alaska governors mansion. After all, the veep…
When I think of the animation of Don Hertzfeldt, stick figures with uncontrollable anal bleeding come to mind. His somewhat…
Wednesday, October 1
The former U.S. ambassador (and son of the famous economist), he previously wrote the prescient The End of Iraq. Tonight,…
After winning a Pulitzer for Gilead, her latest is Home, which continues the family strife and alcoholism of some of…
This family matinee series concludes with the 1952 Singin’ in the Rain. It’s a movie about movies, and about our…
The Coen brothers 1984 Texas noir remains one of the best indie films of the 80s for its wickedly funny…
Liz Phair’s Exile in Guyville is, hands down, one of the most awesome albums of all time. Seriously, how kick-ass…
If youre a serious cyclist and tip the scales at around 140 lbs., youll burn more than 1,000 calories pedaling…
If her “All Tharp” program that PNB doesnt quite run the gamut of Twyla Tharp’s repertoire, but thats only because…
Since regional theaters generally choose their plays more than a year in advance, its rare to find so much topicality…
For years, I thought Icelandic post-rock quartet Sigur Rós (named after lead vocalist Jónsi Birgissons younger sister) sang in their…
Based on Toby Young’s tome about his spectacular fuckups and flame-out at Vanity Fair, Robert Weide’s big-screen version is sitcom-drab….
Emeralds, Guns & Rossetti, the Valkyries …
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Zach Harjo, See Me River, Shim …
