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Reign of the Real

Even the best fiction films were indebted to documentarieswhich turns out to be promising for both kinds of…

An Updike for our times?

Arts & Culture

Ground Zero

Boomer midlife chronicler Jay McInerney writes a 9/12 novel.

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The Antichrist Through the Ages

Dec. 8, 187 B.C. Syrian/Greek invader despot Antiochus IV butchers a pig on an altar to Zeus in…

Wing Luke Museum Executive Director Ron Chew near the East Kong Yick Building.

Arts & Culture

A Wing Luke and a Prayer

Asian museum undertakes an ambitious, risky capital project.

Kurt Cobain's Last No.1 Hit

Arts & Culture

Kurt Cobain’s Last No.1 Hit

Decoding the dream world of his best-selling Journals.

Come fly with me: DiCaprio and his deluded admirers.

Film

Confidence Man

In this sweet Leo vehicle, Spielberg returns to his strong suits: charm, chases, and ruses. Don't forget the…

Wood toys with boys.

Film

Teaser

High school's a bitch. Again.

Quick! Get my agent on the line! Farrell in distress.

Film

Phone Booth Really Has the Wrong Number

Pterodactyls could flap through the plot holes in Phone Booth, in formation with a fleet of Airbus A3XX…

Film

I want to see: The Secret Lives of Dentists, because the Jane

I want to see: The Secret Lives of Dentists, because the Jane Smiley source tale used to be…

Hans.

Eat Drink Toke

Off the Waterfront

Remembering the Moptops at Seattle's lost restaurant.

Auster appears with wife Siri Hustvedt.

Arts & Culture

Straight Into Brooklyn

Eschewing pomo trickery, Paul Auster intentionally repairs a family via chance and coincidence.

History lessons from Khanjian to Alpay.

Film

Killing Time

Atom Egoyan makes a head trip of genocide.

Film

Dead Dragon

The exhausted serial killer.

Kirby (left) eyes the tasty Miller.

Film

Mambo Italiano: The Glorious Devolution

Learning to love formula filmmaking for now, at least.

Ride, Viggo, ride!

Film

Mild Oats

Aragorn—oops, I mean Viggo—takes to the desert, following some very unreliable tracks.

Don't rip your bodices, girls! Pike (rear) and Knightley.

Film

Up Your Skirt

Screw Jane Austen; Candace Bushnell could be the creator of this sexy new Elizabeth Bennet.

Kuhn, Dretzin, and Tavares (from left) face Chekhov's challenges.

Arts & Culture

Soul Sisters

Chekhov's trio of siblings provides a stirring experience at Intiman.

Film

C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America

Opens at Guild 45, Fri., March 24. Not rated. 89 minutes.

Bernstein and William Burroughs in 1988: a love of words, intrigue, and drugs.

Music

Punctual Madness

With a mad genius like Theodore Roethke, it’s easy to separate the poet and the legend. The stories…

Skandar Keynes stumbles into snowy Narnia.

Film

In Like a Lamb

Mild but pleasing, The Chronicles of Narnia succeeds more with the CG effects than the kids.