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Arts & Entertainment

Forgotten Cinematic Masterpiece: City Lights (1931)

Few films in cinematic history have withstood the test of time better than Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights.

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Life Isn't Beautiful

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, based on the eponymous novel by John Boyne, recounts the tragedy of the Holocaust as filtered through the innocent screen of childhood naiveté. The plot centers on an eight-year-old German boy, Bruno (newcomer Asa Butterfield), whose father (David Thewlis) is put in charge of a Nazi death camp.

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Guilty Pleasures: Xanadu

Xanadu 1980 I have a secret that threatens to destroy my credibility among my serious-theater friends: I cannot get enough of Xanadu.

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Calling All Muses

Woody Allen + Diane Keaton The on- and offscreen sparks between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are redolent of a connection Scarlett Johansson can only dream about.

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Defibrillator: The Libertines, "Up the Bracket" (2002)

By the time I entered high school, I was already months into the greatest love affair of my lifetime.

by JULIA RUBIN

What Became of The Likely Lads?

The new millennium ushered in an awkward moment for British music. After 2000, most of the bands that epitomized '90s Britain were not producing new material.

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Don't Let The Mirage Fool You

Oasis doesn’t release bad albums. Their work spans a range from good to great, and the band’s immense talent is almost always obvious in their tightly woven, upbeat pop-rock records.

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Not The Change We Need

As a white Jewish boy from Boston, I’m an unlikely candidate to review West Coast rapper Murs’s latest release, Murs for President.

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Trail Blazers

Trailers are more than the reason you can come 15 minutes late to a movie. A good preview can get an audience buzzing about a film months before its release, and a bad one can ensure that no one shows up on opening day.

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Don't Worry, Bee Happy

A female-dominated cast in a coming-of-age story rife with racial intolerance and the search for identity are the perfect recipe for a total cheesefest.

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W(TF)

As the days of our current Commander-in-Chief's presidency come to an end, Hollywood is churning out its own version of history.

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Guilty Pleasures

Center Stage 2000 Hi, my name is Darina, and I’m a dance-aholic. Well, dance movie-aholic, to be precise.

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The Devil Wears Vera Wang

Although Rachel Getting Married is directed by Jonathan Demme (The Silence of the Lambs), the only gore here is the open wound of familial dysfunction.

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Tokyo Experience

Japanese indie rocker Shugo Tokumaru is a virtual unknown in the States. This, however, has not stopped him from creating album after album of endearing, upbeat indie pop-rock (for which he records almost every instrument by himself, at home on his laptop). He has even started to gain a following that includes the likes of Animal Collective and Jens Lekman. The release of Exit can only cause his fanbase to broaden.

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The Best Defense Is A Good Offense

If San-X (one of the leading manufacturers of cute Japanese merchandise... think Hello Kitty, et al) sponsored a basketball team, their warm-up anthem would be “Basket Ball Get Your Groove Back” from Deerhoof’s new album, Offend Maggie.

by LIZA ST. JAMES

The Defibrillator

Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance 2003 Bubba Sparxxx never gets much respect, and ditties like “Ms. New Booty” didn't help his cause.

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Campus Cred: Don't Call Them Old Timers

Street: Would you say your life compares more to The Eagles’ “Life in the Fast Lane” or Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money?” Steve Waye: I’ll go with “Sex, Love & Money.” Because we’re sexy and people love us… and we’re money. Street: How much do drugs or alcohol influence your sounProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 Your shows? Eric Karlan: Alcohol plays an instrumental role in each of our shows because if the audience isn’t plastered, we don’t sound nearly as good. Steve: It’s like spinach for Popeye. Street: At what point in your career do you plan on going to rehab? Steve: I’ve been in and out many times. Ben Miller: On the wagon, off the wagon… Street: If Beethoven were alive what he would say about your music?

by LILY AVNET

To Infinity and Beyond!

The teen movie is like the irksome little sister of the film industry. It's there and sometimes it can be entertaining, but for the most part, life would be a lot less annoying if it would stop talking so much and quit reading your diary.

by JULIE STEINBERG

Please Don't Stop the Music

Kat Dennings is dancing in a Four Seasons hallway when we arrive for our interview. Clad in a white blouse and black suit, with porcelain skin and ocean blue eyes, Dennings is as striking in person as she is on-screen.

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Paul Newman

On Sept. 26, legendary actor Paul Newman passed away due to complications from cancer. A prolific actor who appeared in 65 films over 50 years, Newman won over audiences with his gracious charm, fierce magnetism and piercing blue eyes.

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