Julie Taymor, director of Across the Universe, strives to transcend. With roots in theater, opera, puppetry and television, her productions - like the hugely popular Broadway production of The Lion King - reflect a layered and dynamic artist.
It's only been four years since Philly-based DJ Diplo co-founded Hollertronix - the collective/mixtape series that launched both his career and the mash-up craze.
In this dark comedy, Finn Earl (Anton Yelchin), a teenager from New York City, is planning to have the summer of a lifetime studying the Iskanani tribe in the Amazon with his anthropologist father.
We know - four months of music, but no Street to make sense of it all. Can we make it up to you? This week, we recap Summer 2007 with the Top 5 things you need to know, but might have missed.
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Sizzlin':
Knocked Up & Superbad: Judd Apatow was on a roll this summer. His films, Knocked Up and Superbad, are both home runs, with gross-yet-good-natured comedy and remarkably un-cheesy morals showing that even the most nebbish of guys can get the slammin' hotties.
Waitress: Perhaps the greatest cinematic crime of the summer was that this indie gem grossed a measly $19 million.
If there is one thing hip-hop loves more than expensive cars, loose women, and the occasional drive-by, it's a highly publicized battle involving its biggest stars.
It's surprising that the action-packed police movie isn't parodied more often, because Hot Fuzz, the hilarious and slightly insane new film from the creators of Shaun of the Dead, makes it look so easy.
Director Olivier Dahan's new film La Vie en Rose had its Philadelphia premiere last Thursday night at the Philadelphia Film Festival and it received a standing ovation.
The song: Modest Mouse's "Fire it Up" off We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank
Leo: Have not been so impressed by new MM, though never was so into them.
At times, expos‚s of modern suburban anomie (see: Ghost World, the entire canon of Todd Solondz) can inspire us to look deep into our own lives and contemplate just what tools the media-corporate complex has made us as a collective.
His eyes droopy and features looking deprived of melanin, the instantly recognizable Mike White sits lethargically on a couch in a Four Seasons hotel room overlooking Logan Square.
Redman
Red Gone Wild
Redman aka Reggie Noble is a self- acknowledged jokester, who wittily balances ridiculous weed-aggrandizing verse with hilarious social commentary.