Arts & Entertainment
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT.
How many movies do you know that open with a title warning that none of the footage you are about to see is actual documentary footage?
Move Over, Eve Ensler...
Street: Can you tell us a little about vagina dentata and how it originated? Persephone Braham: The vagina dentata has many manifestations, from the classical Greek figure Scylla (a beautiful woman from the waist up, with the slavering jaws of three dogs for genitals) to Eve and Mother Nature --- with her grottoes, caves, quicksand bogs and amphibious serpents.
The Week in Music
Thursday, 1/31: Public Enemy and The Roots The Trocadero, All Ages Go down to Chinatown and catch the Artists For Heat benefit concert, featuring hip hop legends Public Enemy and The Roots and a special DJ set from Ali Shaheed Muhammad of A Tribe Called Quest.
Walk a Mile in My Xius
4 Stars For a cover song to merit existence, it should enhance appreciation for the original and bring an entirely new manner of seeing, feeling and hearing the song.
Profile: Every Day-Lewis
Daniel Day-Lewis is so selective about the films he appears in, he's only starred in four in the past 10 years.
Pussy Power
Cover albums are usually the efforts of aging musicians - the Barry Manilows and Michael McDonalds of the world - looking to make one last cash grab.
Defibrillator
Bedouin Soundclash Sounding a Mosaic 2004 Sounding a Mosaic, the 2004 release from Canadian reggae-rockers Bedouin Soundclash, flew far below the radar when it dropped, especially in the United States.
Year in Music: 2007
Haven't been paying attention to music for the past year? Don't worry, we have. From rehab to reunions, digital downloading to living legends, 2007 was an exciting time to be a music fan.
Web Video of the Week
In a world of metavisual consumption, it's fitting that one of the strongest television advertising campaigns is for... televisions.
Four must-see shows
Thursday, 1/24: Dave Elkins & Kevin Devine North Star Bar, all ages Head out to the North Star Bar for a night of acoustic jams with singer-songwriters Dave Elkins (frontman of the band Mae) and Kevin Devine.
Of Profits and Prophets
We all get competitive. Whether it's GPAs, sports or the Academy Awards, there's always a fight to be won.
One-Liners
Charlie Wilson's War: ? If only politics were still this entertaining. Sweeney Todd:? For anyone who hated Borat, you can watch Johnny Depp slit Sacha Baron Cohen's throat. There Will Be Blood: ? A movie about big oil screwing over the common man; in other words, every Whartonite's dream. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A blinking, quadrapalegic writer exhibits better tear-duct control than every audience member.
Heavily Distorted Views
The Magnetic Fields, the best of singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt's many personalities, has been fairly quiet this decade.
THE LINEUP: 2008
So the Oscar nominations are out and Atonement didn't score as many nods as we would have liked. Nonetheless, we're optimistic about the upcoming year's crop of flicks.
Best and Worst Movies of 2007
The best La Vie en Rose Persepolis 4 Months, 3 weeks, 2 Days Lars and the Real Girl Once No Country for Old Men The Diving Bell and the Butterfly There Will Be Blood I'm Not There Juno Control Charlie Wilson's War Lust, Caution the worst Norbit Hostel II Who's Your Caddy The Simpsons Movie I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End Mr. Woodcock I Know Who Killed Me Good Luck Chuck Revolver Wild Hogs The Number 23
Hollywood's up-and-comers
Freddy Prinze, Jr.: He first struck the Hollywood scene in an episode of Family Matters in 1995, then he lit up the silver screen in I Know What You Did Last Summer.
Blackballed
My good friend Joseph McCarthy was the greatest American ever to live. He fought to rid America of the godless Communists committed to the destruction of our way of life.
