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October 30, 2008

The Boner Killers

By Amy Silverstein, Virginia Yapp, Sara Weitz, Darek Cioch Reporter

More likely than not, your first sex ed lesson didn't come from mommy and daddy or from your wrinkly fourth-grade teacher. Your parents sat you down in front of the boob tube and popped in a VHS while they went out to ha...

October 30, 2008

Great Mutations ***

By Aaron Harms

The futuristic "Repo! The Genetic Opera" hits some good notes, but never quite assembles itself into a coherent melody. I viewed "Repo!" during its advance screening at I.V. Theater last Wednesday. The film will hit thea...

October 30, 2008

A Worn-Out Story *

By Sara Weitz

The limp, generic police drama "Pride and Glory" can be seen as a second-rate sequel to James Gray's 2007 film, "We Own the Night." Despite the film's considerably talented cast, this overcooked thriller is a disappointm...

October 30, 2008

Funny Business

By Stephanie Leong

Upon entering the stage at the Arlington Theatre last Sunday evening, writer David Sedaris' sense of humor was instantly palpable; he is a short man, probably barely 5'6'', with a distinct, nuanced voice and disposition...

October 30, 2008

Androgynous Vamping ***

By Artsweek Editor

Skeletal Lamping is definitive proof that Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes has taken a dive off the deep end. The Athens, Ga. band takes its brand of freaky, psychedelic folk and infuses it with a sexual energy more reminiscen...

October 30, 2008

Back To Basics ***

By Virginia Yapp

Given the fact that it's been nearly a decade since alt-country troubadour Ryan Adams released the Gram Parsons-esque Heartbreaker, it seems somewhat strange that that album remains the impossibly high standard to which ...

October 23, 2008

Electro-house Revolution

By Amy Silverstein

Two Fridays ago, the Marley house was, in DJ Raphy's words, "packed packed packed" with partygoers. Last Saturday, he again played music for a packed house, this time on Pasado. But DJ Raphy, AKA fourth-year business ec...

October 23, 2008

Setting Up the Scene

By Steven Morris

Last weekend kicked off the first annual Cam-Con, a convention and series of workshops dedicated to teaching local film students everything there is to know about cinematography.

October 23, 2008

Indecision 2008 ***

By Steven Morris

What exactly is Oliver Stone trying to say with his biopic on our current president, "W"? It seemed nearly impossible for a director as famous for openly courting controversy in his films ("JFK," "The Doors," "Natural Bo...

October 23, 2008

Just Like Honey ***

By Stephanie Talavera

Despite taking on heavy subject matter - that would be racism in the Deep South during the '60s - "The Secret Life of Bees" manages to stay lighthearted and entertaining. The film tugs at the heartstrings in all the righ...

October 23, 2008

Imperfect Monotony

By Artsweek Editor

Until this point, Keane had never released an album in the same year as Coldplay. Maybe Perfect Symmetry is a sign that the band has finally branched out from unabashedly jocking its countrymen's sound in a bid for popul...

October 23, 2008

No Supernova Here

By Stephanie Leong

It's strange to think that it's been 14 years since the '90s British pop-rock duo Oasis debuted its classic, highly praised Definitely Maybe, and it's clear from the band's subsequent output that the brothers Gallagher w...

October 23, 2008

Weekly Events for 10/23

By Staff

ONE Head over to the Magic Lantern Theater Friday evening to watch this past summer’s “The Pineapple Express,” starring “Freaks and Geeks” alums James Franco and Seth Rogen. It’s the p...

October 16, 2008

Jolie Holland, Live at SOhO

By Virginia Yapp

"Give me that old fashioned morphine / It's good enough for me / It was good enough for Billy Burroughs / It's good enough for me," the Texan-born singer warbled with her beautiful, distinctive drawl during the last song...

October 16, 2008

‘Body of Lies’ Review

By Artsweek Editor

Who knew that a Ridley Scott-directed movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Russell Crowe about the capture of an Osama bin Laden-like terrorist before he strikes in America could be the worst crime against eyes since "Ep...

October 16, 2008

‘Religulous’ Review

By Steven Morris

"Religulous," a documentary starring controversial funnyman Bill Maher and directed by Larry Charles of "Borat" fame, is one glorious middle finger to religion and everyone who professes to take part in it.