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January 30, 2001

Theater Review: Triumph of Love Has Plenty of Cross-Dressing Fun

By Staff

The Central Coast Premiere production is a masterful blend of music, humor and old-fashioned love.

January 30, 2001

Film Review: “Shadow of a Vampire”

By Andy Sywak

One of those "Does art mirror life or life mirror art?" movies that might interest Oscar Wilde, "Shadow" is an entertaining film set around the filming of an actual vampire movie.

January 30, 2001

Straight to Video Classics: “The Catcher”

By Jack Lloyd

The Catcher's first order of business is to kill the opposing team's star player.

January 30, 2001

Film Review: “On the Road With Duke Ellington”

By David Downs

There's something about mastication that makes legends not so legendary.

January 30, 2001

CD Reviews

By Staff

Sade, Lesser, The Microphones, more

January 25, 2001

Film Review: “Snatch”

By Andy Sywak

Director Guy Ritchie seems determined to make the film, essentially a comedy of errors, entertaining and surprising at every turn.

January 25, 2001

Film Review: “Rififi”

By Julie Kraim

Jules Dassin's 1955 French film noir features an exquisitely engineered jewelry heist that looks way ahead of its time in a 2001 viewing.

January 25, 2001

Art Review: “Dual Visions”

By Ham Staff Writer

The recent show at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art presents yet another opportunity to discuss the place in the world of fine art that photography occupies.

January 25, 2001

Music Reviews

By Staff

Abstract Jazz Lounge III, The Black Halos, Geddy Lee, Jaffa, Mount Florida, Propagandhi, Strait Up

January 25, 2001

Artsweek Fanmail: Putting On Calendars

By Staff

"This is the third year we have put on the calendar, it's our biggest philanthropic event, and we would love to get credit for it."

January 18, 2001

“Just Another Poster” Chicano Art at the University Art Museum

By Stacy Redd

While the brightly colored posters that adorn the walls of the museum do look deceptively like any of the other advertisements that we see everyday, a more in-depth study of them reveals the plight, as well as the hope, ...

January 18, 2001

Film Review: Antitrust Borrows and Bombs

By Andy Sywak

Like last year's "Rules of Engagement," "Antitrust" addresses a provocative contemporary social issue: the parameters on corporate competition and power in an era of hyper-capitalism.

January 18, 2001

Straight to Video Classics: Leprechaun in the Hood

By Jack Lloyd

It is my pleasure, therefore, to review the greatest film in the greatest movie series to date: "Leprechaun in the Hood," of the great "Leprechaun" series.

January 18, 2001

Film Review: “Antonio Gaudi” Showcases the Work of the Great Architect

By Julie Kraim

The biography, "Antonio Gaudi," ia a film that leisurely and artistically weaves its way down the path of the architect's life work.

January 18, 2001

Sound-Soundstyle: Music Reviews

By Staff

Lafleche | Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 4 | Turbo I was originally going to use this space to review Sade’s latest release, Lovers Rock, but my inner cynic just couldn’t bring myself to write thoughtfully about...

January 12, 2001

Film Review: Traffic

By Andy Sywak

In his 10th film, director Steven Soderbergh ("Erin Brokovich," "Out of Sight") brings his gritty, unconventional style of filmmaking to examine the business, strident moralizing and massive law enfor...