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Concert Review: Antony and the Johnsons
“Fuck Beyonce!” The voice cut though the still darkness, rattling the audience, an inappropriate bookend to Antony and the Johnsons’ chilling cover of “Crazy in Love.” Maybe someone gasped but only that epithet lingered
Read More »Rediscover: The Enchanted Cottage
Rediscover: The Enchanted Cottage Dir: John Cromwell 1945 Rediscover is a series of reviews highlighting past releases that have flown under the radar and now deserve a second look. What is it about “escape”
Read More »Adventureland
Adventureland Dir: Greg Mottola Rating: 3.0 Miramax Films 107 Minutes Call it blind fortune but after I returned home from viewing Adventureland, director Greg Mottola’s paean to his ’80s youth, a copy of American
Read More »Interview: Inara George and Greg Kurstin of The Bird and the Bee
The Bird and the Bee have style- the duo of singer Inara George (she’s the Bird) and multi-instrumentalist Greg Kurstin (he’s the Bee) are both industry veterans, but you wouldn’t know it. As I
Read More »Mirah: (a)spera
Mirah (a)spera Rating: 3.5 Label: K Records buy it at insound! The opening violins on Mirah’s (a)spera sound like the arrival of something that’s been long anticipated. And this is the case for (a)spera:
Read More »Julie Doiron: I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day
Julie Doiron I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day Rating: 3.5 Label:Jagjaguwar
Read More »Skills Like This
Skills Like This Dir: Monty Miranda Rating: 2.0 Shadow Distribution 88 Minutes I’m inclined to argue that Skills Like This is a sci-fi comedy, as its characters are simply that removed from reality as
Read More »Beso: Los Angeles, CA
6350 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 467-7991 http://besohollywood.com It’s good to know that Eva Longoria isn’t really a desperate housewife. Her passion for cooking led her to chef Todd English and restaurateurs
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