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Review: Remember Me

Robert Pattinson trades his fangs for James Dean's cool
Director Allen Coulter bites off more than he can chew in this rote romantic drama.
By BRETT MICHEL | March 10, 2010

In happiness begins responsibility
Willard Spiegelman seems like a nice guy. He has had the good luck to live a happy life without major disaster or suffering. But as a long-time professor of English at Southern Methodist University and editor of the Southwest Review , he has ended up living his life among just those people — writers and academics.
By CHARLES TAYLOR | December 02, 2009

Storied treasures

Arts and Crap Dept.
How much would you pay for a nutcracker James Dean used — precisely how, we can't guess — to pleasure himself? Or a cow-shaped creamer that once belonged to Norman Rockwell during a particularly dark period of his life?
By MIKE MILIARD | September 10, 2009

Splendor on the screen

Elia Kazan at the HFA
The arc of Elia Kazan's professional life has its origins in the Group Theatre, where he was trained as an actor and performed in the original 1930s productions of Clifford Odets's Waiting for Lefty and Golden Boy .
By STEVE VINEBERG | July 29, 2009

Review: The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet

In this Verona, small children dwell
For young love, kiss, and star-cross, you're hard-pressed to get/more quintessence than Romeo and Juliet...
By MEGAN GRUMBLING | March 04, 2009

Simple blood

Twilight puts the life back into the undead
Twilight puts the life back into the undead
By PETER KEOUGH | November 24, 2008

EXCERPT: King Creole

Gerald Perry writes on King Creole' s neverending B list movie status.
Gerald Perry writes on King Creole' s neverending B list movie status.
By GERALD PEARY | October 31, 2008

Paul Newman (1925-2008)

Remembering a movie star who turned himself into a great actor
Paul Newman, who died last weekend at the age of 83, was that rarest of creatures, a movie star who turned himself into a great actor.
By STEVE VINEBERG | October 01, 2008

American original

Arthur Penn at the Harvard Film Archive
During the great American renaissance period in movies, Hollywood was in the hands of the counterculture.
By STEVE VINEBERG | January 29, 2008

White Light + Frank A.M.

Music seen at Strange Maine, November 10, 2007
Relaxation was the theme of the night’s Strange Maine performance, in concept if not in execution.
By CHRISTOPHER GRAY | November 20, 2007

Let them eat car

Poor kids lose child-care while legislative leaders ride in comfort
It might be not just ostentatious, but very insulting and irresponsible, for the state to pay for two new SUVs.
By PHILLIPE AND JORGE | September 05, 2007

Yin Yang

Rhino resurrects the Doors’ Live in Boston 1970
They wanted to see his cock. But as shit-faced drunk as he was, Jim Morrison had learned his lesson.
By JEFF TAMARKIN | August 14, 2007

Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash

Dualtone
Tribute albums are usually hit-or-miss, and this one honoring June Carter Cash is no exception.
By WERNER TRIESCHMANN | May 05, 2009

Meatless magic

Morrissey returns, Bank of America Pavillion, July 7, 2007
“No Meat,” read the signs posted at the entrance of Bank of America Pavilion.
By MATT ASHARE | July 09, 2007

Do what they mean

Loverless are a lean Fighter machine
When 2006 wraps up, it’ll be hard to think of another show as fun as the Big Easy’s stage for the Best Music Poll Festival back in May, with Cosades and Loverless opening for Rock Kills Kid.
By SAM PFEIFLE | September 20, 2006

Flyboys

Saved by breathtaking aerial battles
Before the US entered WW1, a handful of American hotheads joined the Lafayette Escadrille, a legendary Allied air squadron in France. Watch the trailer for Flyboys (QuickTime)
By CHRIS WANGLER | September 20, 2006

Gore a bore?

And other insights at the Silverdocs Film Festival
I was off to Silver Spring, Maryland, and the Fourth Silverdocs Documentary Festival earlier this month.
By GERALD PEARY | June 28, 2006

Made to order

MTV and Frank Pino turn a New Hampshire teen into a rock star
For a 16-year-old “recovering band geek” who has just had, by her own description, the best night of her entire life, Alexa Fay is slightly hysterical.
By ELISABETH DONNELLY | January 23, 2006