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Sexed-up, Subversive Laughs
The opening scenes of John Waters' latest and greatest film, A Dirty Shame, reveals an uptight, high-strung woman in need of rest and relaxation, and her amorous husband is more than willing to assist her in that area. But she adamantly refuses as it's not even noon, and only perverts do it in the light of day. You see, she's a 'neuter' and she'd be damned if she would succumb to any filthy carnal desires on her way to work. More
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Galleries
Dirty Work at Ego Park
As a venue whose mission statement is currently the Gettysburg Address (I had to take their word on it, as the website is under construction until late spring), Ego Park seems to be a different sort of arts space from the very get go. Even the name is different, described by founder Kevin Slagle, a creative writing student turned sculptor and painter, as a happy accident that stuck, it describes Slagle's somewhat ironic philosophical take on showing art. Specifically, that a gallery is a place for artists to take their egos for a walk - a dog-park for the ego. More
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Music
Released on Virgin Records, 7/17/2007
A red haired, piercingly green eyed siren helms the band known as A Fine Frenzy. Allison Sudol is said siren. Strikingly beautiful, she’d make just about anyone swoon with a brief fleeting gaze. Fortunately, Sudol is not a one trick pony. Her vertigo inducing appearance is matched by powerful pipes and a poignant musical sensibility that just may elevate Allison and the rest of her fine frenzy into public consciousness. More
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A Vintage Unlikely To Please Many Palates
Russell Crowe pulled down his first Oscar in 2000 with his intense performance as the betrayed and aggrieved general Maximus in Ridley Scott’s Gladiator. Hoping for similar magic again, Crowe and Scott have collaborated in The Good Year. It’s a good idea perhaps, but A Good Year is far from stellar, although not bad enough to feed to the lions. More
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Galleries
The Secret Life of Storage
Bags, the current exhibition from the folks at New Langton Arts, has brought Soma an experience somewhere between a puppet show and the wonderment of a child's first trip to the airport baggage claim - overwhelming, yet intriguing. Bursting with flights of fancy, Bags transforms Langton's gallery into a living, breathing creature full of component parts, referred to by James Bewley, the show's curator, as "bag-based life forms." More
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Movies
Growing Up Is Hard to Do
This earnest fictionalized memoir is an intense look at the violence, sexuality and pettiness of a group of adolescent friends growing up in Queens, New York in the 80s. Think Larry Clark's Kids but set in the boroughs. Like that film A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints also has a realistic feel. However, unlike it, it is decidedly self-indulgent. More
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Independent Exposure at 111 Minna Gallery
When you realize that the theaters don't have anything nearly disturbing enough for you this Halloween -- it's time to turn to the indies. That is, the array of shorts programmed by the demented and haunted minds of Microcinema. This month’s program of Independent Exposure, a monthly featuring experimental film -- is not for the faint of heart and is full of wry laughs. More
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So Painful It Hurts
Despite an intriguing title and a promising cast A History of Violence is a jumbled mess of a movie. Directed by David Cronenberg (Crash, The Fly), the movie listlessly follows the unraveling of a man's life after his violent past is exposed. As its title suggests, the movie is graphically violent in a very real way. There are no horror movie shenanigans or stylized gore fests to shield you from the punches and the blood. More
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Clothing & Accessories
Lingerie, Passionately
It’s no secret that lingerie can work wonders in the bedroom, but quality, beautiful undergarments are also essential to the confident, self-indulging woman’s wardrobe. Nafissa Tayebi’s A La Folie serves up delicious concoctions in silks and laces that cover the spectrum from innocent to sizzling; prepare to be enamored. Though A La Folie is across the bridge in Berkeley’s Fourth Street shopping district, the splendors that beckon should inspire a field trip for women who are tired of shopping for lingerie under the stony airbrushed stares of Adriana Lima and Giselle Bundchen. More
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Auggie Rose explores identity
Wouldn't it suck if you suddenly died one day and no one else even noticed? Now what if some random guy took over your life and the world didn't skip a beat? Perhaps if you were some high-falootin' celebrity constantly bathing in the limelight, it'd be more difficult for another person to impersonate you. But if you were just a Mr. Joe Nobody, it would be easy, right? More
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