Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Whiz Kid

    By on May 13, 2009

    There are the things we know, and then there are the things we don't know. And then there are the things we think we know...

  • A la Mode

    By on May 13, 2009

    Has Depeche Mode, pioneers of dark electronica, seen the light? ''Just look at me,'' lead singer Dave Gahan sings on ''Peace,'' from the band's new...

  • Blinded by Science

    By on May 13, 2009

    It's been three years since Dan Brown's wildly popular novel, The Da Vinci Code, jumped to the silver screen, angering the Catholic Church with its...

  • Space Balls

    By on May 6, 2009

    J.J. Abrams may not be boldly going where no man has gone before, but he's boldly doing what few have done before: creating a daring,...

  • Secret Lives

    By on May 6, 2009

    Washington loves its secrets -- or at least it loves pretending something is a secret even though it's made its way through the rumor mill...

  • Deliciously Dire

    By on May 6, 2009

    Chances are you will not be seeing the Siegfried that opened this past Saturday night since the performance began with general director Placido Domingo's announcement...

  • De-Clawed

    By on April 30, 2009

    What happens when the badass becomes the sweet and sensitive one? You lose the edge. And that's exactly the problem with X-Men Origins: Wolverine. There's...

  • Rock On

    By on April 29, 2009

    Tom Stoppard junkies may scoff, but any discussion of Studio's Rock 'N' Roll must begin with the caveat that the uninitiated may wish to either...

  • Great Escape

    By on April 29, 2009

    Ragtime is one of those musicals. It's big. It's opulent. It's filled with infectious songs that will remain firmly in your head for days after...

  • Closet Cases

    By on April 29, 2009

    Where's the rage in Outrage? Director Kirby Dick, who last covered the Motion Picture Association of America's rating system in This Film Is Not Yet...

  • Puppet Master

    By on April 29, 2009

    Until just a few years ago, Joe Goode considered himself a ''puppetphobe.'' ''Puppets seemed like children's theater,'' says the innovative choreographer. ''The cuteness factor was...

  • The Pitts

    By on April 22, 2009

    Why is summer the season of change? Really, think about the number of films about transformative summers, from the iconic Summer of '42, to the...

  • Hall of Fame

    By on April 22, 2009

    It's amazing what people will post online. Leave aside the conversations people will have, loudly, on their cell phones while walking down the street or...

  • Drinking Again

    By on April 22, 2009

    Pulling it out yet again (sometimes literally in this case), the Washington Shakespeare Company delivers a superbly in-yer-face production of Tennessee Williams' study in disheveled...

  • Nuts

    By on April 15, 2009

    Sometimes you should absolutely judge a book by its cover. 'One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest' The moment you take your seat for Round House...