Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Busload

    By on November 8, 2006

    ''There are so few American films that use sex in a complicated way,'' says Shortbus director John Cameron Mitchell on a recent weekday afternoon at...

  • Social Study

    By on November 1, 2006

    Rarely have I heard an audience erupt in the manner in which they did during a key scene in Borat. An explosive startled laughter quickly...

  • Halfway There

    By on November 1, 2006

    William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream is a perennial favorite, containing everything needed for a fun night of theater: a broad range of characters, an...

  • Magic Free

    By on October 25, 2006

    In the world of movies, coming attractions are the ultimate sleight-of-hand, a misdirection to make you think that what you will be getting is better...

  • Criminal Intent

    By on October 25, 2006

    In 1924, Nathan ''Babe'' Leopold Jr. and Richard ''Dickie'' Loeb were sentenced to life plus 99 years for the murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks. The...

  • Cold Comfort

    By on October 25, 2006

    In times of change, it's common to seek out a source of comfort and stability. For some, that means indulging in a favorite childhood food....

  • Better Left Unsaid

    By on October 25, 2006

    James McGreevey's autobiography, The Confession, is as dismal as his approval ratings were in 2004 when he declared that he was a ''gay American'' and...

  • Smooth Operator

    By on October 18, 2006

    Pairing a fragile, Billie Holiday-like voice with spare, country-tinged arrangements à la Norah Jones, Madeleine Peyroux is a prime purveyor of lazy Sunday jazz for...

  • Sultry Soul

    By on October 18, 2006

    Forget American Idol. These days, it seems you have to be a former Mouseketeer to catch a critical break in the pop music world. Okay,...

  • Soundwaves

    By on October 18, 2006

    FROM THE SECOND TIME YOU GOT ME BA-BAY... You should already know the name Offer Nissim by now. And Maya Siman-Tov, too -- or at...

  • Shining Blue

    By on October 18, 2006

    Adapting a Toni Morrison novel to any other medium is at the very least a Herculean task. Most notably, Oprah Winfrey tried turning the author's...

  • The Naked Now

    By on October 11, 2006

    ''I am good at being naked.'' In the nonstop cascade of language that makes up Heather Raffo's 9 Parts of Desire, this single line forms...

  • Anger Management

    By on October 11, 2006

    Given the explosion of courtroom dramas on television over the past decade, it might seem unnecessary to go to the Kennedy Center to watch another...

  • Killer Queen

    By on October 4, 2006

    In The Queen, Helen Mirren, portraying Queen Elizabeth II, gives perhaps her most remarkable performance in an already remarkable career. She vanishes completely into the...

  • Force of Nature

    By on October 4, 2006

    Arena Stage's new production of Cabaret is a force of nature -- a thunderstorm that starts as the rumble of gin-fueled laughter and ends with...