Metro Weekly

Arts + Entertainment

  • Blood Relations

    By on April 27, 2005

    So you think you know Electra? You may recall Sophocles' intricate version of the Greek tragedy, the bloodbath where Electra, born to King Agamemnon and...

  • Martial Artistry

    By on April 27, 2005

    I went into Kung Fu Hustle with a massive headache, one of those throb jobs that nearly debilitates you. I left, 95 minutes later, with...

  • Fischer King

    By on April 27, 2005

    There are albums that you like, and bands you at least want to like. But finding both at once? Well, U2 continues to do it,...

  • Indecent Proposal

    By on April 20, 2005

    No matter how hard you squeeze a lemon, it will never yield luscious wine. Neither red wine, nor white, no Chardonnay, Zinfandel, or blush. The...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 20, 2005

    DEPECHE REFRESHED... Talk about a change of heart. A year and a half ago, Dave Gahan told Rolling Stone he had no interest in continuing...

  • Punk'd by Nostalgia

    By on April 20, 2005

    New Order just might have more influence on today's electronica scene than it's ever had in the 25 years the ever-influential band has been together...

  • Future Plans

    By on April 13, 2005

    August Wilson doesn't just sit down and write a play. He delicately composes a small symphony of musical prose, a theatrical retelling of history as...

  • Lacking Magic

    By on April 13, 2005

    My advice to anyone who joined the ticket-purchasing frenzy when they saw the words ''magic'' and ''flute'' in the same sentence as Washington National Opera...

  • Sinfully Delicious

    By on April 13, 2005

    It should come as no surprise that Robert Rodriguez's production company is called Troublemaker Studios. The director, whose bracing, electrifying style of filmmaking appears to...

  • Yukking It Up

    By on April 13, 2005

    Arguably, nobody needs a good laugh these days as much as the gay community. Help is on the way. As part of its ongoing ''Laugh...

  • Face Value

    By on April 6, 2005

    At first glance, Jeanette L. Buck's There Are No Strangers is nothing more than a lengthy account of a harrowing and violent personal ordeal. Told...

  • Folk Rockers

    By on April 6, 2005

    To look at Eric Himan, you expect his music to be hard-charging punk-rock, maybe even heavy metal. After all, he's got ''inked arms that out-sleeve...

  • Artistic Scribe

    By on April 6, 2005

    The minute Jon Robin Baitz mentions that he recently finished penning an episode of Alias, the interviewer's mind comes to a screeching halt. He stops...

  • Soundwaves

    By on April 6, 2005

    P. DIDDY CRASHES THE PARTY... Two weeks ago, Miami hosted the annual Winter Music Conference, the dance music equivalent to the film industry's Sundance. The...

  • Learning Experience

    By on March 30, 2005

    When Eytan Fox was an Israeli teenager, he went to Germany as part of a folk dancing troupe. He and his friends were all anxious...