GROWING PAINS: Gawky teen Duncan (Liam James) lumbers through puberty while trying to woo his neighbor Susanna (AnnaSophia Robb). City Paper grade: B+ While most coming-of-age vehicles waste time spackling narrative cracks with dull sentiment, Nat Faxon and Jim Rashs…
Some of Center Citys diverse eateries might have more in common than meets the eye. From fast food to fine dining, it seems many of our go-to restaurants are serving up a few items that arent typically on the menu:…
The 19th annual Philadelphia QFest runs July 11-22. Single tickets to regular screenings are $11; for info, call 267-765-9800 or visit qfest.com. Films screen at Ritz East, 125 S. Second St., or Ritz at the Bourse, 400 Ranstead St. Want…
Local comedy got dealt two blows this week. The first who blew us was Doogie Horner, the stand-up art-comic and Quirk Books art director who announced hes moving to New York City. Im going because my wife got a job…
City Paper Grade: B- Packed sardine-tight with well-timed wisecracks, incompetent redshirts and even a Samson-size Germanic henchman with bleach-blonde hair (love those guys), Roland Emmerich’s return to the residence he blew the fuck up in Independence Day is jingo cinema…
City Paper Grade: A Im in love with melody, Lisa Fischer informs us early on in Morgan Nevilles 20 Feet From Stardom, the discernible timidity in her speaking voice suggesting shed find the chat more natural with a microphone in her…
City Paper Grade: B+ Like the Yasmina Khadra novel that inspired it, Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiris The Attack is an unfathomably hard punch to the gut, deeply internalizing and personalizing the strife and uncertainty of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a manner…
Words cant express the sorrow we feel for the families of the six people killed and those injured 14 in the Market Street building collapse. Condolences to all. Also lost is the devastation is that long standing, much needed Salvation…
Solange danced on stage with moves youd catch at any predominately black middle school in the 90s. She jigged; she finger-rolled; she coordinated her steps Prince-style with her guitarist and bassist. She did so in dookie twists and mixed African…