January 3–10, 2002 movies Bad Manors Gosford Park skewers British aristocracy — but so what? by Sam Adams Gosford Park Directed by Robert Altman A USA Films release Class act: Michael Gambon, Emily Watson and Richard E. Grant in Gosford…

December 6–13, 2001 cover story|holiday book quarterly It Could Be Verse Ethan Coen on joking around with poetry — seriously. by Sam Adams The people who regularly accuse Joel and Ethan Coen of making smart-assed, style-obsessed, dehumanized movies are apt…

December 6–13, 2001 book quicks|nonfiction When Falls the Coliseum: A Journal of American Culture (or Lack Thereof) Scott Stein and C.P. Kaiser, editors Free Reign Press, 304 pp., $15.95 When Falls the Coliseum is a collection of super-short fiction and…

December 6–13, 2001 movies Stolen Moments In Ocean’s Eleven, the good bits keep coming, but they don’t fit together. by Sam Adams Ocean’s Eleven Directed by Steven Soderbergh A Warner Bros. Release Heist Complex: Danny Ocean (George Clooney) lays out…

November 15–22, 2001 naked city Iron Men Stephen Starr, Chef Masaharu Morimoto and designer Karim Rashid finally open up shop. by A.D. Amorosi Starr attraction: Inside the newly opened Morimoto, designed by UArt’s Karim Rashid. photo: Scott Weiner Drama. Restaurateur…

November 8–15, 2001 movies Music to His Eyes D.A. Pennebaker talks about 40 years of capturing music on film. by Sam Adams Mountain music: (From left) David Rawlings, Emmylou Harris and Gillian Welch. It’s hard to consider D.A. Pennebaker’s career…

November 8–15, 2001 movies Eyeful Tower Amélie’s shallow splendor is something to behold. by Sam Adams Amélie Directed by Jean-Pierre Jeunet. A Miramax release. recommended Smile and the world smiles with you: Audrey Tautou lights up the screen. Imagine a…

November 8–15, 2001 arts picks|art Tomie Arai Artist Tomie Arai grew up hearing the Japanese folktale of the Peach Boy, a tale of a hero who sprang from a peach singing in his ears. In a series of paintings on…

October 18–25, 2001 dance Moving Pictures Debuts Oct. 10, Oct. 13-14, Pennsylvania Ballet, Merriam Theater In the Flow: Amy Aldridge and David Krensing in the lyrical “Cantilena.” When Pennsylvania Ballet commissioned Christopher Stowell of San Francisco Ballet to create a…