The foremost question viewers will probably find themselves asking before putting on their special glasses and settling in to watch U2 3-D"" is: ""Who is the intended audience for this movie?""
A local art studio exhibits its work at the Overture Center.'
Paul Thomas Anderson 's latest film \There will be Blood"" is stunning bloodbath.'
'Diving Bell' tells a visually dazzling, funny, and frequently uplifting true story of a paralyzed man who can only communicate through blinking.'
Despite its imperfections, Timbaland's latest solo album presents an engaging, inclusive tour through modern-day pop music, with the world's greatest producer as director and guide. To Timbaland, there is no genre of music he cannot successful'
As a fan of the French band Air, and particularly of their last album, 2004's Talkie Walkie, I was excited to hear their latest album, Pocket Symphony. Unfortunately, the duo of Nicolas Godin and Jean-BenoArt Dunckel seem to have traded in electronic-textured pop music for meandering minimalist instrumentals and Jarvis Cocker guest appearances. The latter crime against music (unless you like Jarvis Cocker, in which case, ignore this comment), on the song ""One Hell of a Party,"" plods on interminably for four minutes with Cocker droning on about the ""burned-out husk of the morning"" after ""one hell of a party."" I found it insufferable; maybe you'd like it.
Kevin Barnes bares his emotions like never before on Of Montreal's latest, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? Written during a year in which Barnes separated from and then reconciled with his wife, Hissing Fauna reveals Barnes without his signature fanciful characters and his ""variety of whimsical verse,"" as one of the band's earlier albums was subtitled.
University Theatre's production of Mary Zimmerman's ""Arabian Nights,"" continuing through the next two weekends in the Hemsley Theatre, is a crowd-pleasing delight. Under the direction of Norma Saldivar, and featuring many of the university's current MFA acting candidates, this is an epic series of tales retold in a setting that blurs modern and ancient times.
On Idlewild, the new album from OutKast — also the soundtrack to their recently released film of the same name — there is much to explore. It is worth skipping past a few half-baked show tunes and questionable experiments to hear music made by two'
New York's critically adored art punk trio, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, return after a three-year absence with a new album, Show Your Bones. Advance critical reaction suggested this would be ' ¦'
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