Motor City Burgers
Flaming pants and cursing rants. Heavy metal and heavier mettle; the Motor City Burgers mess around with crunchy rock ‘n’ roll with a sense of humor that can only be described as pleasantly belligerent. Frontman Enduro Fonzepontze rails against whatever is at hand and whomever is in attendance – and then the Burgers kick in…
For those who still rock
Since the release of AC/DC’s last record, Ballbreaker, the hard-rock world has been turned on its head. Not that it really matters all that much to Angus Young and Company because, even though Korn, Rage Against The Machine and Limp Bizkit now the rule the aggro-rock world, for these Aussie giants, these bands are of…
The Edge of the World
Filmed in black and white on the remote island of Foula, The Edge of the World (1937) is the first film by British director Michael Powell (1905-90) to foreshadow his more mature, richly idiosyncratic visions such as I Know Where I’m Going (1945) and Black Narcissus (1947). Powell directed 25 films in the five years…
The Golf War
How does one protest against globalization? March in the street as they did in Seattle? Or make documentaries? After watching this film, you might want to hang up your Birkenstocks and grab a camera. Directors Jen Schradie and Matt DeVries journeyed to the Philippines to witness one of the more idiotic of global capitalism’s projects…
High Fidelity
During one of the many times Rob Gordon (John Cusack) directly addresses the camera in High Fidelity, he discusses the making of an effective mix tape and the appropriation of someone else’s art to express your own emotions. For Rob, that’s a telling statement. The owner of Championship Vinyl, a record store which specializes in…
Waking the Dead
When Fielding Pierce (Billy Crudup) and Sarah Williams (Jennifer Connelly) are together, they share the kind of intoxicating intimacy that makes the rest of the world melt away. That’s particularly good for this couple, because when they meet in 1972, they’re polar opposites in a politically divisive time. He’s the product of his family’s working-class…
Romeo Must Die
It’s East meets West as slick, gun-totin’, black underground businessmen battle it out with their Japanese counterparts who use their bodies as weapons in the new action flick, Romeo Must Die. Normally, one would expect the guns to win out, but that would make for a quick and boring film. Instead, filmmaker Andrzej Bartkowiak, who…
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
What makes a sports hero? Simply put, it’s winning. Which means that new stars are made every time athletes meet in competition. But there are occasions when a sports figure becomes a cultural icon, when a throwaway song line like “Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?” hits a collective nerve. Hank Greenberg may already be…
Painter on the spot
Karim Alrawi’s play about history and the marvelous in the mind of Marc Chagall….
Showing off
Student designers heat up our world with spring arrivals….
Back Room bounty
An east side institution since 1988, Steve’s Back Room is aptly named; To get to the restaurant, customers must walk through the saloon-style swinging doors at the back of Steve’s store. Unfortunately, what feels cozy at lunchtime on Wednesday can be claustrophobic on a weekend evening. So go for lunch.
