What piece of art changed your life? How did it affect you?
Stan Brakhage's films Moth Light (1963) and The Dante Quartet (1987). I saw Moth Light when I was in junior high or high school (13 or...
Well, it must be the new Jimmy Joe Roche/Dan Deacon film! The 17-minute "Hilvarenbeek" played at last weekend's Maryland Film Fest and just went up on the IFC site.
A curious piece, it was made...
The Tradesmen: Making an Art of Work, a new documentary by Richard Yeagley, premieres at the Charles tonight.
The film recontextualizes the work of tradespeople and skilled craftsmen by...
Movie buffs won’t want to miss this weekend’s Maryland Film Festival. My fellow editor Max Weiss previewed a few of the fest’s films on her blog, and you can check out her reviews here. The Smartish...
One of the city’s most vibrant art events, the 8th annual Transmodern Festival runs all weekend at the H&H Building, Current Gallery, 14Karat Cabaret, and other venues around town. You can...
It’s easy to take a musical like West Side Story for granted. Since opening in 1957, the play has become a beloved cultural touchstone that practically everyone knows—or thinks they know. Because...
Indie duo Wye Oak premieres a music video for “Fish”—off the fab Civilian CD—at Metro Gallery tonight. It’s part of an exhibition of new work by Kathy Fahey, who created the paper cuts used in...
Tonight, a pair of local indie-rock powerhouses, Lower Dens and Wye Oak, share a bill at the Black Cat in D.C. Closer to home, the web documentary Hometown Baghdad screens at Towson University, as...
It isn't everyday that an Irish vocal quartet gets tapped for the theme song to a blockbuster Japanese film, but that's exactly what happened to Celtic Woman. The group, which plays the Hippodrome...
Local cinephiles will want to check out these exciting events: Matt Porterfield's much-lauded film, Putty Hill, opens at the Charles, and there are special events on tap all weekend; and...
