Woody Allen

Why Garry Marshall Is Hollywood's Middlebrow Hero

Sound Off: DJ Dana on Courtney Marie Andrews, Source Victoria, and Sun Ghost

Clockwise from top left: DJ Dana, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sun Ghost, Source Victoria ​Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If yo ... More >>

Demetri Martin

Clockwise from top left: DJ Dana, Courtney Marie Andrews, Sun Ghost, Source Victoria ​Welcome to the latest installment of our weekly feature, Sound Off, in which Jason P. Woodbury is joined by a different guest each week to listen to and discuss three tracks from local Phoenix artists. If yo ... More >>

Local Film The Big Something Features Public Domain Soundtrack

​"Vinyl isn't dead...But something is rotten in Phoenix." That's the tagline for The Big Something, the first feature for Phoenix-based Running Wild Films. The film is a whodunit revolving around the murder of a record store owner, and was shot on location at Phoenix's Tracks in Wax record store ... More >>

Moscow Mule: Oprah-Approved Refreshment

Image via SF Station Ever since Oprah name-dropped the Moscow Mule, this classic cooler is suddenly red hot​We're uncorking our latest column, Bottoms Up: a weekly guide to everything brewed, bottled, blended, barrel-aged and generally booze-soaked. Sometimes it's impossible to nail down e ... More >>

Top Ten Things That Make Frank Sinatra Cool

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Transformers Are Back and Kicking Ass in Dark of the Moon

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Tamara Drewe and the Comedy of Going Plastic in a Rustic World

A young Frank Sinatra, after being arrested for "carrying on" with a married woman (which was a crime way back then). Not one of the things that makes him cool, but a damn good photo.​When it comes to crooners, they don't get any cooler than Frank Sinatra. Over the course of his 60-year career, "O ... More >>

Picture Perfect

Downtown record shop continues series with 1986 classic

Kevin Smith Discusses Southwest Airlines, Razor Dildos, George Carlin, Green Hornet and More

Kevin Smith on George Carlin: He only wanted to be an actor, but no one would give him a big role.​I had a really good time talking to writer/director/actor/unrivaled geek icon Kevin Smith for this week's music section. Such a good time, in fact, that I couldn't fit all of the worthwhile, oft-prof ... More >>

Paul Giamatti’s Wit is the Heart of Cold Souls

Kevin Smith on George Carlin: He only wanted to be an actor, but no one would give him a big role.​I had a really good time talking to writer/director/actor/unrivaled geek icon Kevin Smith for this week's music section. Such a good time, in fact, that I couldn't fit all of the worthwhile, oft-prof ... More >>

Behind the Bar: Josh Parry, SideBar

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

On Mexican Professionals, Napkin Dispensers, and Improvised Purses

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

Summer Guide: The season of big-budget movies uses its brain

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

Cannes takes a decidedly serious tone with films featuring sites of social conflict

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

Jason Statham displays talent beyond his punch 'n' grunt typecast in The Bank Job

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

Absolutely, Positively

Lauren GilgerJosh Parry behind the bar at SideBar in downtown Phoenix.Josh Parry is serious about drinks. He will not allow his bartenders to free-pour the sweet and sour in one of their signature cocktails, a Cucumint Martini. It must be measured with a jigger. "It's that exact," he says. "If y ... More >>

349 Movies To Go

Sacré merde! The onslaught that is Toronto Fest

Saying Goodbye To Two Giants of Cinema

Ingmar Bergman (1918-2007); Michelangelo Antonioni (1912-2007)

Judy Kaye

You have to be good to sing that badly

The Break-Ups

Stale romantic comedy has neither romance nor comedy

Pop Rocks

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

New releases available this week

Ten albums that'll snap and fizz in your ear buds all winter long

Titillating Pixels

Tabb gets an eyeful of foxy video-game characters

'Til Death. That's It.

The In-Laws is bigger and broader than the original, but not better

Hallway Gangstas

When bad things happen to good kids, their Luck always holds

Bogey Man

Actor knows the man behind his role in Play It Again, Sam

Say Nothing

When two lovers meet in Serendipity, it's a rather unfortunate accident

Life Goes On

Despite the recent passing of some of heritage music's finest, the music continues to flourish thanks to a handful of fine new releases

What, Them Worry?

As Mad celebrates its 400th issue, its editors wonder how to stay funny in a world gone mad

Call It 'The Offender'

The Contender is a candidate for the year's most high-minded trash

For the Love of Mike

The call of karaoke pulls three pairs to the stage in likable Duets

I See Dull People!

The only thing more boring than the surface of this Ford/Pfeiffer "thriller" is What Lies Beneath

The Lust Supper

The only thing more boring than the surface of this Ford/Pfeiffer "thriller" is What Lies Beneath

Bard Karma

The only thing more boring than the surface of this Ford/Pfeiffer "thriller" is What Lies Beneath

Formica Follows Function

New Yorker Family Restaurant / SunnySide Cafe

Letters

New Yorker Family Restaurant / SunnySide Cafe

Winged Victory

Fascinating A Bug's Life is lousy with laughs

Night & Day

April 30 - May 6, 1998

Lust Cause

Valley phone-sex operators claim they're getting screwed

The Next New Wave

Our critic ventures to the Great White North, looking for the Worthy and Undistributed

Howard's Blend

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

BROADWAY PLAYS DEAD'95 TONY AWARDS EULOGIZE WORST SEASON IN NEW YORK THEATRE HISTORY

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

SOYS N THE HOOD

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

CORPSE AND ROBBERS

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

GAEL FORCE

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

I, OF THE NOODLE

Stern shows off his Private Parts, and they're really quite nice

Right Time for Sargent?

Look out, McCain. There's a woman after you.

SWISS BOOM BAH

Look out, McCain. There's a woman after you.