Michel Khleifi’s groundbreaking 1987 film looks at the Palestinian culture from twin vantage points: through the eyes of the participants at a traditional Palestinian wedding ceremony and from the point of view of the occupying Israeli powers-that-be. Though Khleifi is a Nazareth-born Palestinian, the film (which won the International Critics…
Remember that student in high school who boycotted science class on the day of the fetal-pig dissection? If you were that kid, or are a member of PETA, you might have mixed feelings about Tempe artist Brent Adrian’s “Poetics of Dissection” exhibit and its hyper-realistic oil paintings of roasted duck…
Usually, we like to keep things smart and snarky for our Night & Day section, but today, we’re thinking it’s better to reign it in a bit. Reason being is that the Mesa Contemporary Art exhibition “Domestic Arsenal” showcases Eileen Doktorski’s sobering work that approaches, dismantles, and investigates domestic violence…
The Wallachs have a problem. The fact that their teenaged daughter, Rose, is rebelling is certainly no surprise; what teenager doesn’t? But her parents are Marxists who have devoted themselves to opposing McCarthyism, anti-Semitism, and the exploitation of the working class with equal zeal. But Rose finds her parents’ ideologies…
Cheap, for lack of a better word, is good. Though Gordon Gekko and Arizona writer Phil Villarreal would seem to be coming at the notion of “money equals power” from polar-opposite perspectives, they’re actually cut from the same miserly gabardine. At least in spirit. Villarreal, a reporter for Tucson’s Arizona…
Though British landscape painter Tony Foster is sometimes referred to as the “Warhol of the Wilderness,” it’s not because, say, he paints Mount Rainier as a giant Campbell’s soup can, or works the face of Jackie Onassis into the crags of the Rockies. Rather, the Cornwall resident, now in his…
The Merc have clinched the West, but they still have one last unfinished piece of business, pre-playoffs: taking down the Sparks in the final game of the legendary 11-year pro Lisa Leslie, who leads L.A. in points per game. She’ll also finish her career as the Sparks and WNBA career…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the San Francisco Giants, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Tue., Sept. 15, 10 p.m., 2009…
The fan-friendly affair features a televised breakdown of the night’s Diamondbacks road game against the San Diego Padres, along with giveaways, drink specials at nearby bars like Cadillac Ranch and Dave & Buster’s, and more. Mon., Sept. 14, 10 p.m., 2009…
Mark our words: Sooner than later, Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback Kurt Warner will go down on his 38-year-old hiney, and he won’t get up. So while it seems strange to classify the Redbirds’ first contest of the season following a scintillating Super Bowl run as a must-win, their game against…
Both teams are deader than doornails, as far as the playoffs go, but each is entertaining in its own mucked-up way. The Brew Crew, in fact, has a ton of talent that hasn’t quite jelled, including left fielder Ryan Braun, first baseman Prince Fielder (pictured), and center fielder Mike Cameron…
Actress Mischa Barton landed in the nuthouse after the producers of A Beautiful Life ordered her to pack on, then lose, some blubber. Megan Fox had to beef up or get lost from the Transformers sequel, and singer Kelly Clarkson’s photos for an article on body confidence were retouched so…
If you’re a rock band that hails from pretty much anywhere in New Jersey, perhaps the greatest honor that could be bestowed upon you – more than a Grammy or induction into the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame – is for Bruce Springsteen to play with you onstage. It…
Somewhere along the line, Apple Computer Inc. started hiring staffers with a knack for searching out perfect pop songs. These employees have an acute sense for picking catchy, pop-driven songs to pimp their lines of iPods. More often than not, these songs are superb lightning in a bottle – a…
They were among the first punks to go Americana. Like the Blasters dipped in acid and sun-baked by the Arizona heat, the Meat Puppets play cosmic country and blues ranging from ambling psych-singed instrumentals to effervescing folk jangle led by Curt Kirkwood’s warbling baritone. While their first album primarily favored…
We’ve got a monster problem in Scottsdale. These gigantic creatures are over seven feet tall. They look like humanoid aliens that sprout heavy coats of fluorescent-colored fur, break out in full-body rashes of beads, and shoulder elaborate headdresses of thrift-store bric-a-brac. It’s as if an atomic bomb hit your neighborhood…
Early in Shane Acker’s computer-animated debut feature 9, a diminutive anthropomorphic whatsit with wooden hands, copper fingers, and the titular numeral emblazoned on his chest awakens to the lifeless body of his human creator and sets forth into a decimated industrial landscape — all twisted metal and smokestacks — that…
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, secular worker-priests of the Belgian cinema, emerge once more from their lower depths. In describing one of their movies, you describe them all. Lorna’s Silence, like their five other features since 1992, was shot in French-speaking Wallonia, in their native province of Liège, the first industrial…
Yep. Stolen. Right off the wall.I just heard the unbelievable news from Perihelion and Pravus gallery owner, Amy Young, that a skateboard deck art piece by Daniel Martin Diaz (pictured above) was stolen this past First Friday (September 4th).The work was a part of Pravus Gallery’s “DECK III” show that…
Home is a concept that, much like other intricacies of our human existence, seems totally bizarre if you take the time to really mull it over.Most people’s homes are complicated boxes that lock up and shut out the rest of the world. Not only do we store our possessions here,…
Expect a crowd tonight on Roosevelt Row.If Benjamin Leatherman’s blog from earlier today is any indication, tonight could get pretty dang nuts.But Arty Girl doesn’t want to talk about that First Friday, No, no…let’s talk about the other one…the one that should be a little more calm.I first mentioned the…
Let’s face it: Elmore James Jr. rings a hell of a lot swanker than “Earnest Jr. — Mr. Soul,” the name the son of the late slide-blues great Elmore James was using in ’65, when another blues legend, Willie Dixon, convinced him to take his dad’s name professionally. That’s not…
