Arts & Entertainment

Ramón Sampedro, played by a Javier Bardem, is a Spanish man who became a quadriplegic at age 25. He spent the next 29 years of his life fighting for his right to an assisted suicide.
October 31, 2013 at 5:15 am

1. Know the first and last line of your story—this will help you if you get off track in the middle. 2. Get into it—if you're enthusiastic, your audience is more likely to be as well.
October 31, 2013 at 5:13 am

Remember when they made a movie about Whoopi Goldberg as a nightclub–singer–turned–nun on the run from the mob and it was the greatest thing you had ever seen?
October 31, 2013 at 5:12 am

The upcoming 12th Annual First Person Arts Festival takes over venues across Philadelphia from November 6–16. As a Philly–based non–profit, First Person gives people the tools and platforms to share their personal stories through workshops, author discussions, theater performances, storytelling competitions and readings over the course of the year.
October 31, 2013 at 5:03 am

There is a scene in “Ilo Ilo” where the maid and the only child of the Singaporean family run up to the roof of their apartment complex to watch the sunset. “The view is so beautiful here.
October 30, 2013 at 12:00 pm

The film takes time to set up the backstory and illustrate the setting of the new heist, but it eventually finds the right tempo and tone for the rest of the movie.
October 30, 2013 at 10:00 am

Awesome: As usual, most of the episode was really funny.  • There’s a documentary entitled “True and Real Ghost Stories of the Supernatural”. • Barney arranged for doves to be flying overhead as they leave the wedding.
October 29, 2013 at 8:09 pm

There are pretty much two reactions when someone mentions Danny Brown: “Who?” and “Is he that rapper with the weird haircut who got a blowjob onstage?” Yes, yes he is.
October 29, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Earlier this year, Kendrick Lamar's record label, Top Dawg Entertainment, signed a young rapper from Chattanooga, Tennessee by the name of Isaiah Rashad.
October 29, 2013 at 5:00 am

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October 28, 2013 at 1:54 pm

Chance the Rapper is rap’s Next Big Thing. Actually. His mixtape “Acid Rap” dropped earlier this year to broad acclaim, he’s getting ink in Rolling Stone and on the cover of Complex, and he’s touring with Eminem and Kendrick Lamar.
October 28, 2013 at 12:00 pm

In the opening scene of “The Motel Life,” Jerry Lee (Stephen Dorff) barges into the motel room he shares with his brother, Frank (Emile Hirsch), and declares that they need to leave.
October 28, 2013 at 6:00 am

Apprehension immediately onsets as the camera navigates through the bustling crowd of immigrants eagerly anticipating a stamp of approval from the Ellis Island officers.
October 27, 2013 at 7:07 pm

Perennial question: what is Tyler, the Creator? It’s easy to say who he is: the 22-year-old head of Cali-based hip-hop collective Odd Future (OFWGKTA in full), but his actual influence extends far beyond that.
October 27, 2013 at 5:00 pm

If Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” (2012) was a mellow ballad, then his upcoming film, “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” looks like a thundering symphony.
October 27, 2013 at 12:00 pm

Sometimes you can only picture a show with a particular soundtrack. That's synesthesia, yo.
October 26, 2013 at 12:00 pm

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October 25, 2013 at 5:08 pm

Are you devastated that you missed the MTV Music Awards? Have no fear— on November 3 a re-run will be aired.
October 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm

If you’re interested in seeing tons of fake blood on a day that’s not Halloween, you should check out “Cheap Thrills.” For anyone else, this film is simply not worth it. Craig (Pat Healy) is a new father who is down on his luck.
October 25, 2013 at 12:00 pm

English electronic duo, Mount Kimbie, will be headlining Jazz & Grooves' fall show on Friday at the Rotunda.
October 25, 2013 at 1:00 am