Arts & Entertainment

Street: Did you have any inclination to do Wet Hot American Summer-type things with this film? DW: Not really.
November 6, 2008 at 2:49 am

It’s an ode to dorks. Referencing everything from L.A.R.P.-ing (live action role playing) to KISS trivia, Role Models brings out the pedant in us all.
November 6, 2008 at 2:48 am

Nirvana Bleach 1989 In sixth grade I developed a massive crush on a boy named Gus. He was the better half of a pair of twins and played the clarinet next to me in jazz band.
November 6, 2008 at 2:02 am

I've got to start off by admitting that I hate Coldplay. I think that the peak of Chris Martin’s creative ability came when he named his first child Apple.
November 6, 2008 at 2:01 am

Kintrell “Krispy Kream” and Alvin “Rah Almillo” Lindsey aren’t rappers. They aren’t hipsters either.
November 6, 2008 at 1:59 am

It was way back in 1991 when Q-Tip rapped the now classic line “Industry rule #4080: Record company people are shady.” Shady indeed.
November 6, 2008 at 1:57 am

Street: You were previously known as Leviathan and now you go by Satellite Heights. What is the significance of this name change? Zach Williamson: We didn’t get enough girls with Leviathan. Street: Since you’ve done this before, we’re gonna ask you to step it up.
November 6, 2008 at 1:33 am

Deerhoof Milk Man 2004 Maybe it’s their San Francisco sensibility that makes Deerhoof’s harshest moments sound soothing.
October 30, 2008 at 3:04 am

The joy of Of Montreal used to be found in the fact that they didn’t take themselves seriously. Their unashamedly upbeat, poppy style was complemented by inane lyrics and simple song constructs, forming the ultimate peppy guilty pleasure music.
October 30, 2008 at 3:02 am

Brown Recluse Sings www.myspace.com/brownreclusesings If the members of Belle and Sebastian dropped acid with the guys from Elephant 6 somewhere before the turn of the century, the result would be the music of Brown Recluse Sings.
October 30, 2008 at 3:00 am

Since their 2006 release Ten Silver Drops, The Secret Machines have gone through a thorough process of renewal.
October 30, 2008 at 2:58 am

Election 1999 Alright, technically Election isn’t a guilty pleasure. With a 93% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes, this brilliant satire is nothing if not a cult classic and critical darling.
October 30, 2008 at 2:43 am

It’s not difficult to tell when a film is fishing for an Oscar, and that effort sometimes pays off.
October 30, 2008 at 2:42 am

Street: You had to appeal to the MPAA to overturn Zack and Miri’s original NC-17 rating. Did anything have to be edited out? KS: No.
October 30, 2008 at 2:41 am

Perhaps one of the most aptly named films to come along in a long time, Zack and Miri Make a Porno allows director and writer Kevin Smith to explore the tricky territory of “friends with benefits.” Best friends since forever, Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Penn alum Elizabeth Banks) run into hard times and resort to the wonderful world of adult entertainment to keep themselves afloat.
October 30, 2008 at 1:42 am

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Jimmy Stewart’s earnest depiction of a small-town man’s ascent to the Senate and his surprisingly tough stand against political corruption have captured the hearts of American moviegoers for nearly 70 years.
October 30, 2008 at 1:37 am

Few films in cinematic history have withstood the test of time better than Charlie Chaplin’s City Lights.
October 23, 2008 at 2:45 am

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, based on the eponymous novel by John Boyne, recounts the tragedy of the Holocaust as filtered through the innocent screen of childhood naiveté. The plot centers on an eight-year-old German boy, Bruno (newcomer Asa Butterfield), whose father (David Thewlis) is put in charge of a Nazi death camp.
October 23, 2008 at 2:45 am

Xanadu 1980 I have a secret that threatens to destroy my credibility among my serious-theater friends: I cannot get enough of Xanadu.
October 23, 2008 at 2:44 am

Woody Allen + Diane Keaton The on- and offscreen sparks between Woody Allen and Diane Keaton are redolent of a connection Scarlett Johansson can only dream about.
October 23, 2008 at 2:42 am