The Bling Ring and The East, both of which open in Memphis this Friday, begin in very similar fashion, with video footage — the first ostensibly from a home security system, the other from a handheld camera — of an inter-gender band of outlaws breaking into an opulent home. What these two title crews do […]
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One Night With You
Before Midnight opens with a familiar two-person, walking-and-talking scene. But, pointedly, the first couple we see here isn’t Celine and Jesse, the duo played by Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke whom filmmaker Richard Linklater has now depicted in three films. Instead, it’s Jesse and Hank (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick), Jesse’s middle-school-aged son from a different relationship, whom […]
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Let’s Rock-and-Roll
Garage punk heroes the Oblivians release their first album in 16 years. Was it worth the wait?
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Awkward
“Socially Awkward,” featuring work by Jill Wissmiller and others, opens Thursday at Crosstown Arts.
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Not Conflict, A Convergence
John Branston with some realistic thoughts on Kevin Kane and conflicts of interest at the CVB.
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New Cuban Restaurant On Madison
Hannah Sayle checks out Havana’s Pilon, which recently opened downtown.
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Staying? Going?
Chris Herrington offers a Griz Roster Prognosis, in order of probable return.
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Vintage Hippie
Sophorn Kuoy spots stylish mom April, dressed to survive the heat and the kids.
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Remember the Kings
As the disappointment of a sweep at the hands of San Antonio fades to happy memories of an historic season, the new Memphis Grizzlies ownership group and its management team would be wise to heed the lesson of the 2001-02 Sacramento Kings. More from Frank Murtaugh.