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Scaring Her Off: Burt's Tips

Last Saturday seemed like it was going to be kind of slow. Yes, I had seen the futuristic Prelude posters, and I had heard about […]

October 4, 2002

For this 'Martha,' food, cooking are aphrodisiacs

This is a simple but intense film, elegantly shot, with a crisp minimalist style. Despite its almost prosaic plot, an electric current runs through it. […]

October 4, 2002

Complicated 'Igby' gives Kieran a boost

Igby, the conflicted protagonist in writer-director Burr Steers’ dramedy “Igby Goes Down,” is the most confusing, sympathetic and ultimately knowable depiction of destructive adolescent tumult […]

October 4, 2002

10 years later, bland Gabriel disappoints

Peter Gabriel’s last album, “All About Us,” had a mix of world music and techno beats that had me saying, “Wow, this is very dull.” […]

October 4, 2002

Muddled exhibit still charms

A new exhibit at the Yale Center for British Art has the charm of Victorian London and the boldness of the Modern Tate, and nothing […]

October 4, 2002

Opening acts beat the 'Nuts

The Beatnuts have come to represent many sides of the world of hip-hop. To hip-hop historians, they are a cornerstone of East Coast Latino gangsta […]

October 4, 2002

Ratner's imagination fires 'Red Dragon'

Even from the corner seat in the very front row of a stifling auditorium, Brett Ratner’s “Red Dragon” — the much-awaited prequel to “Silence of […]

October 4, 2002

First Date 101: It's all about assets

“I have a huge single unit.” “What?” “My room,” Greg repeated, “it’s a HUGE unit.” I am on a date with Greg Yolen ’04 and […]

September 28, 2002

I dated Natalie, and you didn't

I’ve been on a date with Natalie Krinsky for 10 minutes, and she hasn’t had sex with me once yet. I’m talking nothing. She didn’t […]

September 28, 2002

Elvis: Beyond the stamp crisis

Elvis was a rock star, though he never set out to be a rock star. He couldn’t have, because before Elvis, there was no such […]

September 27, 2002

Users reveal their trials with cocaine

The first time he tried it, he was bitterly disappointed. “Anyone up close to it for the first time would be surprised by how tame […]

September 27, 2002