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Louis C.K. and Wavves
Two guys who are turning bad vibes into good entertainment Believe in Steve
Steve Albini continues to speak his mind, without apology Moving in unison
The difference between subcultures and the mainstream continues to dissolve The pleasure principle
Why you should like what you like—and not feel guilty about it The drugs don't work
How romanticizing substance abuse in rock 'n’ roll is missing the point Six degrees
Why a passé website is still the best way to discover new music communities Post pattern
Attempting to tiptoe around the most dreaded of conversations Cleaning out the closet
How purging might save me from collector-nerd exile Freedom of choice
Is file sharing a major-label slayer or simply a detriment to artists? Growing pains
Trying to cope with age through musical obsessions

Monday, January 7,2013
Bottle Rocket

Ringing in the new year with La Marca Prosecco

An Italian alternative to white wine

By Anders Wright

When I was a kid, one of my annual aspirations was to stay up all the way to midnight on New Year’s Eve. It was a pretty big deal for me, a sort of harbinger of adulthood, and I was lucky enough to be around adults who would usually let me do so.

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Wednesday, January 2,2013
Film

Japanese retrospective kicks off 2013

Some classic animation tops our rundown of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

It's safe to say that 2012 wasn't a banner year for animated movies. Sure, lots of people liked Brave, but Pixar's best films were reissues of Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo.

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Wednesday, January 2,2013
Film

Kathryn Bigelow’s 'Zero Dark Thirty' is a masterwork

There’s torture, but even though the movie is almost three hours long, it’s not torturous

By Anders Wright

It seems you can't discuss Kathryn Bigelow's new film, the Best Picture contender Zero Dark Thirty, without discussing the torture scenes.

Wednesday, December 26,2012
Film

Christmas cinema

Three big movies open this week—plus, all the films screening around town

By Anders Wright

Christmas. That means presents, decorations, feasts and the general mass consumption we’re best known for. Of course, it also means movies, as Hollywood saves the best— and sometimes not so best—for last.

Wednesday, December 26,2012
Film

The best movies of 2012

‘Argo,’ ‘Life of Pi,’ ‘Moonrise Kingdom’ and ‘Take This Waltz’ are among the year’s greats

By Anders Wright

Another year, another top-10 list. I never know what form this list is going to take, and this year, the list is surprisingly mainstream.

Wednesday, December 19,2012
Film

Any Day Now, set in 1979, is still timely

Feature about same-sex parenthood leads our rundown of movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

There’s very little one can do that’s more selfless than adopt a child who has a disability. It’s an enormous responsibility to take on, and we should collectively be supportive of people who are able to do it. That idea is at the heart of Any Day Now.

Wednesday, December 19,2012
Film

Judd Apatow returns to his comfort zone with ‘This is 40’

New movie is a sort-of sequel to ‘Knocked Up’

By Anders Wright

No matter what anyone tells you, getting older totally sucks. Your body slows down, you have greater responsibilities and you can no longer eat whatever you want without impunity.

Monday, December 17,2012
Bottle Rocket

Merry Italian Jewish Christmas

These red wines will go with any religious holiday

By Anders Wright

It took a moment, once my editor had jokingly spit-balled the idea of writing a Jew’s take on wines to drink at Christmas, to realize that he was, in fact, talking about me.

Wednesday, December 12,2012
Film

‘Hyde Park on Hudson’—the other president movie

New picture starring Bill Murray tops our rundown of all the films screening around town

By Anders Wright

When it comes to playing former presidents, the spotlight’s been on Daniel Day-Lewis for his turn as Abraham Lincoln.

Wednesday, December 12,2012
Film

Peter Jackson journeys back to Middle-earth

Director advances the technology with The Hobbit

By Anders Wright

It’s been 10 long years since Frodo plunged Gollum and the One Ring into the lake of fire and Viggo Mortensen sang that strange dirge as he was crowned king of all humans.