A few years ago, lifelong friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were actors who just couldn't get a role in a movie. Their solution: write "Good Will Hunting" and cast themselves in the leads. Their dream panned out, and the result is a well-done blend of comedy and drama.
'Hunting' finds great talent mix
For those looking to take an alternative trip around the world, the search may be over.
The University Musical Society offers an artistic world tour in just four months for half the price of regular season tickets.
UMS begins half-price sale
For more than 25 years, Woody Allen has been consistently churning out about a film every year, making him one of the most prolific filmmakers in history.
What is unusual about this is that despite his high output, Allen's films are almost always well-crafted, inspired and sublimely funny; audiences have come to expect a good new creation by him every winter. Allen deconstructs his creativity in 'Harry'
The new year promises to be a special one for the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, which will perform at Hill Auditorium tomorrow night. Sixty-one years after the group was formed as the Palestine Orchestra, the state of Israel turns 50 and the musicians will be part of a major party.Despite woes, Israel Philharmonic plays on
What better man than director Steven Spielberg to bring to light the brutality and horror of a historically oppressed social group, as he did with "Schindler's List."
Now, amidst a more obscure yet extremely significant historical event, Spielberg gives the world "Amistad," a serious film on past injustices that hits a soft spot in our hearts, although perhaps taking the melodrama one step too far.'Amistad' docks with intense spirit
By the end of 1961, saxophonist John Coltrane was creating sounds that were so far in the vanguard that it seemed either his popularity would explode or he would physically blow up.
Thank goodness, all that erupted was his reputation. In early November of that year, just months after recording the now-immortal "My Favorite Things," Coltrane took his band and played a four-night gig at the Village Vanguard, one of the hotbeds of avant garde jazz.Box-set captures Coltrane talent
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