Feb 4th, 2010 · A three-for-one deal, the gorgeously bleak trilogy follows the blood trail of the Yorkshire Ripper as the serial killer tears through a small community, destroying lives and baffling detectives. Jeannette Catsoulis says that this elliptical, oddly poetic thriller offers closure to nobody except the dead.
Oct 2nd, 2009 · For all its success, Death Cab for Cutie hasn't lost track of the accessible emotions that first attracted a devoted following. Ben Gibbard's vocals, always faintly familiar in a boy-next-door way, observe love and life with a resigned delicacy, and the band's songs are poetic and yearning but never over-the-top. Hear the band perform a session on World Cafe.
Sep 18th, 2009 · Set in the 19th century, Jane Campion's Bright Star centers on the unconsummated affair of John Keats and his Hampstead neighbor. Reviewer David Edelstein says the film doesn't have a single less-than-perfect performance.
Sep 17th, 2009 · Boy meets girl. Boy loves girl. Boy writes poetry and wins girl's heart. The catch? The boy is John Keats. Oscar-winning writer-director Jane Campion's new film, Bright Star, uses history to set a new standard for poetic love.
Sep 11th, 2009 · Former poet laureate Robert Hass discusses the power of poetry, particularly during times of great loss and confusion.
Aug 20th, 2009 · Since 1996, the Glasgow, Scotland band has been playing its infectious, poetic indie-pop to ever-wider acclaim. The orchestrally-inclined group performs material from its newest release, the sunny My Maudlin Career, at WXPN.
Jul 9th, 2009 · Chris Nahon's thriller promises a night of simple, nasty pleasures, but no such luck: Adapted from a far more involving and poetic anime from 2000, the film plays like a bottom-feeding genre pastiche.
Jul 3rd, 2009 · Rene Marie grew up in the segregated South, and has become one of the few jazz singers today whose talent and devotion to social issues have both won her attention. Case in point: her personal take on the national anthem.