Couch Potato: Video and DVD JOE STRUMMER, THE COUNTERFEITERS and GOSSIP GIRL (09-03-08)

State of the Art (House) Art-house cinema tries to adapt to a changing marketplace (08-27-08)

Growing Pains Nanette Burstein discusses her glossy documentary American Teen (08-13-08)

Waters' Filthy World Ever optimistic and creative, filmmaker/writer/stand-up comedian has faith in America's basic depravity (07-23-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Man of A Thousand Faces (Universal Studios) (07-23-08)

As American As Apple Pie New documentary film investigates the often hypocritical issue of steroids to get bigger, stronger and faster (07-16-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD In Bruges (Universal Studios) (07-02-08)

The Persistence of Memory Fugitive Pieces is too ethereal for its own good (06-18-08)

The Hustler Russell Hurley keeps his dream alive via The Vagrant (06-11-08)

Unusual Visions Film grabs the spotlight in Fringe Festival's growing arts arsenal (05-21-08)

Spreading the Word InkTank remains committed to its mission despite challenges (05-14-08)

Blockbuster Nights Parsing the bombastic summer movie season (04-30-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD There Will Be Blood (Paramount) (04-23-08)

Man on a Mission Morgan Spurlock is back with another entertaining quasi-documentary (04-16-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Hands of Orlac (Kino) (04-09-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Radiant City (Koch Lorber) (04-09-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Robyn Hitchcock: Sex, Food, Death ... And Insects (A&E) (04-09-08)

Angel of Authenticity David Gordon Green discusses Snow Angels and the brilliance of Sam Rockwell (03-26-08)

The Dish A Dose of East Coast (03-26-08)

Trash Connector Stephen Malkmus spreads out with the Jicks on Real Emotional Trash (03-19-08)

The Documentarian Strikes Back Alex Gibney discusses his acclaimed documentary Taxi to the Dark Side (03-05-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD INTO THE WILD (Paramount) (02-27-08)

A Beautiful Song James McBride scores again with the lyrical Song Yet Sung (02-20-08)

Fresh Voices, New Stories and New Approaches to Storytelling Despite all its hype, Sundance remains the place to show your indie film (01-23-08)

Oil & Blood Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Day-Lewis team up for There Will Be Blood (01-16-08)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD JOSHUA (20TH CENTURY FOX) (01-09-08)

Cinematic Pleasures CityBeat's film writers unveil the best of 2007 (01-02-08)

All Lit Up KIMBERLY POTTS -- GEORGE CLOONEY: THE LAST GREAT MOVIE STAR (APPLAUSE) (01-02-08)

The Golden Girl Keira Knightley takes another step in Atonement (12-26-07)

The Year in Film & Music: Bowl Cuts, Dicks & Day-Lewis 'Best of' observations on the year in movies (12-19-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD INTERVIEW (SONY) (12-12-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SICKO (WEINSTEIN CO.) By Jason Gargano (11-07-07)

Unique Visions Wes Anderson continues to ride his stylized wave with The Darjeeling Limited (10-31-07)

Book of a Lifetime Tim and Donna Lucas' self-published magnum opus finally sees the light of day (10-24-07)

The Seeker Emile Hirsch mesmerizes in Sean Penn's Into the Wild (10-17-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BUG (LIONSGATE) By Phil Morehart (10-03-07)

Blood & Sex Eastern Promises director David Cronenberg talks shop (09-26-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD LUCKY YOU (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (09-26-07)

Strangely Poetic Rhythms Considering the best of the Toronto Film Festival's offerings (09-12-07)

Grateful for the Midwest Calvin Trillin always remembers his roots (09-12-07)

Influence? They Got It Twenty arts-centric people who make (or can make) Cincinnati a more interesting place to live (08-29-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BLADES OF GLORY (PARAMOUNT) (08-22-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD AVANT-GARDE 2: EXPERIMENTAL CINEMA 1928-1954 (KINO) (08-01-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE HOST (MAGNOLIA) (08-01-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP: VOLUME 2 (UNIVERSAL) (08-01-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW (MGM) (07-18-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE ITALIAN (SONY) (07-18-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD AVENUE MONTAIGNE (THINKFILM) (07-18-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE BEST OF BRAVESTARR (BCI) (07-18-07)

Ready to Dance British actor Hugh Dancy is poised to make a U.S. breakthrough (07-04-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SCREAMERS (FIRST LOOK HOME ENTERTAINMENT) (07-04-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE MURDER OF FRED HAMPTON (FACETS) (07-04-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE ABANDONED (LIONSGATE) (07-04-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD FILM SCHOOL (DOCURAMA) (07-04-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Fay Grim (Magnolia) (06-13-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Letters From Iwo Jima (Warner Home Video) (05-23-07)

The Evolution of Underneath The 'Best of Underneath' festival continues to thrive (05-16-07)

In a Rut Zach Braff's latest, 'The Ex,' wallows in mediocrity (05-09-07)

Summer Movie Preview The season of big, high-concept blockbusters (05-02-07)

Blockbusters Be Damned Twenty largely under-the-radar movies for your summer enjoyment (05-02-07)

The Ongoing Struggle El-P discusses his process, bad gas station sandwiches and post-9/11 paranoia (05-02-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Rell Baseball (KINO) (04-11-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Streets of San Francisco: Season One, Volume One (Paramount) (04-11-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD South Park: The Complete Ninth Season (Paramount) (04-11-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Opal Dream (Universal) (04-11-07)

Here and Now Novelist Chris Bachelder tackles the often surreal nature of contemporary American life (04-11-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Fast Food Nation (20th Century Fox) (03-28-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Shut Up and Sing (The Weinstein Co.) (03-21-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Casino Royale (Sony) (03-21-07)

Southern Blues Craig Brewer discusses his latest impassioned, music-laden movie, 'Black Snake Moan' (02-28-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Marie Antoinette (Sony) (02-21-07)

Apple Polisher Leader of local user group still gets excited about computers (02-14-07)

Sincerely Sundance Watching movies in the indie film world's Mecca (01-31-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Illusionist (20th Century Fox) (01-31-07)

High Wattage Naomi Watts discusses The Painted Veil and the perils of working with apes (01-17-07)

Man of the Moment Director Alfonso Cuarón discusses his highly praised thiller, Children of Men (01-10-07)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Last Kiss (Paramount) (12-27-06)

The Year in Film and Music: The Long Goodbye Robert Altman leaves behind a singular body of work (12-20-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Conformist (Paramount) (12-13-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Cosm The Movie: Alex Grey & The Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (Docurama) (12-13-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Andy Warhol: A Documentary Film (PBS) (12-13-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Beverly Hills 90210: The Complete First Season (Paramount) (12-13-06)

Steady As They Go With three albums in three years, The Hold Steady's blue-collar work ethic pays off (12-06-06)

Watch This Giving the Ultimate Complete Collector's Edition DVD (Vol. 1) (11-29-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Stalker (Kino) (11-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Gunsmoke: The Directors Collection (Paramount) (11-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Shadowboxer (Code Black Entertainment) (11-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SCTV: Best of The Early Years (SHOUT! Factory) (11-21-06)

Visceral Visions Babel is director Alejandro González Iñárritu's latest raw-nerved exploration (11-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Da Vinci Code (Sony) (11-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD WORDPLAY (IFC) (11-08-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD KEEPING UP WITH THE STEINS (MIRAMAX) (11-08-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD POLICE SQUAD!: THE COMPLETE SERIES (PARAMOUNT) (11-08-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Body Double: Special Edition (Sony) (11-01-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Harry Smith Project: Live (Shout! Factory) (11-01-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Vabank; Vabank II (Facets) (11-01-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.5 (Universal) (11-01-06)

Sex, Love and Longing John Cameron Mitchell's Shortbus is as sweet as it is subversive (10-25-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Pretty Poison (Fox) (10-25-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Office: The Complete Second Season (Universal) (10-25-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Art School Confidential (Sony) (10-25-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD City of Men (Palm Pictures) (10-25-06)

Daydream Nation Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette is another languid trip into the female psyche (10-18-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Pretty In Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition (Paramount) (10-11-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Stella: Season One (Paramount) (10-11-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Tomorrow Show: Tom Snyder's Electric Kool-Aid Talk Show (SHOUT! Factory) (10-11-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole Quantum Edition (Fox) (10-11-06)

X-Man Jim Shepard is a uniquely versatile writer (10-11-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD HAIL MARY (NEW YORKER) (10-04-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD LOST: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (BUENA VISTA) (10-04-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CROSSING THE BRIDGE: THE SOUND OF ISTANBUL (STRAND RELEASING) (10-04-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE BEST OF THE AWFUL TRUTH (DOCURAMA) (10-04-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD KICKING AND SCREAMING (CRITERION COLLECTION) (10-04-06)

Serious Films for a Serious Time Toronto International Film Festival was awash in political statements (09-20-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD LONESOME JIM (IFC) (09-20-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD OUR BRAND IS CRISIS (KOCH LORBER) (09-20-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL: SPECIAL EDITION (PARAMOUNT) (09-20-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: SEASON THREE (FOX) (09-20-06)

Love Bites Northern Kentucky native Jon Schroder counts on raw-edged performances in his directorial debut, Jimmy and Judy (09-13-06)

Comparing Borats to Lennons Trying to take in all the Toronto Film Festival's offerings (09-13-06)

Warning Shot Why We Fight arrives on DVD at a time when its contents have never been more vital (09-06-06)

Man of Mystery Neil Burger's sumptuous The Illusionist casts a mesmerizing spell (08-30-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BRICK (UNIVERSAL) (08-30-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD HONG KONG PHOOEY: THE COMPLETE SERIES (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (08-30-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE BEST OF MR. BEAN (A&E HOME VIDEO) (08-30-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CHAPPELLE'S SHOW: THE LOST EPISODES (PARAMOUNT) (08-30-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CACHE (SONY) (08-16-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD PLAYBOY AFTER DARK (MORADA VISION) (08-16-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD HEART LIKE A WHEEL (ANCHOR BAY) (08-16-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD LAGUNA BEACH: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (PARAMOUNT) (08-16-06)

Art As Social Interaction Pioneering conceptual artist Tom Marioni comes home for a retrospective exhibition (08-16-06)

The Professional Consummate character actor John C. Reilly relishes his first high-profile comedy, Talladega Nights (08-09-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD A CANTERBURY TALE (CRITERION COLLECTION) (08-02-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SYBIL (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (08-02-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SOMERSAULT (MAGNOLIA) (08-02-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE ELLEN SHOW: THE COMPLETE SERIES (SONY) (08-02-06)

Head games Brothers of the Head documents the Howe brothers' tragically brief Rock & Roll odyssey (07-26-06)

Man of the People Kendall Bruns' documentary The Haircut is another of the artist's public interactions (07-26-06)

Screen Gems Lite Brite's film offerings are a little out there (07-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD TOUCH THE SOUND (NEW VIDEO GROUP) (07-19-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SIR! NO SIR! (SELF-RELEASED) (07-19-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD WEEDS: SEASON ONE (LIONS GATE) (07-19-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD GRANDMA'S BOY: UNRATED (20th Century Fox) (07-19-06)

Where Is My Mind? A Scanner Darkly deliciously mixes paranoia and reality (07-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD PJ HARVEY ON TOUR: PLEASE LEAVE QUIETLY (ISLAND) (07-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BLACKBALLED: THE BOBBY DUKES STORY (SHOUT! FACTORY) (07-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE TIME TUNNEL: VOLUME TWO (20TH CENTURY FOX) (07-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD GLORY ROAD (BUENA VISTA) (07-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THREE BURIALS OF MELQUIADES ESTRADA (SONY) (07-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD BEAVIS & BUTT-HEAD: THE MIKE JUDGE COLLECTION, VOL. 2 (MTV/PARAMOUNT) (07-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE HEIRLOOM (TARTAN) (07-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CHEYENNE: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (07-05-06)

Hero Worship Bryan Singer's Superman Returns revives an iconic superhero (06-28-06)

Return of the Iconoclast Robert Altman's long, singular career continues with the elegiac A Prairie Home Companion (06-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CRUMB: SPECIAL EDITION (SONY) (06-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD MEDIUM: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON (PARAMOUNT) (06-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD TO TULSA AND BACK: ON TOUR WITH J.J. CALE (TIME LIFE RECORDS) (06-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD ALF: SEASON THREE (LIONSGATE) (06-21-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD ANTONE'S HOME OF THE BLUES (KOCH VISION) (06-07-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE WEST WING: THE COMPLETE SIXTH SEASON (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (06-07-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE BOOTH (TARTAN) (06-07-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD HOME MOVIES: SEASON FOUR (SHOUT! FACTORY) (06-07-06)

The Big Pictures A month-by-month preview of the summer's most anticipated movies (05-31-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD VIRIDIANA (CRITERION COLLECTION) (05-31-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD NIGHT STALKER: THE COMPLETE SERIES (WALT DISNEY) (05-31-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD CLARA ET MOI (LIFESIZE) (05-31-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD STAR TREK: Q FAN COLLECTIVE (PARAMOUNT) (05-31-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD TRANSGENERATION (NEW VIDEO GROUP) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD NATHALIE (KOCH LORBER) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD ROLLERGIRLS: THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE (A&E) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SGT. BILKO: 5OTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION (THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW) (PARAMOUNT) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD OH! CALCUTTA! (NEW VIDEO GROUP) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD SHOPGIRL (TOUCHSTONE) (05-17-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Battle In Heaven (Tartan) (05-10-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Warrior (Miramax) (05-10-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DR. Katz, Professional Therapist -- The Complete First Season (Paramount) (05-10-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Summer Night (Koch Lorber) (05-10-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Incantato (Fox Lorber) (05-03-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Planet of the Apes: the Legacy Collection (20TH Century Fox) (05-03-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD It's Always Fair Weather (Warner Home Video) (05-03-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Andy Milonakis Show: The Complete First Season (Paramount) (05-03-06)

The Maestro Cincinnati native Bryce Dessner discusses his role in this week's MusicNOW Festival (04-26-06)

Chamber, Now Q & A With Bryce Dessner (04-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Nobody's Life (FOX LORBER) (04-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Elevator to the Gallows (CRITERION COLLECTION) (04-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Lemonade Joe (FACETS) (04-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Northern Exposure: The Complete Fourth Season (UNIVERSAL HOME VIDEO) (04-26-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Gamblers (LIFESIZE ENTERTAINMENT) (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD The Squid and the Whale(SONY) (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Night Court: Television Favorites (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD An Unfinished Life (MIRAMAX) (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Sequins (NEW YORKER VIDEO) (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Dave Attell's' Insomniac Tour Uncensored (04-12-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE YEAR OF THE YAO (NEW LINE) (04-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD NETWORK (WARNER HOME VIDEO) (04-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE BRADY BUNCH: THE COMPLETE FINAL SEASON (PARAMOUNT) (04-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD STAY (20TH CENTURY FOX) (04-05-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD METROPOLITAN (CRITERION COLLECTION) (03-29-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD MAREBITO (TARTAN) (03-29-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD TROUBLESOME CREEK: A MIDWESTERN (FOX LORBER) (03-29-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD MONTY PYTHON'S FLYING CIRCUS: GRAHAM CHAPMAN'S PERSONAL BEST (A&E) (03-29-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD THE 10TH DISTRICT COURT (KOCH LORBER) (03-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD 3 EXTREMES (LIONS GATE) (03-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD GIRL 6 (ANCHOR BAY) (03-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD GREY'S ANATOMY: SEASON ONE (BUENA VISTA) (03-15-06)

All Lit Up PAUL AUSTER -- The BROOKLYN FOLLIES (03-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Domino, Mister Peepers and More... (03-01-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of The Memory of A Killer, Pulse and More... (02-22-06)

Coming Up Ros Sigur Ros' moody cathedrals of sound have helped them amass a huge cult following (02-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Nine Lives, Reel Paradise and More... (02-15-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD reviews of Glenn Tilbrook: One For The Road, The Best of the Electric Company and More... (02-08-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Flightplan, Battlestar Galactica: Season 2.0 and More... (02-01-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Grizzly Man, The Chumscrubber and More... (01-25-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Big Bad Mama, Junebug and More... (01-18-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of 2046, Two Hands and More... (01-11-06)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Four Brothers, Gallipoli and More... (01-04-06)

Return of the Rebel Jean-Luc Godard highlights the year in DVD (12-21-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Pretty Persuasion, Saint Ralph and More... (12-21-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Messiah, Love and More... (12-14-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Havoc, Mr. & Mrs. Smith (12-07-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Lila Says, Rize and More... (11-30-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Open House, Miracle's Boys and More... (11-23-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Yes, The Devil's Rejects and More... (11-09-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD REVIEWS OF MYSTERIOUS SKIN, HEIGHTS AND MORE... (11-02-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD reviews of Festival!, Mad Hot Ballroom and More... (10-26-05)

His Land Is Our Land Sam Lipsyte, author of the acclaimed Home Land, is the voice of now (10-26-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Kingdom of Heaven, House of D and More... (10-19-05)

Write On 2005 Literary Issue - Welcome to CityBeat's annual literary issue. As one would expect, these pages are devoted to written words: those who create them, those who read them, those who like them. (10-05-05)

Word Junkie Brock Clarke's love of literature presents itself in myriad ways (10-05-05)

The Art of Mystery Jack Kerley's deft dialogue powers his memorable mysteries (10-05-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of The Warriors, Animal and More... (10-05-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Layer Cake, Winter Solstice and More... (09-28-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of The Coast Gaurd, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy and More... (09-21-05)

Cool Flicks A highly subjective list of fall films that look to be very cool (09-14-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Paris Is Burning, Crash and More... (09-14-05)

A New Day The podcasting revolution offers up some worthwhile film-related programming (09-07-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Clueless, Oldboy and More... (09-07-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Two Men In Town, The Glass Shield and More... (08-31-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of The Crow, Platform and More... (08-24-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Downfall. Dear Frankie and More... (08-10-05)

The Book of Illusions Paul LaFarge's The Facts of Winter blurs the lines of reality (08-10-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Point Blank, Up and Down and More... (08-03-05)

Hot and Bothered Observations from Lollapalooza 2005 (07-27-05)

Man of Summer Michael Bay is back with an intriguing new movie, The Island (07-20-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of American Psycho, Hide and Seek and More... (07-20-05)

On the Fly Cincinnati 48 Hour Film Project offers a creative reprieve from large-scale filmmaking (07-06-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Gunner Palace, Lou Reed: Spanish Fly and More... (06-29-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of The Nomi Song, A Dirty Shame and More... (06-22-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD Reviews of Danger Mouse, Hellraiser: Deader and More... (06-15-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD reviews of The Prophecy, Beyond The Sea and More... (06-08-05)

Fringe Flourishes Critics recommend the Fringe Festival's finest (so far) (06-08-05)

Seasick Poet Decemberists frontman Colin Meloy discusses the band's latest literate foray, Picaresque (05-11-05)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD (05-11-05)

Why Ask Why? Cincinnati-bred Why? talks up his new band-oriented project, Sanddollars (04-27-05)

Coming-of-Age Novelist Jeffrey Eugenides channels the male/female experience (04-06-05)

Badlands Brad Land's riveting debut memoir mines some tough terrain (03-09-05)

Eccentric Constructions Jonathan Lethem dissects the DNA of his fiction (03-02-05)

Bad Pictures Movies about love sucking usually (02-09-05)

Lali Pops Germany's Lali Puna shows a warm side to hypnotic Electro Pop (11-17-04)

Watching the Watchers (Why media criticism is necessary) (11-10-04)

CityBeaters The Ups and Downs of "Alternative" Work (11-10-04)

Born to Ruin Ohio Post Punk daredevils Shesus return with the new EP, Ruined It For You (10-27-04)

The Avenger Christopher Buckley brings his pointed barbs to the Mercantile Library's Niehoff Lecture Series (10-20-04)

Passion Personified Novelist Joanna Scott brings her love of language to UC (10-13-04)

Midwest Marauder Ohio-bred DJ RJD2 brings the beats, and then some (09-15-04)

Walking Again New York's Walkmen are back with the stellar Bows + Arrows, mucho touring (08-04-04)

Opinion Shaper Cincinnati native Gail Collins is writing to change the world (06-09-04)

Paranoid Androids Clinic is back with new album, U.S. tour (05-12-04)

Locals Only: A New Day Ruby Vileos is back with This Is the Day (04-28-04)

Here and Now Beautiful Losers: Contemporary art and skate culture invade the CAC this weekend (03-10-04)

To Die for The Suicide Girls are as much about community as commodity (02-11-04)

Locals Only: Message Accomplished The Messengers prove that social consciousness still has a big place in Punk (02-11-04)

List-O-Mania A Top Ten list by a CityBeat staffer (12-17-03)

Total Immersion Novelist Heidi Julavits discusses her beliefs (11-05-03)

We Are Family From skate punks to world-renowned band, Grandaddy is still all about the "we" (10-08-03)

Blood Brothers Music to drink by (10-01-03)

Do Readers Dream of Sleep? A semi-obscure reading (or listening) list for the artistically inclined (09-10-03)

Fall Arts Preview Don't tell us there's nothing to do (08-27-03)

Hooked on Sonics Kim Gordon talks about how some things change and some stay the same (06-18-03)

Concept Junkie Mike Ladd returns with his latest exploration in contradiction, The Majesticons (05-21-03)

Where The Boys Are A mother and son of elusive proportions (05-07-03)

Locals Only: Hot Wired The Light Wires offer up a hypnotic dose of heartfelt Roots Rock (05-07-03)

Melancholy Mayhem Yo La Tengo is back with the down-tempo, enthralling Summer Sun (04-09-03)

The Dish Food, drink, etc. (03-05-03)

Uneasy Listening Sleater-Kinney's music thrives on challenge (02-19-03)

Locals Only: Lo Fidelity All-Stars Swissfarlo breaks out of the basement with Boxed (01-29-03)

Desolation Angels New York City's latest export brings its brooding brilliance to the masses (01-15-03)

Art Damaged Meet NYC's latest darlings, the Yeah Yeah Yeahs (10-24-02)

Locals Only: Bottom Line Local band takes Cincy Punk worldwide (10-24-02)

Roadhouse Relief Redfish's happy hour ails workday ills (10-10-02)

He Say, She Say (08-14-02)

Super Dynamic Influential Indie Rock vets Superchunk get mature on us (07-04-02)

Small-town Delight Novelist Richard Russo mines gold with Empire Falls (06-06-02)

Luna Ticks Label-induced woes can't stop Luna from getting Romantica once again (05-23-02)

Locals Only: No Good Heroes No Good Heroes release record, then themselves (05-16-02)

Big Daddy Veteran Rock writer Paul Williams returns to the Miracle Factory (03-14-02)

Locals Only Local Punk crew Saturday Supercade help represent Cincy Punk on the national tour scene (01-10-02)

Writer's Block Monkey See, Monkey Do (12-27-01)

The Driver's Seat Filmmaker Ethan Coen amuses himself with his poetry (12-20-01)

X-Mas With Kubrick Why I count 2001: A Space Odyssey among the best holiday films ever (11-29-01)

Unearthing the Underground Rock journalist Michael Azerrad examines 13 influential bands of '80s Post-Punk (10-11-01)

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Punch Drunk Boxing is the game at Annie's weekly Fight Club Night (08-23-01)

Sibling Synergy Author's writing is on two tracks: fiction and music (08-23-01)

Monkey Business Covington poetry publisher gets down to basics (06-28-01)

All Choked Up Palahniuk explores another dark area (06-21-01)

The Son of High Concept Tracing the family tree of the summer blockbuster (05-24-01)

The Mondo Summer Movie List CityBeat's annual scorecard of all the celluloid happenings (05-24-01)

Getting Down Cave rivalry includes tight squeezes and treacherous climbs (03-15-01)

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