Steven Speilberg's Jaws radically changed the summer movie season. It was the first film to employ techniques that have now become commonplace: a huge marketing campaign and a wide release. It r  

AWAY FROM HER Director: Sarah Polley Cast: Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent, Olympia Dukakis, Michael Murphy Lowdown: Young actress-turned-director Polley delivers a surprisingly nuanced port  

For better or worse, the contemporary movie musical is thought of as an expensive Hollywood vehicle in which the story periodically stops for floridly artificial Big Production Numbers featuring   

We've been told quite often that behind every great man there's a woman. This summer it seems that even if the men aren't all that great, there are still women hanging around the fringes. The   

Web-slingers. Pirates. Transforming mutant robots. These have long been the undisputed stars of summer films. They hoist the tent poles that comprise each studio's summer movie slate and they're  

photos by Scott Beseler Food writers crank out a lot of ink on chefs and the magic they create on the plate. But that's only half the story. Somehow that plate's gotta find its way to you so   

The typical American family has changed a lot over the past 30 years, and our eating habits have changed, too. Long gone are the days when the whole family sat at the dining table together every e  

If restaurants were car dealerships the kitchen would be the service department. Testosterone rages, expletives fly and jokes are, to say the least, colorful. But these times, they are a-changi  

Pollution is everywhere -- exhaust spewing from cars, oil and gas spills from barges and boats on the Ohio River, raw sewage dumped into the Mill Creek, chemical fertilizers and pesticides leach  

Smoking cigarettes feels good. But no one is supposed to say so. We know a lot about the science of smoking and the habits of smokers. Tobacco might be the most thoroughly studied plant in the wor  

Snitching is still officially encouraged by new Ohio smoking laws scheduled to take effect at the end of the month, but anonymous snitching by itself won't be grounds for a fine. That's just on  

Individuals are usually eager to talk about the positive influences on their lives, about the heroes who made them the great people they are or aspire to be. "I picked up a guitar after I saw Jim  

Be honest. When you see the words "Chamber Music" on this page, do you quickly shuffle to another section, the newspaper equivalent of grabbing the remote to flip away from the PBS Classical   

When you get around to your 11th annual Best of Cincinnati® issue, you start wondering how many new ideas remain. Have we already said everything there is to be said about life in Greater Cin  

Try to pick him out of a crowd. Just try. It's a more difficult task than it might seem. He's an enigma. A wallflower. If you've frequented local music shows and feel decently integrated wit