The new Ben Stiller movie Tropic Thunder arrived with advance buzz about the potentially off-putting use of blackface by Robert Downey Jr. as a highly decorated method actor who undergoes experimental  

Nobody has ever accused Anna Faris of being the "hot chick" onscreen, but that's been her own choice. While Faris' spacey roles -- from her career-making turn as Cindy Campbell in the Scar  

Film is the toughest of all art forms. The amount of money and people necessary to create a feature-length movie inevitably leads to compromise, often at the expense of a filmmaker's original vision.  

James Flynn’s film directorial debut, Eastern College, tells the story of a small group of recent college gradu ates who are about to go their separate ways. Shot on location at Flynn’s alma mater, Miami University, Eastern College manages to avoid the clichés of many college set coming-of-age come dies, putting a personal spin on a well-worn genre.   

James Crump just arrived in Cincinnati to serve as the Cincinnati Art Museum’s new curator of pho tography.   

Angeles-based outfit; it will be great to see new things from him. On top of all of that, Blond Chili lists local electronic media artist Laura Herman as one of its heroes on its Web site. I couldn’t agree more. Admission is $6 at the door. www.myspace.com/autu.