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by Raj Ranade THURSDAY: Audiences were in for a hell of a show at the Kentucky Theatre on Thursday, at least once they got in - which required doubling back

THURSDAY 7:49: The line's stretching out to Portofino for Boomslang's opening show at the Kentucky! The hipsters in line have already begun to snipe about how hipster the other

This article appears on page 12 of the September 13, 2012 print edition of Ace Weekly. by Raj Ranade This year's Boomslang finds classic acts reuniting, exciting new artists

My film scholar colleague Fareed and I have decided to try out something new with our latest series of podcasts. We're going to be taking a look back

by Raj Ranade A big budget is no guarantee that a movie will look good - 200 million dollars couldn't stop Battleship from looking like the offspring of a

by Raj Ranade A few thoughts about ParaNorman, the new animated film from the stop-motion studio Laika (the team behind the excellent Coraline). - Stop-motion animation has had a minor

by Raj Ranade In honor of the release of The Dark Knight Rises, my friend Fareed Ben-Youssef, a film scholar at UC Berkeley, and I decided to revive an

by Raj Ranade Torrential downpours! Heat strokes! Handlebar mustaches! The Pitchfork Music Festival poses many dangers for press correspondents but myself and photographer Justin Hamlett braved Chicago's Union Park

by Raj Ranade The first band-mates of Alex Zhang Hungtai, the man behind the fascinating art-rock project Dirty Beaches, didn't exactly mince words when explaining why they had to