JT LeRoy doc explores absorbing literary scandal
Saturday, 17 September 2016, 12:51
Last update: about 10 years ago
To the general public, the name JT LeRoy probably rings only the vaguest of bells, if any at all. It didn't for this particular critic. But that innocent ignorance is all the more reason to seek out...
Old crime haunts anew in Ron Rash novel
Saturday, 17 September 2016, 12:31
Last update: about 10 years ago
When the scarred remains of a 17-year-old girl are found in the waters of a secluded North Carolina mountain creek, law officers reopen a probe of her long-unexplained disappearance. It has been...
Kiefer Sutherland goes country on 'Down in a Hole'
Friday, 16 September 2016, 13:47
Last update: about 10 years ago
The actor best known for racing against time as agent Jack Bauer in "24" slows down and unwinds on his debut album, a collection of 11 rough-edged country songs. Kiefer Sutherland has a gravelly...
De Niro, Ramirez enter the ring in 'Hands of Stone'
Friday, 16 September 2016, 12:50
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Hands of Stone " is a sprawling yet fairly conventional biopic about the Panamanian boxing champion Roberto Duran - a man The Associated Press once declared the 7th greatest fighter...
Joanna Connor's fierce blues on 'Six String Stories'
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 13:46
Last update: about 10 years ago
"Six String Stories" is her first studio album in 14 years, but thousands of gigs in the interim have only enriched Chicago-based Joanna Connor's fierce guitar skills and expressive, bluesy...
Antiheros prove no antidote for 'Suicide Squad'
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 12:49
Last update: about 10 years ago
The superhero movie is at a strange crossroads. It generally either takes itself too seriously ("Man of Steel," ''Batman v Superman") or delights in not caring a bit ("Deadpool"). The choice, dear...
Brutal plot of 'Red Dog' not for the faint of heart
Thursday, 15 September 2016, 12:30
Last update: about 10 years ago
The "Little Egypt" region of southern Illinois is among the state's most diverse - with rich farmland near fallow soil, abandoned coal mines and beautiful parks, economically depressed rural areas...
Hip-hop collective Dungeon Family reuniting at festival
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 13:41
Last update: about 10 years ago
The legendary Dungeon Family music collective, which birthed a generation of hip-hop stars, is reuniting on stage Saturday for the first time in a decade, and they're not looking to stop...
'A Star is Born' remake to feature Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper
Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 12:45
Last update: about 10 years ago
Warner Bros announced Tuesday that the film will mark the singer-actress' first leading role in a movie and the directorial debut of the "American Sniper" actor-producer. Gaga will compose and perform...