To understand what Absolutely Fabulous (first a TV show and now a movie) means to Brits, you’d have to go back to the TV premiere in 1992. Margaret Thatcher had their economy in a stranglehold until her departure as Prime Minister two years earlier, and when every sensible citizen was…
Catherine Corsini’s lovely, sultry Summertime, a 1971-set tale about two women of different ages and class backgrounds who fall in love, celebrates erotic abandon but never loses its mind. Unlike Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013), France’s most notorious treatment of a sapphic sentimental education, Corsini’s movie, which…
Star Trek Beyond might be the Star Trekkiest film of the new, J.J. Abrams-ified Trek era. That is to say, it’s the one that feels the most like a turbo-loaded episode of the original series, and has at least some of that classic spirit of exploration and derring-do. That’s not…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 57. Sheila Grinell. Today…
Arizona Theatre Company announced late Friday, July 15, that its efforts to raise $2 million to continue operations and begin producing its 2016-17 season have fallen short by $281,195. But the company is waiting until Monday, July 18, to make and announce a final decision about the company’s future. Founded…
We’re recapping Difficult People, episode by episode. The answer to that word jumble is Ingrid BERGMAN. Difficult People debuted its second season on Hulu this week with not one but two episodes. So hi, adoring public, here’s your second Diff-P recap of the week. This time around, Billy and Julie face…
Summer escapes to the multiplex are a time-honored tradition in the Valley, but you can add a little more charm this year by actually getting out of town to the Prescott Film Festival starting on Sunday, July 17. Now in its seventh year, the week-long festival runs until Sunday, July…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 58. Amy Ettinger. Amy…
Each week, we’re recapping the second season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt episode by episode. “Kimmy Finds Her Mom!” marks the end of the second season of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, and it has a high standard to meet, as the final episodes of season one depicting the Reverend’s trial remain probably the…
Underneath the flurry of sequined panda bear masks, butterfly wings, actual monkey suits, and lamé capes of Mexico’s beloved wrestlers, there are lives at stake, portrayed with varying degrees of success in Lucha Mexico. The documentary opens at FilmBar on Friday, July 15, playing only twice, and also at Sonora Cinemas,…
New Times picks the best things to do in metro Phoenix from Friday, July 15, through Sunday, July 17. For more events, see our curated online calendar. Science with a Twist Whether you grew up watching Bill Nye the Science Guy or reading Carl Sagan, there’s no rule that science stops…
A while back I cracked a dumb joke about all our presidential candidates being corrupt. My wife hit back with this: “You’re a JibJab!” She referred, of course, to the animated viral sensations of America circa 2005 or 2008, the once wildly popular political-parody videos that, in the interest of…
In the world of Difficult People, the cutting comedy returning this week to Hulu, the game is rigged against Julie (Julie Klausner) and Billy (Billy Eichner), but perhaps only because they rigged it against themselves. As their friends find success, the two struggling comedians feign interest in jobs that pay…
We’re recapping Difficult People, episode by episode. Come sit with us as we atrophy and wither. “So this is what a gym looks like,” Julie says, scooping her way through a sundae while walking by a rock-climbing wall. So we begin season two of Difficult People in a place designed for…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 59. Myrlin Hepworth. Myrlin…
Although some staples of the Phoenix art scene, including Alwun House and monOrchid, won’t be open during Third Friday this month, there’s still plenty of good stuff to see – including several intriguing exhibitions and 12 performances happening in a trio of shipping container galleries where props will be the…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 60. Ashlee Molina. Art…
The vertiginous ups-and-downs of the Dow, the Nasdaq, the dollar, the euro, and the yen can easily degrade into nonsensical gibberish for most of us, but the power of numbers and the mystery of economics are elevated to art in Tuscon-based poet Susan Briante’s newest collection, The Market Wonders. She’ll be…
Laurie Notaro accidentally set her dog on fire. It was Fourth of July weekend, she explains, and everyone was outside lighting sparklers in the backyard of her Eugene, Oregon, home. Maeby, the family dog who has no fear of firecrackers, was sniffing around when she was suddenly aglow. “We put…
Every other year, New Times puts the spotlight on Phoenix’s creative forces — painters, dancers, designers, and actors. Leading up to the release of Best of Phoenix, we’re taking a closer look at 100 more. Welcome to the 2016 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today is 61. Raji Ganesan. Try…
New Times picks the best events in metro Phoenix from Monday, July 11, through Thursday, July 14. For more things to do, see our curated online calendar. Judy Garland: A Musical Legend There’s a lot more to Judy Garland than The Wizard of Oz. Star of movies and TV, she incorporated…
Road trips, day jobs, and the gym all have one thing in common: They’re great ways to keep up on your favorite podcasts. We’re talking about superheroes, wine, overweight cats, ourselves – you name it. Even New Times recently launched a Bar Flies podcast to share stories told at the reading events…
