By Randy LoBasso
Philly GOP Elects a New Chairman—Maybe
Rick Hellberg was named Chairman of the Philadelphia Republican Party last night. But some GOP leadership say his election is illegitimate.
By PW Staff
Calendar: May 23-29
Colin Powell, Black Dice and more to see & do this week in Philly.
"Battleship" is a Cobbled Together Junkyard of Stolen Scenes
Boasting not a single original shot in its entire 131-minute running time, Battleship is cobbled together from a junkyard of used and abused product. I don’t feel comfortable even calling it a movie.
Nomad Pizza In Bella Vista Is as Cozy as a Family Gathering
All of the pizzas are framed by a dough that’s crafted in-house. At its best, it results in a crust that lends its toppings a yeasty-sweet and char-flecked depth. Sometimes, however, the pizzas would have benefited from a bit more crispiness. The crust at the edges of all the pizzas, however, was across-the-board excellent, freckled black and blistered from the oven’s heat.
By Katherine Rochester
5 Things I Learned at the Barnes Foundation
Since Philly has been saturated with Barnes controversy media coverage and because the Barnes Foundation is primarily an educational institution, here are five things you may not know but that I learned at the museum’s grand opening last week.
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Letters to the Editor
The first time I heard about this place it sounded like it sucked, glad to hear that’s backed up. If you want Italian food and singing, go to Victor Cafe. The food is better...
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Savage Love
By Dan SavageHow can I have a good relationship with Dave in a nonsexual way? I like him a lot, but is friendship too much to ask since he is sexually active and I am not?...
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On the Record: Beach House, Best Coast, Killer Mike & More
By Bill ChenevertAlbum reviews in 30 seconds or less....
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Six Songs More Famous Than the Movies From Which They Originate
By Matt PriggeNo doubt most people at Disney would like to send every copy of this splashy musical about a merry slave plantation into the sun. Unfortunately, it contains one of the...
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A Boy Hopes to Reunite His Family in "I Wish"
By Matt PriggeKoreeda hunkers down with Koichi (Koki Meada), who lives with his mom and her parents in Kagoshima, which—in a metaphor that, fitting with the rest of the film, never feels...
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"Polisse" Follows the Impassioned Members of a Child Protection Unit in Paris
By Matt PriggeThe young alleged victims, let alone their accused perpetrators, could be exaggerating, if not lying, and more than once we watch interrogations in which it’s impossible...
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Will Smith Reprises His Role as Agent J in the Unasked-For Three-quel to "Men in Black"
By Sean BurnsA decade-late three-quel anticipated by nobody, this lumbering $215 million behemoth finally stumbles into theaters—punch-drunk, top-heavy, and sweating so hard it’s all...
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Cult Bands Can Sometimes Become Actual Cults
By Bryan BiermanOver the years a handful of groups have highlighted the similarities between rock bands and cults. In advance of Friday’s Polyphonic Spree show at the TLA, here are a few...
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Critic’s Pick: Simian Mobile Disco
By Reyan AliThe London-based team of James Ford and Jas Shaw specialize in lively electro-house that’s the aural equivalent of consuming a bag of Skittles dunked in cayenne pepper....
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