It's easy to describe what Ultraviolet isn't. It isn't a good film. It isn't "so bad it's good" either.
Live Arts' newest production, Metamorphoses, invites audiences to plunge into a world of ancient myths with a contemporary twist, with a word of caution -- get ready to get wet.
Only 45 years after the original British Invasion, another group of Brits are hopping the pond and sowing their musical seeds in this nation.
You lean down to grab a pen from your bag as you ride the metro into D.C. Something catches your eye.
Last week tableau got an exclusive interview with Barry Burns, the pianist and guitarist for Scottish rock group Mogwai.
After two hours, I emerged from the theater disoriented, my heart pounding like I'd run a mile and wishing I could get a full body massage -- watching Running Scared was just as taxing on my senses as strenuous physical activity.
On Saturday evening, University students and community members had the opportunity to discover a hidden gem on Grounds, the U.Va.
Winter Passing is the Virginia Film Society's maiden offering of the semester. First-time director Adam Rapp, who was present for a Q&A session at the screening, emphasized his focus on "character-driven" drama based on his background as a playwright. True enough, the film revolves around four very lonely people -- the action largely takes place within the confines of a grief-stricken writer's secluded, foliage-wrapped abode in rural Michigan.
It was hard to avoid the constant reminders of a certain affectionate "v" word last week; no, not valentine -- vagina.
In June 2005, local author William A. James, Sr. released his most recent book, "Living Under the Weight of the Rainbow." Tableau interviewed James about his writing career, perspective on African-American issues and experiences as a black student at the University. James currently resides in Ruckersville, Va.
The film begins at night, a blonde woman rustles through the city streets like so many pieces of trash around her.
You lean down to grab a pen from your bag as you ride the metro into D.C. Something catches your eye.
Winter Passing is the Virginia Film Society's maiden offering of the semester. First-time director Adam Rapp, who was present for a Q&A session at the screening, emphasized his focus on "character-driven" drama based on his background as a playwright. True enough, the film revolves around four very lonely people -- the action largely takes place within the confines of a grief-stricken writer's secluded, foliage-wrapped abode in rural Michigan.
Have you wanted to check out the dance groups on Grounds but haven't gotten the chance yet? You're in luck -- seven dance groups will be performing in the University Program Council's first-ever Dance Showcase tonight at 8 p.m.
It's been a long three years since Béla Fleck & the Flecktones released their last album, the expansive, three-disc Little Worlds.
Ping Chong's Truth and Beauty claims to hold a mirror to American society. Its reflection shows a disfigured culture weaned on violence and raised by sex with a daily dose of consumerism.
The film Zizek! follows a Slovenian philosopher of the same name on a portion of a lecture tour and bills itself as a "compelling portrait of an intellectual maverick," who is apparently also "one of the most important -- and outrageous -- cultural theorists working today." If you are already a great fan of Slavoj Zizek or of contemporary philosophy, or have an especially high tolerance for double-talk, you may get something beneficial from the film.
The cover of British singer-songwriter Beth Orton's Comfort of Strangers is rather boring -- shades of brown in a bland impressionistic landscape.
Those who are un-hip to the ways of Hedwig Robinson often wonder what that "inch" is and why it is so "angry." Live Arts' twist on the zany tale of the East German transsexual not only answers these questions but does justice to John Cameron Mitchell and Stephen Trask's cult film sensation. It would be an impressive feat to depart from this glitzy punk-rock musical without becoming an ally of Hedwig's -- or at least humming the tune "Origin of Love." The somewhat intimate setting of Live Arts' theatre proves a perfect place to learn the extremely intimate details of Hedwig's (formerly known as Hansel) life.
When "Animal Crossing" was released on the Nintendo Gamecube in 2002, it stood out as one of the most unique games of the year.
