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One-Way Ticket: Priscilla Queen of the Desert is all spectacle and no substance

Pixar's grand fish tale needs no enhancement

The Master's Master: Paul Thomas Anderson talks 70mm, Joaquin Phoenix and researching Scientology for his sixth and most anticipated film

Sanctuaria: Haven to the World's Best Cocktails?

Kristen Klempert​The gothic-themed Sanctuaria (4198 Manchester Avenue; 314-535-9700) has an eerie façade that looks like it could be hiding countless secrets. One of the tapas bar's best secrets, its "Cocktail Club" menu, which features 150 mixed masterpieces, is being recognized on the globa ... More >>

Jimmy Buffett at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, 5/3/11: Review Photos

Parrotheads in action. Photo by Kristie McClanahan​Even if you've never been, a Jimmy Buffett show is pretty much exactly what you think it will be: Otherwise normal people swishing around in raffia skirts -- friendly, if a little unsteady on their feet, but doing a decent job of not spilling ... More >>

Happy Birthday, Eero Saarinen!

Finnish-born architect Eero Saarinen didn't live long enough to see the completion of his masterwork -- St. Louis' own Gateway Arch. He died in 1961, two years before construction even began.Happy birthday, old chap!​Had Saarinen lived (and lived and lived) he would have been 100 years old today. ... More >>

Australian Restaurant Makes World's Largest Burger

Super-size this!​For the latest in food-record setting, we must travel to the Land Down Under, where a Sydney restaurant has shattered the record for the world's largest hamburger.The burger, including its toppings, weighs in at 210 pounds, which includes 170 pounds of beef -- that must be the pre ... More >>

Lyrics Born

8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 28. Lucas School House, 1220 Allen Avenue.

Tale Spin

There's too many pages between these fine bookends.

A Tale of Two Actors

Dennis chats with Myron Freedman and Andrew Michael Neiman, the leads in St. Louis Shakespeare's A Tale of Two Cities

Neil Hamburger at the Creepy Crawl, August 2: Outtakes from the Story

Youth Group

9 p.m. Saturday, March 31. The Billiken Club at Saint Louis University (20 North Grand Boulevard).

Don't Know Smack

Down from the mountain, a softly lit Heath Ledger can't save this by-the-numbers Aussie drug flick.

Film Openings

Week of July 12, 2006

Heavenly Discovery

This gelato's so exceptional, it might as well be from another planet

“When I glanced at your byline, I could have sworn it said ‘Born Miserable.’”

Krypton Rock

We sing to Superman, remember Road House and talk cock rock with Tesla

Chutes and Ladders

Bill Stallings, the mastermind behind the Chase Hotel renovation and one of St. Louis' biggest movers and shakers, has tumbled hard

Live Baby Live

Danny Deckchair sends an upbeat message from Down Under

Cone Heads

Why does Cedar Crest ice cream taste so good?

Series/Festivals

Week of June 4, 2003

Getting Free

Will Aussie exports the Vines survive the "saviors of rock" hype?

A League of Their Own

The WNBA pays St. Louis a brief, tantalizing visit

Female Transport

By Steve Gooch (Webster University Conservatory of Theatre Arts)

Games Show

A new exhibit presented by the Missouri Historical Society recalls one Olympics that was anything but fun and games

Return to Me

Co-written and directed by Bonnie Hunt

Holy Smoke

Co-written and directed by Jane Campion

BUMP-BUMP IN THE NIGHT

Superstar DJ Carl Cox moves the masses with his inspired beat-matching

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