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...novel progresses, its claims regarding the degeneration of society become increasingly ludicrous. For Houellebecq's narrator, it is only logical that a free-love commune should turn into a Satanic cult capable of appalling masochistic sexual rituals. As for his individual characters, there is of course no action for them to take other than to wander off into oblivion. Bruno checks into a mental institution where he spends the rest of his pathetic days numbing his libido with cocktail medications. Michel, after discovering a way to clone perfectly rational non-egotistical human beings that will in a few years time...
Headed by Lincoln, Mass., natives John Linnell and John Flansburgh and supported by Dan Hickey on drums, Dan Miller on lead guitar and Danny Weinkauf on bass, TMBG have gained near-cult popularity in many college circles. With songs ranging from "Birdhouse In Your Soul" to "I Should Be Allowed to Think," the Giants sport a quirky, tongue-in-cheek style that often delights in the silly, binges on esoteric allusion and has an addictive, sophisticated wit. This, coupled with their knack for writing deliciously catchy melodies, is what makes They Might Be Giants irresistible...
...Chocolat, also featuring Johnny Depp and Juliette Binoche, set to open in New York and Los Angeles on December 15, and nationwide in early January. Moss is probably best known for her role as Trinity, opposite Keanu Reeves as Neo, in the Wachowski brother's science-fiction blockbuster and cult hit The Matrix (1999). In preparation for playing Trinity, the Canadian-born Moss trained for months to master martial arts before the film began shooting in Australia. In Chocolat, directed by Lasse Hallstrom, director of last year's Oscar-nominated The Cider House Rules (along with other acclaimed films including...
Attending a Dar Williams concert is more than simply listening to incredible music, it's participating in "The Dar Experience." Dar weaves together intelligence, quirkiness, humor and lush melodic arrangements that entertain and enlighten. Only she could craft pop songs out of a failed 17th-century Polish messianic cult, psychotherapy or the anti-Vietnam activities of former priest Daniel Berrigan. Her radio-ready single, "What do you Love More than Love" skews off center with its focus on Buddhism. Even Dar recognizes the unlikely nature of her topics, joking between songs...
...about sex," says gay-boy-next-door Michael (Hal Sparks) in QAF's two-hour pilot (Showtime, Sundays, 10 p.m., starting Dec. 3). That is an exaggeration, but just barely. This adaptation of the controversial 1999 British cult hit series about a group of young gay friends is also about challenging gay and straight shibboleths, about relationships and responsibility...