Ann Lemons Pollack
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I Fratellini
Talk about restaurants that have settled into a happy middle age: I Fratellini fills the bill perfectly. Despite a kitchen that has provided exceptional meals for close to a decade, it’s pretty much a spot known mostly by word of mouth, without a huge amount of media attention but with plenty of regular customers. And
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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
Want to see a big bunch of beautiful, expensive earrings, all clipped to lovely ears, as a camera slowly closes in on each one? Go to "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps." Want to see long, gorgeous helicopter shots of Manhattan, spectacular work by Rodrigo Prieto, showing off the city as if it were those earrings?
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The Me Nobody Knows
The St. Louis Black Repertory Company opened its 2010-11 season last night the same way it ended its 2009-10 season last June, with a cheerful, mostly enjoyable production of “The Me Nobody Knows,” which runs tonight and tomorrow at the Edison Theatre, then performs next Friday-Sunday at Mary Institute-Country Day School. With more stage space
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Lebanon
For those actively in it, war is no better than it ever was. It's dirty, tragic, scary, confusing and basically "hell," as General Sherman said. For film buffs, and fans of war movies, however, it's far better than it ever was. Advances in equipment, technical expertise and miniaturization, for example, make better movies possible. Take
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Bran Nue Dae
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear–well, not quite an introduction to the Lone Ranger on radio, but almost a look back to the San Francisco summer of Love, complete with VW vans, hippies, head bands, beads, pot, sex and music. And original spelling, too. "Bran Nue Dae," fairly close phonetically to
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Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine Public Enemy No. 1
Jacques Mesrine was a successful French bank robber in the 1960s and 70s, so successful that he was dubbed Public Enemy No. 1, the same title that John Dillinger, who earned a living in a similar manner, wore in the U. S. 30 years earlier. Vincent Cassel is just outstanding as Mesrine in two biographical
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Heartbreaker
“My son the doctor” remains a proud way to talk about family. How about, “My son who earns a good living being hired by fathers to romance their daughters to destroy a relationship with someone they consider wrong for her.”? No? Well, “Heartbreaker,” the movie, a French comedy, is not so hot, either, the first
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Rearn Thai
Rearn Thai is an unassuming little restaurant that sits quietly in downtown Clayton. Tucked into the ground floor of a building, it avoids claustrophobic feelings with a large front window, white walls, plenty of light, and tasty meals that spark the imagination and help kindle conversation. Evenings are usually quiet, although we suspect lunch business
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Anis Hyderabadi
Something new in St. Louis: Food in the style of Hyderabad, India. What's different? What's good? We write about it here for St. Louis Magazine online.
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Master Class
Maria Callas spent most of her life over the top. A great singer with an ego to match, she personified the word “diva,” and her talent was enough to make her a star, a soprano of power and personality. She defined a number of roles. But at the same time, her offstage life was a