“Freddy vs. Jason” Directed by Ronnie Yu New Line Cinema Devotees of the long-running “Friday the 13th” and “Nightmare on Elm Street” slasher series now have, at long last, the chance to see two of the scariest film icons ever conceived try to beat each other into bloody messes in Ronnie Yu’s surprisingly entertaining “Freddy vs. Read more...

In Ladd McIntosh’s beginner improvisation class, 15 students encircle the teacher campfire-style with their trusty instruments in hand. As a jazzy rhythm section chugs along, the teacher points to the students one by one for some short, improvisational solos. Read more...

Rock music often looks at the tensions between man and machine, sometimes casting technology as a force that takes the humanity out of the songs, reducing musicians to cogs in the OK Computer. Read more...

At the Verizon Music Festival’s first event on July 24 the stage was set ““ literally ““ for a night of comic irony. After all, what stranger way to kick-off a festival sponsored and named after a corporate behemoth than with a performance by Aimee Mann, who’s possibly made more headlines for her solitary battle against the music industry than for her actual artistic accomplishments? Read more...

A wedding is a joyous occasion ““ the union of two souls, forever joined in holy matrimony. An “American Wedding,” as it turns out, is a bit more complicated. Read more...

Summer’s half over, and chances are you’ve barely made a dent in that ambitious reading list you made for yourself in June, back when the thought of three glorious, sun-filled months without classes, deadlines, or exams made you drunk with good intentions. Read more...

Don’t call it a comeback. That’s what Fountains of Wayne guitarist Adam Schlesinger wants everyone to know, as the New York-based band returns to the road in support of “Welcome Interstate Managers,” an album four years in the making. Read more...