YOUR SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW
Pick some flicks from this season’s slate of remakes, sequels, docs, dramas, and comedies

ABOUT A BAT
Christopher Nolan takes a fresh look at the Dark Knight’s origins

THE DARK SIDE
Batman is a heroic icon, but he doesn’t belong on your kid’s Happy Meal

SCHOOL OF HARD ROCKS
‘Rock School’ hilariously profiles a most unconventional music teacher

101 NARRATIONS
Talking dirty with Penn Jillette and Paul Provenza of ‘The Aristocrats’

STATE OF THE UNIONS
With the election of Villaraigosa, the most powerful union city in America finds itself at a crossroads

STAGING AREA
Round two: Mega-developer Tom Gilmore wrestles a minority theater company for control of a historic downtown building

GOING GANGBUSTERS
New federal gang legislation will increase death penalty crimes, possibly for juveniles

GREGG ARAKI
The cult filmmaker on aliens, MTV, and staring at people for fun


Cartoon By Ted Rall


Photographs by Gary Leonard

TINSEL AND TOMBSTONES

DARK MATTERS
Eric Bogosian on his latest novel, making art, being political, and what’s next

REVENGE OF THE NERDS

ARE WE NOT MONKEY'S?
Melt-Banana takes up the de-evolution charge

FRESH CONSTRUCTION
By embracing techno, Chris Fortier is building a new wing of house

ZOO STORY
Escaping from captivity is the easy part for the critters of the amusing ‘Madagascar’

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SICK SWORDSMAN
Hanzo the Razor is no Zatoichi

'EMPIRE' SOAP

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THE PLACE THAT STOPPED TIME
The Dresden Room evokes a certain kind of mid-’60s dining in every way

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