Author: Cristina Córdova

  • The Virgins Have a Sweet but Short-Lived Impact

    As part of the Nylon’s Magazine Tour, The Virgins performed at the Fine Line Music Café on Friday the 13th. Also hitting the stage that night were She Wants Revenge, Be Your Own Pet, and Switches. The probably-not-so Virgins, with their ‘60s vintage style, charming boy-next-door looks, and charisma, hit the stage with hits like…

  • Wanted: Action Flicks with Swagger

    Wanted comes on like a batshit crazy mash up of a dozen other genre movies but manages to stand alone as something more by the time it reaches its frenetic and bloody conclusion. It’s probably (but only a little) curmudgeonly to gripe about the apparently permanent change in the visual language in action films in…

  • Why Wacko Jacko Must Play Poe

    Given Edgar Allan Poe’s well-known fear of being buried alive, the claim that the horror writer and poet "must be rolling over in his grave" at the prospect of Sylvester Stallone writing and directing the biopic Poe is more than rote recitation of cliché. It’s definitely a curious way for 61-year-old Sly to follow-up the…

  • Rock the Garden

    A small army of bicycles standing guard outside the Walker Art Center glints like miniature sunbursts while lines stretch like anxious snakes down the sidewalk. The sold out crowd of 7,500 brave hour long entry waits, sunburns, and sweat for Rock The Garden and a chance to see indie pop’s brightest talents. As Bon Iver…

  • This Space for Rent

    After six million three hundred and seven thousand two hundred minutes, Rent’s lease on life will expire in the Big Apple this fall. In the Mini Apple, aka Minneapolis/Saint Paul, it will expire in a few days. Through June 22nd the touring company of the iconic musical will be at the Ordway Center for the…

  • Ryan's Daughter — So Misunderstood

    The response from critics was so harsh it allegedly kept David Lean away from the director’s chair for 14 years. Pauline Kael’s oft-discussed review is so scathing it makes you wonder if Lean put gum in her hair or something. And while The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia, and Doctor Zhivago were…