Ordinary folks out for a stroll this past Saturday night in Harvard Square must have been wondering what the fuss was about at the Brattle. A crowd of people gathered on the stairs and around the main entrance of the movie theater while the staff valiantly tried to corral overeager fankids into a line. Stern-looking people with professional lighting and video cameras were shooting the action and talking to men who were being treated like......

The first Out of the Book event will take place Tuesday, June 19, at 7:00 pm at the Brattle Theatre. The event is sponsored by Powell's Books and the Grub Street Writers. Powell's of Portland, Oregon - the top vacation destination for any true book fiend - is producing a series of documentaries about modern authors. The goal is to give authors the kind of exposure that other creative types get. Few authors have the......

The Harvard Film Archive will screen The Pervert's Guide to Cinema at 7:00 pm tomorrow, Friday, April 6, and at 7:00 pm on Sunday, April 8. Admission is $8. Sometimes, we think he's just saying the first thing that pops in his head, but philosopher/psychoanalyst/theorist/film critic Slavoj Zizek is a joy to behold. The burly, bearded fellow roams around like a grizzly bear spewing this thoughts about this, that, and the other thing. Watching Zizek......