Vol. XX, Number 4 - Friday, September 29, 1995
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT
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Lee's 'Clockers': street smart but full o' tricks Clockers marks Spike Lee's return to the familiar terrain of Urban Reality, Present Day. His last two films, Malcolm X and Crooklyn, suffered from their repectively classical and sentimental historicity while other African-American filmmakers have risen to prominenece by portraying the decay of the contemporary inner city
Frosh filmmaker Robert Ronan: film
noir and Forrest Gump
The Yale Herald Music Survey Translations Poetry by Rachel Trousdale
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Photo by Matt Morgado/YHWhat Ivy eating clubs should be...By Rebecca Cook The Alley Cat Club, which opened last month on Crown Street, is basically a newer, smaller, and more intimate version of its next-door neighbor, the venerable Demery's. The two clubs share a layout (front bar, dance floor, back bar), a sound (every top -40 song remixed to the very same loud, monotonous beat), and a general philosophy (meat market). Not to say that The Alley Cat is unpleasant. On the contrary, it's a fine place to give your bootie a little shakin', something we all need from time to time. Don't be put off by the club's sketchville facade and circa-1985, fluorescent entrance hallway. It's quite nice and clean inside, new and shiny without being obnoxious. The two bars at either end overlook a moderate-size dance floor, with a chain-link fence along the edge lending that homey S&M touch. The dance floor is equipped with the requisite shnazzy, pulsating lights, plus little benches along the side so you can rest your tired feet or scope the dance action up close. (See Alley Cat Club) |