Movies
Bloody Feast: Merchant Ivory leaves the drawing room behind in a violent adaptation of H.E. Bates' Feast of July.

Very Original: Copycat beats the odds against serial-killer movies.

Bad Boy's Club: On the road with The Doom Generation.

Romance Maid in Heaven: In Martha and I, class lines cross on the eve of WWII.

Music
Special F/X No More: Downtown San Jose's F/X -- flash point of the SoFA District -- closes its doors.

Carry Up the Charts: Don't hate them, they're the Beautiful South.

No Cain, No Gain: Local blues hero Chris Cain trumps the competition with release Somewhere Along the Way.

Beat Street
Beat Street: New club due for San Jose's night-life district.

Art
Glassy Eyed at Chihuly: The exquisite but much too self-conscious blown-glass extravaganzas of Dale Chihuly.

Stage
Musical Royalty: TheatreWorks stages the songs of Carole King.

My Fair Lady by American Musical Theatre of San Jose ranges from energetic to tepid.

Metro Staff Box