Christopher Guest News

B runo , the new film by professional button-pusher Sacha Baron Cohen, will be released in theaters this weekend.

I'm not old enough to remember the 70's SNL. I vote 90's by default. Some credit is due to the 84-85 season with rent-a-stars Martin Short, Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, and Harry Shearer.

Could you picture Wallace Shawn, left, and Andre Gregory as 85-year-olds talking about sex? First, the bad news: The new Criterion edition of Louis Malle's 1981 masterpiece My Dinner with Andre does not come with the action figures mentioned by Christopher Guest in Waiting for Guffman.

Spinal Tap will mark the 25th anniversary of "This Is Spinal Tap" with a new album.

THE MOVIE: At the end of Waiting for Guffman , Christopher Guest's Corky St. Clair returns to New York from the Missouri burg where his dreams of a life in the Legitimate Theatre were dashed on the small-town rocks and opens up his own memorabilia store.

The hard rockers were trailed on a tour of America in support of the album Smell the Glove by filmmaker Marti DiBergi, who documented their internal friction, cancelled gigs, record company squabbles, problems keeping drummers from spontaneously combusting and occasional geographical difficulties.

Spinal Tap is Back From the Dead . At least according to the title of the group's new album.

Back From the Dead , the new CD from the realest fake band in the world, features tracks spanning the entire nonexistent career of Spinal Tap.

This is a Spinal Tap groupie's rock 'n' roll dream - or nightmare, to quote one of the song titles.

You can bring one of the greatest spoof bands of all time home in 1080p this July.

Brendan sez, "I saw the 'Unwigged and Unplugged' show starring Spinal Tap members Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Christopher Guest on Saturday in Chicago.

Sorry to let the cucumber out of the tinfoil, Spinal Tap fans: But it's called the Unwigged & Unplugged tour for a reason.

Alexis Petridis talks to the heroes of the greatest rock satire in cinema history Saturday, 30 May 2009 Nashville's Ryman Auditorium has fair claim to have seen it all.

The Around the Coyote Spring Arts Festival, a smorgasbord of visual and performing arts, runs this evening through Sunday in various locations in West Town in the vicinity of Division and Milwaukee.

When you visit the Jersey Shore this weekend, you'll find plenty of fun activities.

Expect things to get funny. Beacon Theater, 8PM. THREEFER: Charlie Rose, Karl Rove and James Carville walk into a bar.

Fringe review! 'Waiting for Maupin' 'Waiting for Maupin' Water on the Brain Productions Pink Venue $10 Witty, well-acted and still just rough enough around the edges, Waiting for Maupin is perfect Fringe fare.

Heavy metal reunion tours are usually a little cheesy -- rock 'n' debauchery simply doesn't age well, and paunchy middle-aged rockers who try to keep up with younger versions of themselves start to seem pathetic.

The warm moments rise from the real history sampled in Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian.

The appropriate cartographical co-ordinates are easy to fix: the Coen brothers' Fargo , for its Minnesota setting, accents, and idioms ; Michael Ritchie's Smile , for the satirical subject of a small-town teen beauty pageant; the same director's made-for-television The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom , for ...