Culturopolis

FILM SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS American Hardcore moshes around the early '80s punk scene ROYAL FLUSH Mirren offers a revealing portrait of The Queen ARTS SUDDEN IMPACT Sometimes, art is so powerful it moves us to tears

FILM LET THEM EAT COOL Finding the fashion of Marie Antoinette's passion UNCOMFORTABLY NUMB Little Children trots out to the 'burbs ARTS ART SCHOOL Linda Armstrong and Stan Woodard at Spruill

FILM KILLING WITH KINDNESS Keeping Mum LEFT FEELING COLD Second telling of the Truman show falls flat PERFORMANCE ANXIETY John Cameron Mitchell rides Shortbus to the ground ARTS OLD SOUTH David Yoakley Mitchell remembers a time and place VIVE LE LOUVRE! The High makes a striking French connection with its latest exhibition

FILM CAMPFIRE AND BRIMSTONE Turning just-born Christians into foot soldiers TIME FLIES Scratching the seven-year itch with 49 Up ARTS TRICK PHOTOGRAPHY Photographer Suellen Parker generates and manipulates TOY STORY Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Captured the World