The Short List of Things to Do

Week of May 23
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Don Cheadle

Darfur Now

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Bless Don Cheadle and George Clooney for raising awareness of the slaughter in Sudan, but the true stars of this worthy documentary are people like Hejewa Adam, whose village was ravaged by the invaders and who has taken up arms to fight them. As the world commiserates impotently, the Sudanese prove that every tragedy has its heroes.

Grade: B+

November 28

The new Elvis Costello television series, Stephen Colbert's Christmas Special and Chungking Express on DVD

November 21

The Monty Python Holy Grail on DVD, Gears of War 2 for the gamers, Bolt in movie theaters, and more

October 10

The good cheer of Happy-Go-Lucky, reliving the amazing life of John Lennon, cathing up with The Starter Wife on TV, and more

October 3

Greg Kinnear, in Flash of Genius, Richard Jenkins in The Visitor, Anne Hathaway in Rachel Getting Married, and more

September 26

Jenny Lewis in the record stores, Dennis Lehane's The Given Day in bookstores, The Lucky Ones in movie theaters, and more