Created by a group of African-American gang members in North Philly under the supervision of Temple social worker Harold Haskins, the gritty, remarkable 22-minute film circulated on the educational market for years, but re-emerged when Secret Cinema's Jay Schwartz discovered a print several years ago.

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Directors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who captured the cantankerous heart of Harvey Pekar in American Splendor, stumble in milking Jonathan Ames' novel for every ounce of quirk.

His ADD approach — smash-cutting from location to location over the course of a single conversation, split-screening Anime battles while bombastic punk blares in the background, introducing information via text boxes strewn around the screen — isn't an excess of style so much as an accurate representation of their plugged-in existences.

There's always been a prairie-size difference between how the West was won and how we told ourselves we won it.

Carell's character combines the delusional naïveté and lack of self-awareness of Michael Scott, but dumbs it down to the degree that you want less to laugh at him than find a nice institution that will care for his needs.

Ortlieb's storied rhythm section has re-emerged with a new home for its invaluable Tuesday night apprenticeship system.

The disc's a mélange of funk, '60s soul, New Orleans groove, R&B ballads and pop hooks.

It takes a strong pianist to stand up to the might of nine saxophones, which should give some indication of George Burton's forceful touch.

SHREDfest is the name of Nick Millevoi's ongoing series of schematic improv-based compositions for an ever-changing ensemble, but it could just as easily be used as an overview of the Philly guitarist's prolific output.