The best American romantic comedy since Annie Hall also
contains the least repellant performance Jim Carrey will ever
give, and this week, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
Mind—Michel Gondry’s miraculous meditation on the glories and
joys of “failed” relationships—lands at the charming
Central Cinema. Revisit a postmodern classic while obliterating your
own memory with beer. (See movie times for
details.)

David Schmader—former weed columnist and Stranger associate editor—is the author of the solo plays Straight and Letter to Axl, which he’s performed in Seattle and across the US. His latest...