I’m not sure it’s possible to walk two blocks here and not find a ramen shop. Soba is another story – so it’s good Sugidama has reopened in Davis Square.

The latest from Alexander Payne, set at an all-boy, New England prep school in the early 1970s, bears the distinct tang of J.D. Salinger, not to mention Wes Anderson’s “Rushmore” (1998) as it homes in on the loneliness of the disenfranchised among the entitled elite.

Bike ridership is up and crash rates are down in an annual Bicycling in Cambridge Data Report posted last week by the Environmental & Transportation Planning Division of the city’s Community Development Department.

A resemblance to The Abbey bodes well, but does Oak Bistro offer anything new? Breathe deep and rest assured, this new entry has its own culinary signatures.

There’s little usual about Justine Triet’s emotionally eviscerating narrative, which begins with the death of one spouse and rewinds during a murder trial.

Barra slings Mexico City inspired-cuisine that brims with quality and authenticity from the mole enchiladas to the appetizers you can get with grasshoppers.

Robert De Niro seems minted for a villainous role in Martin Scorsese’s latest period epic, based on a nonfiction book recounting the 1920s oil plot behind the killing of at least 60 members of the Osage Nation.

The dark, cozy and inviting former Putnam Avenue outpost of Darwin’s Ltd. rebooted as the Circus Cooperative Cafe late last month with tricks new and old.

Tense couples make for riveting drama, whether it’s the promotion of one partner over the other or, even more out there, one who gets selected for a multiyear post on an space station while the other has to remain in the barren dust bowl of the Midwest.

The menu at Turing Tavern is geared toward sandwiches, salads and snacks, all with a definite French twang and a twist that’s good for Inman Square.