Another movie night… On one hand, we have the Women’s Human Rights Film Series, which provides a smattering of documentaries about the various plights of women… And, on the other hand (the far other), we have rumor of a documentary about snuff films airing at IFP’s Cinema Lounge tonight… Another bet is 49 Up, a … Read more
All right, everybody get in line and listen up. I want you fellas to get some shut-eye so we can all be up and ready to hump it at first light. We’ll be traveling seven miles to the east over rugged terrain. Word has it we might be in for some heavy weather as well, … Read more
I was asked to contribute to this blog due to a fear that cars are losing their manliness. Before you go all Angela Dworkin on me here let me make it clear that women can be manly. In fact, I know many women who are far more manly than men, the late Ms. Dworkin included. … Read more
Ford is essentially a truck company. That is why in spite of calling 2005 “The Year of the Car” they could not muster much more than a reskinning of the Volvo 80 platform to create the unpowered, boring as butter Five Hundred Series (which have sold poorly). Sadly, Ford of Europe manufactures cars that people … Read more
Dateline: Philadelphia I’m here in the City of Brotherly Love for a few days and I have to say this is clearly a food town. Maybe not a food town like San Fran or New York where it’s almost a tourist trade, but more like a food town full of serious eaters. I’m not going … Read more
More fodder from the chick who’s too sick to do nuthin’: (Ah, there’s not much going on today anyhow…) another fantastic concert from the Minnesota Sur Seine Festival, a show that’s a little tripped up thanks to some problems de la Visa, and perhaps the Art of Horror exhibition at Altered Aesthetics. Because, who doesn’t … Read more
Detail from “Brushes With Fame!” by Steve Willis (scroll down link for bio). So I saw Donald Sutherland wandering down Lake Street one night, and I’m thinkin’, what the hell’s this guy doin’ wandering down whore alley? Get this, so I yell out “Hey Donald, lookin’ for Klute?” What? I thought the whore was the … Read more
Yo, the namesake of this cinematic masterpiece has been resurrected. The “Fairlane” nameplate will return as a 2007 Ford SUV with sheet metal slicker than fistful of Alberto VO5. A word of caution to Ford, however, if the interior receives the typical tupperware treatment it will bomb like the Dice Man. (I’ll be sending you … Read more
Today, the Friends of the Minneapolis Public Library embark on a film series to explore the life and influence of Frankenstein director James Whale. Use it to tide you over since you missed last week’s screenings of Infamous… Me, I’ll be at home, still trying to nurse this crud-of-a-cold.
Good film criticism is hard to find in this world, but if you want to read a really great review of a really great film check out Anthony Lane’s awesome take on Infamous. My only complaint is that it–the review–is too short. Scroll down past his wacky look at Marie Antoinette, which I’ll be seeing … Read more