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Let us now praise Anna Faris
Until last weekend I’d never thought too much about Anna Faris, even though I loved her madly in Lost in Translation. But then on Saturday I watched Gregg Araki’s stoner masterpiece Smiley Face and...
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Boyfriend of the Week: Nigel Tufnel
For a long time I held out on seeing This is Spinal Tap. Every time the movie came up in conversation, someone would inevitably go, “OMG, you’ve never seen Spinal Tap?”, because supposedly I’m a big...
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My favorite Winona
So Sex and Death 101 – the new movie sorta-starring Winona Ryder and directed by the guy who did Heathers – came out last weekend. Supposedly it’s wretched, and I’m guessing there’s a 3 percent chance...
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First Look: The Edge of Love
Now, let’s just begin this by saying that I’m not a huge fan of either Keira Knightley or Sienna Miller. But when I caught a glimpse of these stills from their upcoming film together, The Edge of Love,...
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Bid on a Devendra-made t-shirt, raise $$$ for Lavender Diamond's new movie
A couple weeks ago I went to the Silent Movie Theatre for a little event uncomplicatedly titled “Psychedelic Healing Visions: A Love Song and Dance to the Unified Ground of Being: A Celebration of...
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To Go: Afro Punk Festival + The Dudes of Dub, A Pictorial Extravaganza
New Yorkers, if you hurry, you can catch the tail end of the film part of the Afro Punk Festival, taking place mostly at BAM Rose Cinemas. Afro Punk is a multi-day cultural event celebrating black...
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To Go: special screenings of Valley Girl in L.A.
It’s a very Valley Girl week here in Los Angeles! First, tonight at 7:30 the Aero Theatre in Santa Monica’s doing a double feature of Valley Girl and Real Genius, both of which were directed by Martha...
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Sofia Coppola in the 90s Inspires Me to Exist More Fully in My Historical Moment
Sometimes Sofia Coppola feels like my cool older-girl neighbor, or my pop culture big sister. She’s just a bit older and richer and just innately cooler than me — being super-connected helps, I suppose...
View ArticleLena Dunham Was Right When She Said Blue Crush Was a Really Important Movie...
I’m sort of lukewarm on “Girls” in general, but occasionally Lena Dunham will write a throwaway line so intriguing that I can’t quite get it out of my head. And the whole “Blue Crush was such important...
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A Miscellany of Wonderful Things in Wes Anderson’s Grand Budapest Hotel
So: Wes Anderson. His movies play tricks on me — sometimes the one I like immediately doesn’t quite resonate with me later, like Rushmore. And others leave me a bit detached at first but I come to...
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