Pick up a good book (Seattle Times)
People think being a newspaper book section editor is a dream job, but you try toting, sorting and scrutinizing 600 books a week, every......more...Christmas cheer: New DVD releases help nurture the holiday spirit (Detroit News)
It's Christmas time in the city, and that means a new batch of holiday DVDs....more... Here's something about Mary (The Japan Times)
But then, we're not talking about any young mother but the Mother ? Mary ? who has reigned from the uppermost throne of motherhood for over 2,000 years. Mid-teen or not, she embraced the whole... Read more . . . ...more... Songwriter's biography details unrealized ability (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
More than anything, Gram Parsons wanted to be a star. He yearned for adulation, the fame that makes heads turn, jaws drop and people stop in their tracks....more... DARIUS THE GREAT: In The Shadows of Cinematography with Darius Khondji (Payvand Iran News)
He is one of the great names in his profession and yet virtually unknown to the audience at large for he works in the shadows of the film directors and the actors on a movie set. His job is Cinematography, which basically consists of defining what the movie will ultimately look like onscreen: The lights, the type of film and lens to be used up to overseeing the photography are all part of his ......more... Berlin Alexanderplatz - Criterion Collection (DVD Talk)
In the documentary Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession , which in some ways serves as a kind of alternative text book for adventurous cinephiles looking for a resource for finding important lost films, a commentator describes Berlin Alexanderplatz as a large meal....more... Interview with Maggie Q (CNN.com)
A rising star in the glare of the media, Maggie Q has long been famous as an action heroine in Asia. Recently however, she has joined the top rank of upcoming young actresses in Hollywood. Half Vietnamese, she was brought up in Hawaii, but began her career in Hong Kong's film industry after being spotted by Jackie Chan....more... Today (Arizona Daily Wildcat)
Neko Case - This alt-country musician has come to Tucson so many times, I'm running out of smarmy things to say about her in the calendar. Just go see her concert, although I'm sure you have already. 8 p.m. $20. Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St....more... SCREEN TEST: Fred Claus (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By JANE HORWITZ Fred Claus PG, 1 hr., 54 min. Fred Claus is an amusing confection that will entertain almost anyone 8 and older, despite -- or possibly because of -- its odd mix of inventive humor and cheesy holiday film cliches (with cheesier special effects). Somehow, star Vince Vaughn bridges the gap between sarcastic hipness and real feeling as Fred, a ne'er-do-well repo man in ......more... |