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Documentary and Exhibit Fun

It’s the typical lazy afternoon in your eighth-grade fifth-period class. Mrs. Smith comes in holding a VHS tape (They’re...

Kristina Bravo

Film Movie Reviews

Skateland

Coming-of-age films that take place in the past are guaranteed to feature retro-heavy soundtracks that attempt to transport the...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film Movie Reviews

An Invisible Sign

The film starts with an animated sequence that depicts a tale of folklore in which a king must sacrifice people because the kingdom...

Ricardo Quinones

Film Movie Reviews

The First Grader

Movies based on the extraordinary accomplishments of actual people usually elicit empathy, and The First Grader is no exception....

Samantha Ofole

Film Interviews

Priest in 3D

If you are in the mood to see sexy, fanged creatures with skin that dazzles in sunshine, Priest may not exactly be the right...

Kristina Bravo

Film Interviews

Hesher

There’s a large tattoo of a middle finger that covers Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s entire back. And drawn on the front...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film The Channel Surfer

Summer TV Preview

Back in ancient times – circa 1999 – television was a desolate wasteland full of stale reruns and shrugged-off specials...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film Projections

Film Events for the Week

Movies allow us to step into someone else’s shoes, and for an hour and a half or so we are entrenched in the world of a...

Kristina Bravo

Film Movie Reviews

Poetry

How you find poetic inspiration, to paraphrase the woman at an open-mic reading in director Lee Chang-dong’s new film,...

Pamela Kerpius

Film Movie Reviews

Hobo with a Shotgun

Hobo With a Shotgun is exactly what the title promises: grimy and violent. But this Hobo is incredibly good at being those particular...

Nick Day

Film Movie Reviews

Forks Over Knives

There’s a lot of debate over the exact benefits of a vegan lifestyle these days, with the vegan side finally beginning...

Natasha Desianto

Film Interviews

Thor

“If anyone can save us, it’s Chris Hemsworth.” So decrees Kat Dennings, Hemsworth’s co-star in Thor,...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Interviews

Something Borrowed

We all know a Darcy. Not literally necessarily, but Darcy, the character from the film Something Borrowed. Darcy, played by Kate...

Frederick Mintchell

Film Interviews

Jumping the Broom

Paula Patton wants to set the record straight. She didn’t jump the broom when she married R&B singer Robin Thicke –...

Samantha Ofole

Film Projections

TCM Classic Film Festival

Just as video killed the radio star, YouTube has killed the need for video of any other type. You can find movies, music videos...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Sympathy for Delicious

Crossover success can be very tricky; just ask the slew of talented actors who have tried their hand at a singing career only...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film Movie Reviews

Cave of Forgotten Dreams

Few, if any, directors have as much passion for how their films are experienced as Werner Herzog. In his documentary Little Dieter...

Matthew Kitchen

Film Interviews

Stake Land

Jim Mickle’s Stake Land has been making waves on the festival circuit since last year, garnering rave reviews, and not...

Nick Day

Film Interviews

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Zombies! Werewolves! Vampires! Dylan Dog: Dead of Night has them all. A film full of monsters, director Kevin Munroe crosses...

Kristina Bravo

Film Interviews

13 Assasins

The art of making film began simply for Takashi Miike as a way to circumvent adulthood. After 30 years, some 50 films, numerous...

Drew Vaeth

Film Interviews

Madea's Big Happy Family

Movie mogul Tyler Perry doesn’t relish the idea of dressing up in drag. “All that make-up and costume while I am directing is...

Samantha Ofole

Film Interviews

Brother's Justice

Some call it an attempt to shake up his career, and actor Dax Shepard scores with a hilarious and original directorial debut. Brother’s...

Marvin Vasquez

Film TV Time

'Wild Life'

When you remove three Hollywood actors from their natural habitat and plant them in the middle of nowhere with a couple of backpacks...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film The Channel Surfer

There Will Be Blood...and Singing

As “The Vampire Diaries” and “Glee” near their second season finales, we have to ask: Where the hell...

Hiko Mitsuzuka

Film Projections

Two by Sofia Coppola

To come from a family of fame and success in Hollywood is both a blessing and curse. Instant wealth and recognition, all doors...

Candice Winters

Film Movie Reviews

Meek’s Cutoff

America’s Wild West wasn’t simply saloons, gunslingers, boom towns and high-noon showdowns. The grim reality for...

Drew Vaeth

Film Movie Reviews

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Let me preface this review by stating that Donnie Yen, star of Legend of the Fist, deserves to be as big of an international...

Nick Day

Film Interviews

Water for Elephants

The book was on the New York Times Best Seller List for 12 weeks when it was first published in 2006. Since then, Water for Elephants...

Candice Winters

Film Interviews

The Greatest Movie Ever Sold

Morgan Spurlock is a modern-day whirling dervish. Wearing a sharp black suit littered with product placement logos that make...

Sasha Perl-Raver

Film TV Time

'Ellismania'

FUEL TV announces the world television premiere of the absurd fight comedy series “Ellismania” with Jason Ellis –...

Castulo Hernandez