For most Americans, it may be hard to believe there is another nation on Earth for whom 9/11 is a defining day -- but to Chileans, it is, and was so, long before ours. In fact, Chile's 9/11 occurred with the aid of unseen US influence facilitating a bloody military coup d'etat.
What is Bellflower? It's a road movie, a mumblecore/relationship film, even a weird buddy pic with some bitchy girls and that flamethrower.
The "Best Movie Not Playing at a Theater Near You" opens Friday: Littlerock is the latest low-budget, high-aesthetic movie to display how small-budget cinema can still be formally ambitious.
When I first watched CRIME AFTER CRIME, I tried to describe what I'd experienced to a friend and couldn't, I started yammering about the "black condition" and "battered women" and then I stopped myself. What I'd seen was bigger.
There's no doubt that writing 'ja ja ja' instead of 'ha ha ha' significantly boosts your Latino Index score. It might even make up for the fact you can't play soccer.
I want to be excited about a new blue-collar sitcom starring Roseanne. But as it stands, I'm not optimistic. It's not that I don't have faith in Roseanne: on the contrary, I place most if not all of my faith in her. But I've been let down before.
With Zsa Zsa Gabor having survived her 94th birthday and about to celebrate her anniversary in a lavish party this weekend, I began to muse about what makes Zsa Zsa... well Zsa Zsa.
I did something terribly old-fashioned. I read the book. The final book, I mean. It was complex, poignant, logically worked out, and frequently moving, all after suspension of disbelief. It contains messages important for the times. I enjoyed it quite a lot.
This "sui generis" Southern gentleman, raconteur and erstwhile child actor defies linear explication. Here are 15 semi-random items for the not-yet initiated.
Florence, the most stunning city in the world, is now besmirched by the The Jersey Shore. Season 4 has started off with the cast acting like feeble-minded, unfunny, caricatures of themselves, only in slightly better shape.
My life is better because of Gloria Steinem. I and many women of my generation take for granted so many of the opportunities that Gloria and many women of her generation had to demand.
Finding out the music that someone else likes seems to give you a lot of information about them, quickly.
The way Bieber speaks about his Christian faith is neither defensive nor offensive. He doesn't sound like he's trying to be right, pious or triumphant.
With Winehouse's global notoriety, it is hoped that her death will not be in vain. Though she cannot be brought back, her story can be told, understood and used to help those who suffer from addictions and to facilitate awareness for those that love them.
Some will say: This is yet another movie about the civil-rights movement moment in our history, in which the white people are the heroes, saving the black characters. But that's far too simplistic a reading of The Help.
I remember talking with Ms. Winehouse about how shy Janelle Monáe is, and Ms. Winehouse replied by telling me that she, too, is very shy. So I insisted that she approach Ms. Monáe first to break the ice, and she did.
The Help paints a powerful, all too painful and more importantly, accurate picture of a snapshot in time. It's all there -- the racism and mean-spiritedness and compassion and love. No matter what region you are from, it is a story that transcends.
After mapping out a budget and strongly considering what we needed to increase the show's production value and compensate the crew and actors who volunteered their time, we decided it was time to stop shortchanging ourselves.
After watching nearly 11 seasons, I can't emphasis enough how awesome this show continues to be. Halfway through the summer season, we've seen a murder, cocaine use, a student stealing his teacher's underwear, liver failure, bed bugs... Seriously folks, I couldn't make this stuff up.
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