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Only a dumb 20-year-old would have a photo like that and think it looks good. Also, can’t for the life of me explain the terrible copy editing, but the poor writing is definitely my fault. The following was published on Friday, May 22, 1992 in the UCLA Daily Bruin precisely as transcribed below, as you canContinue reading “UCLA Daily Bruin, “Out of Focus”: There goes Johnny — May 22, 1992: “The end of a late-night institution has arrived””

More violent than any of the tentpole summer blockbusters at the local multiplex, Joseph Losey‘s 1963 film The Servant examines the diminished and disintegrating British class system of its era. This new restoration for the film’s 50th anniversary presents a stunningly claustrophobic and utterly engaging experience for audiences, and if you’ve never seen it beforeContinue reading “Joseph Losey’s “The Servant” expert take on “class warfare””

“Tomorrow” became Friday due to the nastiness that always descends upon me this time every year. The air changes, the temperature drops, and sometimes (or at least yesterday), even the atmosphere decides it’s so sick and tired of remaining pleasant that it will shake-up things and cause crazy tornado/hurricane-like weather right here in the fiveContinue reading “Miscellaneous Miscellany-Part 2: This is why we don’t call it a comeback; continued abstractions”

(Like a neverending story that finally reaches its conclusion, behold the final chapter in a series of posts that has taken too long to unveil but needed to run its course. Pt. 1 is here; Pt. 2 is here; and Pt. 3 is here. By the way, it’s currently still possible to donate to theContinue reading “Aaron’s Summer Vacation Part 4: The Conclusion–As if swimming, biking and running weren’t enough …”

(This is the continuation and penultimate chapter of the Douglas Adams style-trilogy of posts I started more than a month ago. Pt. 1 is here; Pt. 2 is here. Just pretend those weeks never happened. I’ve been trying to do the same.) I hadn’t had the best luck when it came to weather and enduranceContinue reading “Aaron’s Summer Vacation, Part 3: The day before crawls by in a flash”

I had the opportunity to participate in indieWIRE‘s annual critics’ poll this year, and just submitted my ballot about 20 minutes ago. I assume my choices will be posted over at indieWIRE some time today, and after they are, I’ll post more detailed explanations for my list here. Nobody will be surprised by my ultimateContinue reading “The Polls Have Closed”

Way Scarier Than Any of the Saw Movies http://youtube.com/v/MWZHTJsR4BcFox News: Palin didn’t know Africa was a continent I mean … really?

During my weekend, we did two sets of free writing drills. The rules were simple: 1) Take the phrase/idea; 2) start writing; 3) pens down when time called (roughly five minutes). Several of these were effortless; a few of them difficult, although there was not time for any of them to become excruciating. The followingContinue reading “July Writing Retreat: Free Writing drills”

They did it in February, and now again starting Friday. For the following five weeks Clearview Cinemas is turning Manhattan’s last great single screen movie palace into a revival house since, I suppose, they don’t figure there are any new releases worthy of potentially filling the 1000-plus seater. It’s a return of the Hollywood ClassicsContinue reading “ONCE AGAIN PROVING THAT SEPTEMBER HAS NO MAJOR MONEYMAKING RELEASES …”

Huzzah for Christine Vachon. Yesterday’s NY Post Page Six led with the item”Indie Queen Blasts Angelika.” Apparently Vachon, the indie film producing stalwart who I interviewed last year for Gothamist, is coming out with her memoirs, and according to Page Six, she “viciously attacks the Angelika Film Center – the beloved Houston Street mecca forContinue reading “FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND, PAGE SIX DECIDES TO ILLUSTRATE ITS STUPIDITY (AND THAT THEY’VE NEVER BEEN TO THE ANGELIKA)”