Conan at SXSW
I hope that by now you’ve seen the Conan O’Brian doc “Can’t Stop” about the time between the end of his hosting The Tonight Show and taking his talk show to cable. “This is...
Category: film
Pop Culture Remixing: Why it Matters that We Keep Remaking Familiar Pop Culture Properties.
At 11 p.m. on the Saturday before Thanksgiving, my husband and I walked into the Chaparral Ice rink in North Austin. Despite the warm day, I was carrying my winter coat, hat and gloves....
At fest, stars mingle among us – and it’s fantastic
Just before I was sucked into the movie madness of Fantastic Fest, I called my mother to let her know I wouldn’t be answering my phone much the next week. When I explained I’d...
Here’s the Bumper for that Column that I wrote about Scare last year!
It’s September, which means it’s totally time to start getting ready for the enormous haunted event SCARE FOR A CURE . Today I ran across the cell phone bumper that a lot of people...
Reading the Book “One Day” Moments Before the Movie Came Out!
On my way back to Austin from my summer adventures, I read the novel One Day by David Nicholls. I read it in pretty much one giant gulp. While I had toyed with the...
FILM: BELLFLOWER (2011) is a Bad Bromance
The car from the film visiting Austin, Texas during SXSW 2011 Last week I saw the movie BELLFLOWER, which, based on the trailers and the general buzz about the film following Sundance, I had...
Madness at the Movies
Recently, I’ve watched both the French film Seraphine (2008) and the most recent cinematic version of Jane Eyre. The representation of madness in these films couldn’t be much different. In Seraphine–based on the real...
I Feel at Home in New York City…and Sometimes I Wonder Why!
A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to flee a big snowstorm in Boston, and go spend some time in NYC. When I was there I stayed with my cousin, her baby...
Fantastic Fest Is Bringing Us More Fantastic-ness!
. . . . . . The third wave of content for Fantastic Fest was recently announced, and it totally rocks. That’s especially true if you dig vampires, ninjas and super scary stories about...
Cronocrimenes at Fantastic Fest
Tim League of the Alamo and Nacho Vigalondo during the Cronocrimenes Question and Answer session following one of the first screenings of the movie in the United States (2007). Growing up in the...
