Interview with Hold at All Costs Director Glenn Palmedo-Smith
“I’ve never been pro-war,” says local filmmaker Glenn Palmedo-Smith, whose Korean War documentary Hold at All Costs airs tonight on KPBS (more Reader coverage of the film here). “I participated in protests against the Vietnam War. And when I was …
Just no.
Okay, so The Hollywood Reporter is suggesting that this red-band trailer for David Fincher's remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, which was supposedly recorded illegally in Europe and then uploaded to YouTube for your viewing pleasure, is actually …
Observed: Is there an Oscar for Best Wiggery?
Here is actor Corey Stoll playing a young and very dreamy Ernest Hemingway in Midnight in Paris: Here is an actual photo of Hemingway beside the same image of Stoll: And here is Stoll sans coiffure. My poor wife went …
Top Gun or Bottom?
When Mr. Marks brought the grumpy on Top Gun, he of course did not neglect to mention the whole "gay way" thing. Which pretty much necessitates a mention of this classic bit from the Tarantino School of Acting Like You're …
Observed: Midnight in Paris
Look, I don't get out much, so I don't know if maybe everybody has made the observation that Midnight in Paris is basically Woody Allen's Inception. But in case they haven't, I will.
Monkey Awesome
Don't forget, The Hangover Part 2 opens today! Some people are getting all wistful, but this little-seen poster series should clear up any lingering concerns.
Reviews!
This week, bold Reader critic David Elliott steers his dinghy directly into the path of the Black Pearl, reviewing Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Midnight in Paris, Last Night, and L'Amour Fou. And new in the listings: Skateland. …
Elsewhere
As long as we've been kvetching about Titanic and Albert Brooks, here's a little bit of Internet genius that brings them together again for the first time.
Ah, the French...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5LkDNu8bVU ...who can explain them? I mean, they give us The Rules of the Game... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxs4P6u1EiI ...and then they fall all over themselves for Jerry Lewis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hN16NZk0oUo They give the Palme D'Or to a solemn work of religious exploration like …
Anatomy of a Press Photo: Kung Fu Panda 2 Premiere in Los Angeles
(Yeah, yeah, they didn't have 'em pose on the red carpet. Kudos. But the little ones saw it already in Cannes - did they really need to do the paparazzi walk at the premiere?)
Another Temple Gone
Reader stringer Ken Harrison notes the closing of UltraStar's four-plex at Flower Hill Mall. Now, he writes, "North County residents between south Carlsbad and Carmel Valley will be without a multiplex movie theater." Dark times. Speaking of dark times, The …
Dept. of Cinematic Predictions: Hangover Part 2
This isn't any kind of review, but I'm going to go out on a limb and say that Hangover Part 2 features more penises than any other wide-release film you will see this year.
Burger Time: Five Guys
[One of the many laudatory messages pinned to the restaurant's bulletin board.] Five Guys is a chain that started in Virginia, colonized D.C. and the surrounding area, and eventually went national. We visited the Liberty Station location. The place is …
Screenings: The Seven Year Itch
On Friday, the Wife and I visited Cinema Under the Stars for a screening of Billy Wilder's "Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" (as host Ralph DeLauro put it) The Seven Year Itch, starring Marilyn Monroe and someone else. (Actually, Tom Ewell …
USA, USA, USA: American Winners of the Palme D'Or, 1980-Present
1980: Bob Fosse, All that Jazz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74Pae3PpMo&feature=related 1989: Steven Soderbergh: Sex, Lies, and Videotape http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxdQQpJ9t-4 1990: David Lynch, Wild at Heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCQwumNQL9E&feature=related 1991: Joel and Ethan Coen, Barton Fink http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WK0WjWlVO9w 1994: Quentin Tarantino, Pulp Fiction http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZBfmBvvotE 2003: Gus Van Sant, …
"Here is a man who would not take it any more."
Wow. Just wow. Can you imagine a Hollywood screenwriter of today taking the time to write a furious letter to a just-started alternative weekly newspaper? But here's Paul Shrader, fresh off the success of Taxi Driver, letting Reader critic Duncan …
Burrito Burata: Rosarita Ranchero
Mr. Deal has opened the debate. Now, I will try to respond - though I fear my time is short, as I have just finished downing a Ranchero Burrito from Rosarita's on University Avenue here in La Mesa, and I …
Titanic, the Musical!
No, not really. But there is news! Back in 2008, Reader writer Josh Board attended a party at director James Cameron's Malibu mansion. Board reported: "My girlfriend went into Cameron’s “screening room,” as everyone called it. I’d call it a …
By the Slice: Lefty's
The Wife hails from Kansas City, and Chicago-style deep-dish pizza is to her Midwest palate what the the broad, wafer-thin wedges at Bronx Pizza are to me. Yeah, we've eaten at Ai Marmi in Rome, and yeah, it's probably the …