by Meg Onli | Jul 21, 2009 | Blog
Tommy Wirkola’s Nazi-zombie film Dead Snow looked as if it had everything needed to become a horror classic. But its predictable plot line and weak screen writing left much to be desired from the campy gore fest set in the mountains of Norway. The film follows 8...
by Meg Onli | Jul 21, 2009 | Blog
This week’s pick is a 3 part documentary entitled Situationist International via artstar11 “A video documentary combining exhibition footage of the Situationist International exhibitions with film footage of the 1968 Paris student uprising, and graffiti...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 20, 2009 | Blog
You know, like Julian Schnabel-bashing was back in the day, before he started directing? I’m thinking yes. The unkindness of it all aside (and that makes for a very big aside, I know), Peyton does inspire some of the most deliciously evil descriptive sentences...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 20, 2009 | Blog
I’m back with fresh harangues! I haven’t found any truly worthy candidates in awhile but yesterday the Chicago architecture critic Lynn Becker posted a screed that pleased me greatly in its justifiable outrage. One of Chicago’s last 24-hour...
by Claudine Isé | Jul 20, 2009 | Blog
“Let the Televised Bitch-Slapping Begin!” (marshallastor.com).