And So The Oscar Competition Begins In Earnest
(courtesy: moviecultists.com) I felt very lucky when the Academy Award nominations were announced this morning. Thanks to my membership in the Cinema Society, an off-shoot of the Santa Barbara Film...
View ArticleOpening Night At The Santa Barbara Film Festival
Festival Director Roger Durling/Santa Barbara Independent) I’ve been eagerly awaiting the start of the 10-day festival here in SB, and tonight was the night. There will be films of all types, including...
View ArticleMovie Recommendation: “The Ides Of March”
I’d been hearing a lot about this one – from the raves at both the Venice and Toronto Film Festivals to all the Oscar chatter – and today I finally got to see it for myself at a screening of our...
View ArticleMovie Sunday: “Like Crazy”
I finally saw the 2011 Sundance winner today at a Cinema Society screening, and it was every bit as charming as billed. A film that was made for about $200,000 (a shoestring budget, in other words),...
View ArticleMovie Day: “A Cabin in the Woods”
Our Cinema Society group started back up over the weekend with a screening of the soon-to-be-released horror film “A Cabin in the Woods.” Our email invite came with a disclaimer in bright red type...
View ArticleMovie Day: “Nebraska”
Director Alexander Payne of “Sideways,” “About Schmidt” and “The Descendents” fame, is getting raves for his latest festival darling, “Nebraska,” and particularly for the performance of star Bruce...
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