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The VMAs: Now Nothing More Than an Homage to the Past 26 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
If this year’s viewer-voted VMA winners tell us anything, it’s that either 1) People have very bad taste or 2) There is nothing good to choose from—or maybe a combination of the two. With winners like...
Prince Avalanche: An Avalanche of Emotion 22 Aug 2013 | 08:34 pm
Centered around the most destructive fire in the history of Texas, Prince Avalanche is a story that parallels the wreckage of said wildfire on an emotional level. Although this event took place in Bas...
We’re The Millers Sells Middle America Back to Itself 21 Aug 2013 | 10:45 pm
Hollywood’s ultimate financial bread and butter–the Midwest–has been reflected back to itself rather mockingly in We’re The Millers. The concept of “the family unit” seems decidedly quaint in the curr...
Jobs (or The Social Network Part Deux–Except Less Oscar-Worthy) 21 Aug 2013 | 05:48 pm
It is one of the most significant stories to be told to the current generation. I suppose that’s why there’s so much pressure to encapsulate every facet of the story in Joshua Michael Stern’s Jobs. An...
In A World… Where Women Actually Have a Voice 20 Aug 2013 | 07:16 pm
Inspired by the voice of Don LaFontaine (a.k.a. “The Voice of God”), In A World… is a unique film for myriad reasons–chief among them being the concept and the fact that Lake Bell wrote, directed and ...
Coco Chanel: The 130 Year Old Fashion Designer/Feminist 19 Aug 2013 | 11:28 pm
Very few women in fashion—or in general—have contributed so swiftly and innovatively to everyday culture. Coco Chanel (born Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel) was one of those rare women. Born into poverty, sh...
Happy Birthday, Madonna. Here’s 55 Things Everyone Thought Would Fuck Up Your Life/Career But Didn’t. 16 Aug 2013 | 06:51 pm
Fifty-five years is a long time. Especially when the pressure is constantly on you to innovate and impress with each new incarnation. For Madonna, this has never been an issue. Her age has been someth...
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blackfish 16 Aug 2013 | 12:34 am
The orca: A creature of majesty, of inexplicable emotion. That is, until you lock them up in a virtual bathtub for decades all for the sole purpose of entertaining trashy families. Gabriela Cowperthwa...
The Spectacular Now Showcases the Not So Spectacular Elements of Being Young and in Love 13 Aug 2013 | 10:38 pm
For as glamorized as youth can be, many films fail to acknowledge the often painstaking process of realizing who you are and what you want to become. For Sutter Keely (Miles Teller, who has come up in...
Grimy Goods Presents The Dead Ships 12 Aug 2013 | 11:53 pm
The Roxy has had some great dance shows recently but this past weekend it had a good old fashioned mosh pit. Though really it was just about 10 guys in a circle bouncing off of eachother. It was the k...
