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(12/03/14 1:00am)
Well, here it is: the last cult film blog of the semester. I took a good portion of time looking over the list of cult films this week to choose something that I really thought would be amazing. I considered “Fight Club” (yes, I still haven’t seen it) and “2001: A Space Odyssey,” but when it came down to it, neither of them felt right. Honestly, enough has been written and said about those films already.
(12/02/14 1:00am)
This year, like any other, was packed with quality films. Strong characters and outstanding performances could be found in abundance at any movie theater, but more than in any year we can remember, this year also saw a large number of outstanding independent films. Here are our 10 favorites this year, in no particular order.
(11/27/14 1:00am)
I never really get excited about Black Friday. Usually, by the end of Thanksgiving, I can’t fathom how anyone could be crazy enough to wake up in the middle of the night to get the perfect holiday gifts for friends and family. I understand that there are great deals, but I find it extremely difficult to work my way out of a food coma to get in line at the nearest Target.
(11/20/14 1:27am)
Though he’s been part of the Los Angeles music scene for just over a decade now, Ariel Rosenberg, better known as Ariel Pink, has only recently been catapulted to the forefront of indie-pop.
(11/18/14 1:00am)
I have avoided reviewing “Donnie Darko” throughout this whole semester. The movie is undoubtedly incredible, but I've tried to stay away from reviewing movies that i've already seen. During the week of Halloween, I gave in and watched “Donnie Darko” for the third or fourth time and figured out a way to incorporate the film into one of these reviews.
(11/15/14 10:25pm)
In 1994, “Dumb and Dumber” rocked the world with its stupidity. While I was only an unannounced speck in my mother's womb on the date of its release, I can assure you that I wasn’t raised unaware of its farcical charm. My grandfather used to say it was one of the funniest movies he’d ever seen, but that is coming from a man who relished the brutal ignorance of others; he used it as the butt-end of endless joking.
(11/11/14 1:33am)
I went into this weekend thinking, “Well, at least no movie I watch will be weirder than ‘Labyrinth.’”
(11/06/14 1:51am)
Alex Zhang Hungtai, the musician behind Dirty Beaches, linked his music to his favorite films by Wong Kar-wai, saying it is "usually about the passage of time, and how in relation it distorts your relationship with everything else in life ... of someone traveling long distances in search of something, in exile, misplaced, with no home to return to." This characterization makes sense as Hungtai himself has lived all over the globe in places such as Taipei, Honolulu, Vancouver and San Francisco.
(11/03/14 10:00pm)
Last semester, I fell in love with David Bowie. I listened to “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” and “Aladdin Sane” daily for about a month. Bowie intrigued me to such a great degree, because he is a person known just as well for his exuberant outfits as for his music — what’s not to love?
(10/30/14 12:02am)
Last week, a video called “Potty-Mouthed Princesses Drop F-Bombs for Feminism” was posted online by the organization FCKH8. The video features young girls around the age of 10 repeatedly swearing and delivering “pro-feminist” messages about issues such as pay inequality, body shaming and rape.
(10/30/14 12:00am)
This week The Flaming Lips released “With a Little Help from My Fwends” a track-by-track adaption of The Beatles’s “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.” The album features a huge list of guest stars including Miley Cyrus, My Morning Jacket, Dr. Dog, Foxygen and many more.
(10/28/14 12:00am)
I love Halloween. It’s the one of the only nights of the year when a bunch of people simultaneously decide that it’s alright to dress weird and have some fun with it. However, when I was a kid, I was terrified of all the scary movies — Freddy Krueger gave me nightmares for weeks, and there was nothing creepier than one of the "Goosebumps" specials. I usually chose to watch some of the lighter movies like “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”
(10/24/14 1:26am)
(10/21/14 12:00am)
Sometimes, movies are just awful, but in a good way. I saw that with “The Room” and again this week with B-movie horror/sci-fi flick “The Giant Spider Invasion.”
(10/17/14 4:00pm)
The Drums were amazing last night!
(10/16/14 12:00am)
It felt great to review carefree “Yellow Submarine” last week — so many happy feels and embarrassing sing-along moments — so the question is: What happily-ever-after movie is next?
(10/09/14 10:13pm)
In July 2013, Texas’s House Bill 2 was signed into law. This bill required all abortion clinics to meet requirements so stringent that the number of operating clinics has dropped from 44 to eight.
(10/06/14 10:00pm)
It took me a little bit longer than usual to pick a cult film for this week’s review. None of the titles really seemed to jump out at me. I’d done some dark films, and I wanted something light-hearted. Then, toward the bottom of the list, I spotted “Yellow Submarine,” the 1968 animated Beatles film with which I was more than familiar.
(10/06/14 10:00pm)
When Foxygen announced that fans could download its new album “…And Star Power” two weeks before its release on Oct. 14 by pre-ordering the vinyl, I hopped online immediately to purchase my copy. The band played an amazing set at the Crescent Ballroom on Sept. 24, and I wanted access to new tunes as soon as possible.
(09/29/14 10:00pm)
Tommy Wiseau had a dream to bring his story, “The Room,” to the world. Starting out as a play that was adapted into a novel which couldn’t get published, Wiseau’s unintentionally hilarious drama tells the story of a successful man who is betrayed by his fiancé and best friend. Directed, produced, written by and starring Wiseau, “The Room” has become known as one of the worst movies ever made, but I’m kind of obsessed with it for that reason. There is no doubt this film deserves its cult following.