Marvin the Martian
Patrick Moore give a listen to Hoods and Badges, the newest effort by U.K. rapper Marvin the Martian, who spins rap in a new direction that incorporates elements like indie rock guitars.
Year: 2007
Our Eyes on the World
Alexandra Halsey explores four locally produced documentaries and links them all together. Included in this essay are Arctic Expedition, Desperate Measures, Sea People of the Honduras, and Lost Souls.
Two Picks from Cinemedia
Since she wrote our round-up of Cinemedia films this year, Felicia Tomasko decided it was time to check a couple out. In this post, she reviews Madeinusa, about a girl’s life in a remote Peruvian village, and Ten Canoes, about the Australian outback.
Reggae Ready
FEELIN’ IRIE: Arguably the best California-grown reggae band touring today, Soul Majestic returns to Santa Barbara this week for what is sure to be a skank-heavy and brick-rockin’ good time at SOhO this Friday, January 26.
The Wellman Lens
With SBIFF’s Weekend One in the bag, it’s about time for a four-day retrospective of Indy photographer Paul Wellman’s best shots to date. Come inside and see what stars walked down the red carpet over the past few days.
In ‘n’ Outta’ the Arthouse
Josef Woodard reports on what film fest offerings might make their way to an arthouse or DVD store near you. Discussed are The Lives of Others, In the Pit, The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, Avenue Montaigne, and Lights in the Dusk, the latest from Finland’s Aki Kaurismaki.
When Less Really Is More!
The Gervitz School’s Professor Jane Close Conoley examines how children’s interaction with toys can affect their outlook on life. Parents buying their children presents too often, Close Conoley argues, could also be endorsing a “gimme gimme” mentality that eventually yields materialistic adults.
Film to Travel the World
Hannah Tennant-Moore serves up two delicious reviews of the delightful French film Avenue Montaigne and the English Scenes of a Sexual Nature. In so doing, she shows how easy and cheap it is to travel the world in the form of SBIFF.
Glimpses of Heaven
This inspiring entry in the 2007 SBIFF details three men who overcame adverse circumstances to create art.
A Comic Shoah?
Charles Donelan relates the results of the Q&A with Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen. This online special features a full-length version of the talk. Donelan’s article ran in the Feb. 1, 2007 issue of The Independent.
