Land
The director discusses his film about the rush to development in southwestern Nicaragua.
Month: January 2011
Voices from the Aussie Floods
Our Pet Psychic was recently sent three particularly intriguing pictures of animals that “lived the agony of the floods in Queensland and Victoria, Australia.”
News to Yous
New independent children’s bookstore the Curious Cup has opened up shop at 929 Linden Avenue in Carpinteria.
Your Fate May Lie in Your Saturn Line
From the Caribbean, Batya explains what your Saturn Line says about your fate
Adderall Electric
“She has a really stressful home life—it’s high demand for high grades. She has to do well in class.”
Bringing King to China
Though focused on bringing Martin Luther King’s message to China, Kevin McKiernan’s latest documentary is all about fathers and daughters.
Foo Fighters Rock Secret Show
Velvet Jones hosted the modern rock gods, who played their entire new album straight through and then some.
SBIFF Report Day Two
Our veteran reviewer sees Annette Bening, The Whistleblower, and movies in multiple tongues.
What Is Your Highest Ambition?
It is very difficult at times to be aware of how many ways we have for making ourselves miserable by our own thoughts and beliefs.
The Family Next Door
In 1972, my mom’s stepcousin “Crazy Mary” drove up from Pasadena to stay with us in Santa Barbara for a week. I was nine. She called me into her room on that first night to casually inform me that people, probably the FBI, were putting something in her hairspray that made her hair fall out.