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Inside a Ski Movie
Free-Skier Jenn Berg talks about the filming of Warren Miller’s Children of Winter.
I’ve Loved You So Long
In this intriguing film, most memorable for Kristin Scott Thomas’s performance, we join a sad story already in progress, and slowly back up and move sideways through the back story.
Twilight
Hey, you, conservative parents, come over here. That’s right, away from the kids.
Trouble the Water
The powerful documentary Trouble the Water adds a compelling new dimension to the Hurricane Katrina disaster by merging the story of the storm with the odyssey of an extraordinary young New Orleans-dwelling couple.
Quantum of Solace
Without question, the last Bond flick was better.
Happy-Go-Lucky
Mike Leigh’s latest mild-mannered wower of a film, Happy-Go-Lucky, mostly lives up to its title. Except when it doesn’t.
Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa
In the 1990s, publishing houses like Simon & Schuster claimed to be actively seeking “character-driven” children’s manuscripts.
Mike Leigh Talks Happy-Go-Lucky
Roger Durling chats about improvisation and optimism with the British director.
The 17th Annual OUTrageous Film Festival Hits Santa Barbara
In the just-finished election cycle, the idea of a rebel was hijacked by the not-so-rebellious Republican Party and the, um, mavericky ways of its presidential nominee and his pristinely dressed running mate.