Festival Free Flow
In an earlier draft of Andrew Stanton’s “WALL-E” script, the humans of the future were “big, green gelatinous blobs” who had lost the ability to read or speak, so that “the whole movie was basically in non-English.” Not exactly family-friendly material. But after four years of rewriting, Stanton delivered the most critically acclaimed Pixar film to date.
STUDENT CINEMA SPOTLIGHT: “Clams With Green Onions”
One of the best things about the festival is that is often screens work by local filmmakers and UCSB students and alumni. One such film that ran at this year’s festival is “Clams With Green Onions,” a film produced as a part of the Film & Media Studies Dept.’s production class that premiered last spring at I.V. Theater.
A.S. Weighs Options Left by Court Order
Council members discussed at length possible approaches Associated Students can take in response to a subpoena issued by Steve Pappas’ legal team during last night’s A.S. Legislative Council meeting.
Tears of Joy *****
The first thing that will strike you about listening to The Crying Light, the latest release from Antony and the Johnsons, is the almost ridiculously heartbreaking beauty of the whole affair. Antony Hegarty’s voice falls somewhere between male and female, which is pretty much what he’s going for in real life, too.
Fresh Blood ****
The Allmusic Guide compares him to Marvin Gaye; the UK music zine Drowned in Sound calls it a “fine appendix to the … story so far;” even Pitchfork gives it a lofty 7.9 out of 10. This might just be the album of the season.
Walk It or Ticket
Let’s play a game called “What is the IVFP wasting their time on today?” There are a bunch of potential valid answers to the question of course, but one is particularly prevalent today: skateboard tickets. Seems that the boys in beige have been using their manpower to keep skateboarders out of the Pardall tunnel, and […]
Deutsch Diner
Don’t know anything about German cuisine other than beer and bratwurst? Never fear — this week, On the Menu takes you on a tour of Germany from Berlin to the Alps without ever leaving Santa Barbara.
40 Years Later
Forty years after workers on Union Oil’s Platform A caused a crack to open in the floor of the Santa Barbara Channel – a rift that released an estimated 3 million gallons of crude oil into the Pacific and eventually onto Santa Barbara’s famed beaches – environmentalists are asking state officials to approve the first new off-shore oil lease in California since that fateful day.
He Said, He Said
The new-age steel curtain is back, and the upstart Redbirds somehow find themselves one win away from their first title since 1947.
Fake Orgasms Facilitate No Fun
The other day, I cuddled up to my favorite naked bed buddy and tapped into the Web’s fine array of pornographic cinema. We were curious about the jaw-dropper that everyone’s been buzzing about. Sasha Grey is the “crazy bitch” that does it all… in every hole. At the tender age of 18, she acquired the […]