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February 10, 2005 by

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SBIFF Hits Santa Barbara … Hard

February 3, 2005 by

Santa Barbara is a town filled with celebrities, but they're the classier, older, less Paparazzi-stalked kind. Our celebrities go to the movies, eat at our restaurants and go to the farmer's market on...
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SBIFF Calendar

February 3, 2005 by

So the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is off and running - and better than ever. If you missed the world premiere of the new Woody Allen film "Melinda and Melinda," the screenwriter...
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SBIFF Honors Kate Winslet

February 3, 2005 by

The eternal sunshine of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival shined brightly on Tuesday evening. Four-time Oscar nominated actress Kate Winslet received the Outstanding Performance of the Yea...
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“Wild Style” | Looking Back to the Roots of Hip Hop

February 3, 2005 by

Long ago, before P. Diddy was remixing song by the Police and Universal was pouring millions into "8 Mile," Charlie Ahearn was canvassing the streets of New York's South Bronx for inspiration.
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MCC to Screen “Afroargentinos”

February 3, 2005 by

Think there are no black people in Argentina? "Afroargentinos," a 2002 documentary from Jorge Fortes and Diego Ceballos, says strongly otherwise.
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Tsunami Bomb Packs a Punch

February 3, 2005 by

We at UCSB are a fighting breed. We need good fight songs: Who better to provide than Tsunami Bomb? The Petaluma, Calif., superpunks recently talked with Artsweek writer Matt Cappiello before their Ja...
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…And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead| Worlds Apart | Interscope

February 3, 2005 by

Of all the bands to produce a sub par, hesitant and muddled album ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead is the last one most would have expected.
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Lights, Camera, Festival

January 27, 2005 by

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) is here again, and everyone involved wants you to know, it's not just for the "celeb" types. There are plenty of films and events geared toward a ...
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Your Mission, If You Choose To Accept It…

January 27, 2005 by

10-10-10 sounds like a perfect score in an ice skating competition, but don't look for any whiney Canadians or Russians here. Formally called Project Rosebud, the new and proper name is the Sotheby's ...
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Sweet and Soulful

January 27, 2005 by

Fusing gospel, jazz, blues, reggae and hip hop among a group of female a cappella singers seems a feat to be accomplished. Now mix with that a historically driven and politically inclined mindset and ...
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Attack on Precinct 13 | Unlucky 13

January 27, 2005 by

Critically, it's always difficult to determine how to handle remakes. If the original was truly brilliant enough to warrant revived attention after the passage of decades, the comparison deck is impos...
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Hotel Rwanda | Check-out Time

January 27, 2005 by

Movies about real events are always a tough sell to an escapist public. Part of the enjoyment of movies is the break they provide from the mundane, and, unless the story is overly dramatic, people are...
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Ani DiFranco | Knuckle Down | Righteous Babe Records

January 27, 2005 by

It is always striking how deftly attuned Ani DiFranco is to her own psychology, as well as her ability to write unreservedly with objective accordance and poetic simplicity.
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Simple Plan | Still Not Getting Any | Attacked by Plastic

January 27, 2005 by

If you feel like you are stuck in the 7th grade these days, Simple Plan's new album, Still Not Getting Any, would be an appropriate choice of music.
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