Derek Boeckelmann

February 3, 2011

James Franco Honored for Outstanding Performance

By Derek Boeckelmann

James Franco received the Outstanding Performance Award from the Santa Barbara International Film Festival last Saturday.

February 3, 2011

Does Anybody in Russia Love Raymond?

By Derek Boeckelmann

With the Santa Barbara International Film Festival in full swing, there’s almost too much going on.

February 3, 2011

It Starts With the Script

By Derek Boeckelmann

The Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s annual panels are some of the festival’s more insightful events.

January 27, 2011

Ritual is a Solid Sophomore Effort

By Derek Boeckelmann

After garnering a significant amount of attention with their 2009 debut album To Lose My Life…, White Lies returns with their highly-anticipated follow-up, Ritual.

January 27, 2011

Best Actor Nominations

By Derek Boeckelmann

It’s that time of year again. The award season is upon us, and with it comes a long list of faces (old and new) being recognized for their cinematic contributions.

January 6, 2011

Going “Somewhere” With Coppola, Fanning and Dorff

By Derek Boeckelmann

In 2004, Sofia Coppola made history with her work “Lost in Translation,” becoming the first American woman nominated for Best Director at the Academy Awards. Since then, Coppola has continued to make what she calls...

January 6, 2011

“Somewhere” Reviewed

By Derek Boeckelmann

Sofia Coppola burst into the filmmaking scene in 1999, writing and directing an adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’ “The Virgin Suicides.”

November 5, 2010

“The Walking Dead” Lurches Onto Your TV

By Derek Boeckelmann

On Halloween night, while most of us tried to squeeze one final night of partying into the weekend, an innovative new series about the living dead premiered on AMC.

October 28, 2010

Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas

By Derek Boeckelmann

A group of sorority sisters receives threatening calls from a mysterious caller on Christmas Eve in Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas.” Recognized by many as the first slasher film (predating John Carpenter’s “Hallo...

October 28, 2010

Dario Argento’s “Suspiria

By Derek Boeckelmann, Artsweek Editor

An American exchange student at a ballet school in Italy encounters a coven of witches in Dario Argento’s “Suspiria.” While it isn’t necessarily scary, “Suspiria” is certainly one of the creepiest films I’v...

October 28, 2010

New Release: Paranormal Activity 2

By Artsweek Editor, Derek Boeckelmann

Like “The Blair Witch Project” ten years before it, Paranormal Activity, a low-budget, independent horror film marketed under the guise of a documentary project, achieved the near-impossible last year by becoming an ...

October 14, 2010

Zoë Kravitz Talks “X-Men,” “Mad Max” and “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”

By Derek Boeckelmann

Born the daughter of music legend Lenny Kravitz and actress Lisa Bonet, Zoë Kravitz has made a name for herself as a gifted actress.

October 11, 2010

New Release: “Paranormal Activity 2

By Derek Boeckelmann

Like “The Blair Witch Project” 10 years before it, “Paranormal Activity,” a low-budget, independent horror film marketed under the guise of a documentary project, achieved the near-impossible last year by becomin...

October 7, 2010

“Frozen” Will Leave You Right On the Edge of Your Seat

By Derek Boeckelmann

Early on in “Frozen”, the latest film from cult horror director/writer Adam Green, the characters ask themselves what the worst way to die would be.

October 7, 2010

It Really Is Kind of a Funny Story, As It Turns Out

By Derek Boeckelmann

Based on the acclaimed young adult novel by Ned Vizzini, “It’s Kind of a Funny Story” is a coming-of-age indie dramedy in the same vein of 2009’s “Adventureland”.

September 30, 2010