Mollie Vandor

April 3, 2008

Ain’t Nothin’ But a Spring Thing

By Mollie Vandor

Springtime in Santa Barbara. The weather is beautiful, most of the time. The sun is shining, some of the time. And, classes come second to your social life all of the time. There's just something about that fresh spring ...

March 6, 2008

Vital Video

By Mollie Vandor

British artist Isaac Julien is world renowned for his innovative film installations, but most UCSB students probably know him from lectures in law & society, sociology, political science and any other number of social sc...

February 28, 2008

VHS Virtuosos

By Mollie Vandor

French filmmaker Michel Gondry is best known for his imagination and his uncanny ability to bring the wild world inside his head to full-fledged, full-color fruition on film.

February 28, 2008

The Lineup Week of 1/28/08

By Mollie Vandor

1. Congratulations to the Coen brothers for the four Oscars their film, "No Country For Old Men," won. Artsweek would like to thank the Academy for recognizing a duo whose sheer genius is responsible for such gems as "Th...

February 21, 2008

Graphic Art

By Mollie Vandor

"Persepolis" - it's a title that's been whispered reverently from film geek to film geek, slowly gaining the kind of underground cache that virtually guarantees its eventual migration into the mainstream.

February 14, 2008

Phoning Farrell

By Mollie Vandor

Comedy and tragedy - they're the dual extremes of human emotion and the necessary ingredients for pretty much every major work of art, literature and film in the Western canon. They also happen to be at the heart of how ...

January 31, 2008

SBIFF’s Annual Producer’s Panel Proves Prophetic

By Mollie Vandor

Spirits at last Saturday's "Movers & Shakers" panel were somewhat dampened, and it wasn't just because of the intermittent bursts of rain providing the background soundtrack for the panel of producers that met in the Lob...

January 31, 2008

The Rain and Reynolds

By Mollie Vandor

Breath coming in bursts, a pack of paparazzi, reporters and assorted onlookers stood on the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's Opening Night and prepared for the eagerly anticipated arrival of ...

January 31, 2008

The Lineup Week of 1/31/08

By Mollie Vandor

1. "Frank & Cindy" is filmmaker G.J. Echternkamp's account of the relationship between his mother, Cynthia Brown, and his father - one-hit wonder pop star Frank Garcia. The film won the Best Documentary Award at England'...

January 24, 2008

Winter Wonderland

By Mollie Vandor

Now that the quarter is well under way, it's incredible how quickly campus calendars start filling up with fun films and provocative performances. In fact, on-campus organizations like Arts & Lectures and Associated Stud...

January 17, 2008

The Write Stuff

By Mollie Vandor

Okay, so the writer's strike has you wondering how exactly to make those evening hours go by without actually having to resort to studying.

January 10, 2008

“There Will Be Blood”

By Mollie Vandor

Translating a 1927 novel about the Teapot Dome Scandal made famous to most modern-day moviegoers via the venue...

November 29, 2007

Film: “Into the Wild”

By Mollie Vandor

"Into the Wild," the new film from prolific actor/director extraordinaire Sean Penn, is part road trip film, part nature documentary, part familial melodrama and part homage to all things hippie.

November 15, 2007

Film: “Lions for Lambs”

By Mollie Vandor

Robert Redford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise and Michael Peña are the kind of names that can virtually carry a film on their individual merits alone...

November 1, 2007

Thou Art

By Mollie Vandor

According to the Santa Barbara Visual Art Alliance, the area's art scene consists of over 100 museums, galleries and studios, among other associations.

October 25, 2007