Hot Blooded

April 19, 2007 by

Nothing brings an artfully composed work of art down faster than the affliction of taking itself too seriously.
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Treasure Hunt

April 19, 2007 by

Holocaust documentaries almost always focus solely on the overwhelming loss of life that occurred during Hitler's regime, with people's belongings and the buildings they were taken from serving as mer...
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Where The White Boys Dance

April 12, 2007 by

Indie rock heroes The Killers played a sold-out show at the UCSB Events Center on Friday, causing crowds of people and copious quantities of confetti to descend upon the Thunderdome.
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Keep Looking

April 5, 2007 by

Very few things are as disappointing as that moment when you realize that you have been duped by an artfully arranged trailer - a trailer that, in actuality, bears very little resemblance to the major...
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Spring Forward

March 8, 2007 by

Like most good things, Spring Break is rare - it only comes once a year, and it only lasts for about a week.
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Pushing the Envelope

March 1, 2007 by

"Are you over 21?" I had no idea why the portly guy who works the front desk at the desolate-looking building I'd been sent to with six tapes to send up on a satellite feed from Century City to Chicag...
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Getting Dirty

February 22, 2007 by

"Mud" may be the single most depressing hour ever to take place at the HSSB Performing Arts Theater.
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Red Carpet Redux

February 8, 2007 by

Eleven days is a long time for a film festival. Some might say too long. By the end of the second week of the 22nd Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, filmmakers, fans, press and paparaz...
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Calendar for 2/8/07

February 8, 2007 by

Thursday (2/8/07): People who liked "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," should check out director Zhang Yimou's "Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles" at Campbell Hall tonight.
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Ready, Set, Red Carpet

February 1, 2007 by

The air was thick with palpable excitement as the photographers and fans lined up alongside the red carpet at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival's opening night last Thursday. The anticipat...
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Direct Address

February 1, 2007 by

Having grown up in Los Angeles, I don't get star-struck easily. That said, I can still be reduced to a nervous, sweaty-palmed wreck when in the presence of certain, very special people. Imagine my rea...
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Cultural Production

February 1, 2007 by

It was a rainy Sunday morning when Graham King ("The Departed"), Jon Kilik ("Babel"), Robert Lorenz ("Letters From Iwo Jima"), Albert Berger and Ron Yerxa ("Little Miss Sunshine" and "Little Children"...
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Calendar for 2/1/07

February 1, 2007 by

Thursday (2/1/07): Sultry femme fatales, stoic tough guys, rough and tumble gangsters and a whole lot of sexy French accents make "Army of Shadows" one neo-noir film worth checking out immediately. Lu...
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Nuns, Guns and Ron Livingston

January 25, 2007 by

Whether you're on the film majors e-mail list, an avid surfer of local news sites or just someone who happens to pay attention to what's going on around them, you've probably noticed that something's ...
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Calendar for 1/25/07

January 25, 2007 by

Thursday (1/25/07): Take advantage of a rare opportunity to see the works of painter, screenwriter, novelist, experimental video artist and filmmaker D.A. Metrov when the "Metrovspective" exhibit open...
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