Artsweek

February 8, 2011

The “Crazy Wisdom” of Chogyam Trungpa, Rinpoche

By Artsweek Editor

What if I told you that there was a Buddhist monk that escaped Tibet just as the Chinese invaded, smoked, hung out with Allen Ginsberg and married a 16-year-old girl? Oh, and I forgot to mention that he opened the first ...

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

Chris Nolan: SBIFF’s Modern Master

By Emily Hunt

High school girls and enthusiastic film buffs alike staked out near the Arlington Theater on Sunday night, two and a half hours before Leonardo DiCaprio would present “Inception” director Christopher Nolan his Santa ...

February 3, 2011

SBIFF Honors Geoffrey Rush With Montecito Award

By Demi Anter

Illustrious stage and film actor Geoffrey Rush was honored with the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Montecito Award Monday evening.

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

Bening Takes Home the American Riviera Award

By Carly Bonilla-Flores

On Friday, Jan. 28, the second day of the 26th annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Annette Bening was honored with the American Rivera Award at the Arlington Theatre.

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

“The Way Back” is Better Than Siberia

By Victor Banuelos

War is hell. If that’s true, why are we subjected to yet another movie about World War II? Maybe it’s evidence of America’s cultural masochism, which is weird because I thought we liked inflicting pain on people, n...

January 27, 2011

Best Adapted Screenplay Nominees

By Fabian Garcia

“127 Hours” Director and screenwriter Danny Boyle teamed up with Simon Beaufoy to write the script for this true story about a mountain climber who resorts to extreme survival methods after his arm gets trapped under...

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

Ra Ra Riot Take SOhO

By Emily Hunt

Ra Ra Riot hit SOhO’s stage on Jan. 19 with professional poppy splendor, and the line between profound dork-dom and complete bad-assery has never been so blurred.

January 27, 2011

Get Up Kids Get Down

By Lucas Villa

Indie punk band The Get Up Kids are back with their first full length album release since their breakup in 2005.

January 27, 2011

The Oscar Network

By Artsweek Editor

This year marks the second of the expanded Best Picture category and, while there are many worthy nominees, there is no clear favorite.

January 27, 2011

Coachella: The Best Holiday of the Year

By Demi Anter

The lineup for the 2011 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival was released last week to the overwhelming joy of tens of thousands of music lovers.

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 27, 2011