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Nathaniel Friedman Part 2

November 4, 2010 by

Artsweek talks with Nathaniel Friedman about Free Darko.
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Nathaniel Friedman Interview Part 1

November 4, 2010 by

Artsweek talks to Nathaniel Friedman about Free Darko
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Portugal. The Man Interview

November 4, 2010 by

Artsweek talks to Zach Brothers and Ryan Neighbors of Portugal. The Man.
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Eli Roth’s “Hostel”

October 28, 2010 by

The Euro-trip is a time-honored rite of passage for middle class white people. It’s considered a safe place to travel and reconnect with history, whatever that is. “Hostel” takes that formula an...
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Ridley Scott’s “Alien

October 28, 2010 by

“Alien” is pretty much your standard haunted house flick — transported into space. And that makes it a thousand times more awesome. I mean, it’s about a monster that’s on the loose in a smal...
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Bob Clark’s “Black Christmas

October 28, 2010 by

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 Ca...
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William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist

October 28, 2010 by

This choice seems like a cliché, I know. But this film, about a little girl who gets possessed by the devil, is the perfect horror film. You see, when horror deals with the supernatural, it only real...
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Sam Raimi’s “Drag Me to Hell

October 28, 2010 by and

Sam Raimi’s first true horror movie since directing the “Spider Man” trilogy tells the story of an ambitious bank worker who gets cursed by an angry customer. Filled with the typical cheese and ...
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Dario Argento’s “Suspiria

October 28, 2010 by and

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 c...
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6.66 Scary Movies…Tobe Hooper’s “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre”

October 28, 2010 by

I’m referring to the 1974 version, the original, but any version of the movie is terrifying nonetheless. Here’s the premise: a group of five young adults on a road trip get stranded on the propert...
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Costume Quest Hits Your Game System

October 28, 2010 by

Although Costume Quest lacks length and challenge — it more than makes up for it, with the charm, wit and humor of a Pixar movie.
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Taylor Swift Drops Her Latest Album

October 28, 2010 by

Country songstress Taylor Swift reports on the past two years of her life on her third studio album, Speak Now.
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John Lithgow Tells His Favorite Stories

October 28, 2010 by

Actor John Lithgow brought his critically acclaimed show, “Stories by Heart,” to the Granada Theatre in Santa Barbara last Monday night as part of this year’s Arts & Lectures series.
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Rocky Horror: Just As Horrible as Ever

October 28, 2010 by

When a film has been in theaters for over three decades, you would expect that film to be either culturally significant, so bad that it’s just that fun to watch or the best damn movie of all time.
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New Release: Paranormal Activity 2

October 28, 2010 by and

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 ...
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