Archives for 2011

Andrew Ramirez * A few weeks ago, a Friday, I finished a very long book that left me fuzzy with accomplishment. By Monday, I couldn’t remember what the hell I’d spent the past two and a half months reading. I had to get if off my chest. I phoned my brother. “It was good,” I said. “But now I can’t remember what happened in the first two hundred pages. It’s like I started … [Read more...] about That Ten Pound Book You Just Finished Is Only As Good As the Six Seconds You’ll Remember It

Daniel Day-Lewis Film Actor Age 53 Most Famous Works: My Left Foot (1989), In the Name of the Father (1993), There Will Be Blood (2007) There are two things you can do if you want to train to become an actor: 1) go to theater school or 2) watch every movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis. If the man isn’t the greatest actor alive, then I can’t say who is. Each of his … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Method Auteur

By Sarah Ingerson It takes skills to make Megan Fox unattractive. Really, it does. But, I think Jennifer’s Body achieved it thanks to the wonders of disturbingly close shots and terrible make-up. Seriously, I don’t need to see a dramatic close-up of the acne scar on her forehead. I really don’t. Yet, the abominable portrayal of Megan Fox’s hotness was not the only … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Learning From Jennifer’s Body

Xavier Dolan Film Writer/Director/Actor Age 21 Most Famous Works: I Killed My Mother (2009), Heartbeats (2010), South Park (he does the French-dubbed voice of Stan) He’s made two feature films, won four awards at Cannes, was in the official selection at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, and he’s only twenty-one years old. I first heard about Canadian-French director … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Prodigal Auteur