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By: Eric Weintraub David Lynch Film Writer/Director Age 65 Most Famous Works: Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Mulholland Dr. (2001) Ten years before Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan became one of the most talked about films in town, there was another piece of surrealist filmmaking that included an ambitious woman struggling to become famous, a case of multiple … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Surreal Auteur

By Nate Rieder “Hey, stop and save a life with us real quick?” echoed a voice that I barely registered as I biked by, unconsciously yet purposefully avoiding eye contact with the girl to whom it belonged.  I didn’t mean to do it: that’s just the way things have become.  Of course I value human life.  A few minutes to potentially save one are certainly worth it.  But the … [Read more...] about Dumb It Down: Save a Life? Maybe Later

By Andrew Ramirez * It’s only an hour and a half drive east on the I-10, onto the California 60 and past the flare of car dealerships and outlet malls pulsing in the dead Riverside air before you get to the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, California. Inside the cigarette smoke is sucked up by wide-mouthed ventilation units hanging from the ceiling. Waitresses stride by with trays … [Read more...] about Notes from the Morongo

By Sarah Ingerson All of us have had terrible roommates. From that girl at camp who has head lice to that roommate in college who listens to Metallica at 1am. We’ve all had them, but none of us has had a roommate quite like Rebecca in The Roommate. Because, quite frankly, she was clinically insane. But after sitting through an hour and a half of one of the most boring … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Living with the Clinically Insane

J.D. Salinger American Writer Age 91 (deceased) Most Famous Works: The Catcher in the Rye (1951), Franny and Zooey (1961), “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” (1948) It has been just over a year since J.D. Salinger passed away and with the arrival of the first anniversary of his death, I’ve chosen to take the time to reflect on his life and what made him a genius auteur … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Cynical Auteur