Treasure Island Festival Announces Lineup (Oct 15-16)
Shiver me timbers! (Forgive me.) The fifth annual Treasure Island Music Festival in San Francisco has announced its lineup, and damn is it a good one. Plenty of big names, including Death from Above...
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Sailing the high seas of the internet today has lead me to this gem: the late Kurt Vonnegut giving a lecture on the shapes and types of narratives. It’s often said that all stories are derived from a...
View ArticleCulture Collide: Day 1 Recap
As Sal mentioned last week, this weekend CY has been all up in Filter Magazine’s Culture Collide, the four-day international music fest featuring tons of great bands from all over the world. From...
View ArticleCulture Collide: Day 2 Recap
Day 2 saw us really dive into Culture Collide. We spend a good 5 hours hopping in and out of pretty much all the venues that night, catching six different bands in the process. By far our favorite spot...
View ArticleCulture Collide : Block Party & Wrap Up!
To wrap up the weekend-long fest, Culture Collide culminated in a block party, with two large outdoor stages in true music fest fashion. A lot of heavy hitters were lined up that night, and I was able...
View ArticleAFI Fest ’11 Review: ‘Michael’
Year: 2011 Director: Markus Schleinzer Writers: Markus Schleinzer Region of Origin: Austria Rating: Unrated Color, 96 mins Synopsis: MICHAEL describes the last five months of 10-year-old Wolfgang and...
View Article2 Reviews For ‘Melancholia’
Year: 2011 Director: Lars von Trier Writer: Lars von Trier Region of Origin: Denmark Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Rating: R Digital, Color, 136 mins Synopsis: Two sisters find their already strained...
View ArticleRetro Review: ‘Aliens’ (1986)
Year: 1986 Director: James Cameron Writer(s): James Cameron, David Giler, and Walter Hill Region of Origin: U.S. Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Rating: R 35mm, Color, 137 mins (148 mins Director’s Cut) Synopsis:...
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