I don't think anyone would deny that he has a point about some of the stuff that is posted. Quote: The most interesting thing about such threads is the mob mindset that seems to underlie them. They are not neutral conduits for spontaneous opinions, but channels dedicated to forms of disgruntlement from people with, for perhaps good reasons, no other outlet. Contributors appear to come to the process...
Waters, Levinson and Simon will share stage to promote Maryland Film Festival John Waters, Barry Levinson and David Simon aren't just appearing on stage for the first time together for the Maryland Film Festival benefit on Nov. 14. They're also throwing their support behind the event in advance.
Cult director John Waters goes mainstream -- sort of -- in this send-up of 1950s teen melodramas. Heart-throb Johnny Depp stars in the title role as a glamorous delinquent who heads a gang of hoods known as the Drapes. Trouble starts when Cry-Baby falls for a squeaky clean blonde from a rival group, the Squares. Their star-crossed romance sets off a rumble between the warring factions and Cry-Baby...
I suppose it could just be that more cool things tend to happen in entertainment at the end of the year, but for the third time in a row I received the final copy of one of my magazine subscriptions that I wasn't planning to renew (for general lack of interest) only to find it to be the most wonderful issue I've seen in ages. This time around it's INTERVIEW , which happens to be the 40th anniversary...
Amazon has Family Guy, Vol. 7 for $39.98 – $26.99 instant savings = $12.99 + S&H! Like John Waters’ shock-value comedies of yore, Family Guy keeps moving the taste-be-damned line. “You laughed at that'” these episodes spanning seasons six and seven challenge viewers. “Okay, then laugh at this!” AIDS, cancer, incest, September 11, and the [...]
When I first heard about STUCK! , director Steve Balderson’s homage to film noir women-in-prison films, I expected it to be a campy John Waters kind of flick--especially with a cast that includes Karen Black, Mink Stole and The Go-Go's Jane Wiedlin. I automatically assumed that I would be seeing a quirky comedy, but instead Frankie Krainz's screenplay (with contributions from Balderson and Jon...
Here are some final round-up notes from Fangoria's Trinity of Terrors that took place over at the Palms this weekend: Tom Atkins and Adrienne Barbeau (pictured) have appeared in a few films together over the years, including "Escape From New...
Why is there a dearth of public intellectuals in Ireland? Andreas Hess, an American sociologist currently teaching in UCD poses the question in an Irish Times opinion piece pegged to a RIA symposium later this week. The exercise seems prompted by the fall-out from the recession, recognising that the roots of Irish problems lie deeper than in a discussion about money. The interplay of ideas and events...
The convention, put on by horror magazine Fangoria and featuring films and a variety of actors and personalities The convention put on by the horror magazine features films and a variety of actors and personalities.
know that Israelity has written about it in the past, but after a visit to the Elvis Inn for a friend’s 60th birthday party, it’s impossible to resist commenting about it. An oasis of kitsch from the King right off the Neve Ilan turnoff on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, the Elvis Inn is now [...]
I really shouldn’t. Commentator on The Culture John Waters has rolled out his Serious Artillery today, taking aim at The Internet. Only Blair has the right stuff for top EU position – The Irish Times – Fri, Oct 30, 2009 At the core of this culture is the idea that peace is natural and conflict always a [...]
Whoop Dee Doo is a performance art group based out of Kansas City, Missouri, and hosted by Jaimie Warren and Matt Roche, alongside fifteen or so other cast and crew members. They travel internationally to put on random shows that, visually at least, remind me of a G-Rated John Waters movie. The idea of Whoop [...]
For "people" like me—dark, peculiar, alienated things that live off the souls of children and alley rats—Halloween is every. Fucking. Day. The rest of you pink, squiggling, living things only tend to get your goat-porking devilry on but once a year. Tragic business! But fortunately for all, the Unholiest of Holidays lands on a weekend this year, and the darkness and weirdness...
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2009/11/proust-book-200911 Here are some picks: Margaret Atwood- What is it that you most dislike? Politicians who lie about important things [...], and use those lies for exploitation, power grabs, global warming evasion, and personal profit. Walter Cronkite- Which living person do you most despise? Any graffiti vandal. Catherine Deneuve- What is your motto?...
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