Review: 'Factory Girl'
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By Phil Villarreal, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Feb. 15--The factory that made her also spit her out.
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An authorâs throwback view on the culture of casual sex among young women is under fire.
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âVanajaâ is a coming-of-age tale that is engrossing, if slightly overlong, and absolutely timeless.
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I met an old friend for coffee in San Francisco yesterday afternoon, and had a few hours to kill before stopping in at the Wired reunion party. I didn't want to drive back to Berkeley because the weather was so crummy, and I was just across teh street from a movie theater and was just in time for the start of a movie that lots of people had been telling me to see. So I went. The movie -- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, I had no idea what it was about until the movie started, then I remembered hearing a Fresh Air show about it and finding it too painful to listen to. Now here I was in the theater, not just being asked to listen to it, but being asked to live it. Through some very wonderful film-making, you feel as if what is happening to the main character is happening to you. Or more accurately, probably, you get the slightest hint of what it's like to be this person. My immediate impulse, one which I gave serious consideration to, was to pack up my things and leave. Anything would be better than spending three hours living this guy's life.  Two things happen over time: 1. You get over it. 2. They change perspective, and instead of being inside his body, you move outside it.  I think those two things are the story we all live as we mature and learn to live inside our own bodies, with their limits. You learn to step outside and see the humor in your predicament. The main character says he lives in a diving bell because it's as hard for him to communicate with other people as it would be at the bottom of the ocean inside a diving bell. The movie teaches that it's not much easier for the rest of us, even though we can manipulate symbols better. On the other hand, of course it is. The film develops a relationship between the hero and his father, between the hero and his own children, his ex-wife, his lover.  We strive for deeper understanding of ourselves and each other. But it may be ridiculously easy to find the only meaning that exists, without language, without intellect, by just being. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly should probably be the picture of the year for 2007, it's that good. But like all great art it shows you something truthful about yourself, and you may or may not want to see it.
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By PHIL VILLARREAL, ARIZONA DAILY STAR  Heiress tied to Warhol, Dylan  The factory that made her also spit her out.
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For the last few days I've been addicted to Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex .  I'm not a huge Anime fan as everything I've ran across in the past seems to target 15 year old girls.  SAC is clearly different and can stand alongside the Matrix and any other major Science Fiction released in the last 10 years.  SAC is set in the year 2030 - obviously there's been a great deal of technological achievement since 2004 including ubiquitous Internet, AI, and cybernetic enhancements.  The main characters in the story all have cybernetic modifications ranging from a few implants all the way up to entire body replacement.  The protagonist, Major Motoko Kusanagi, is almost entirely cybernetic,  ...
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Down a winding English lane,  straight out of the backdrop of a TV period drama, is a factory  that is as rare today as the products it makes -- &#39;Made in  Britain&#39; luxury goods.
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Actress Sienna Miller attends the premiere of her latest film, Factory Girl, in New York.
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Koren Zailckas's memoir offers a mortifyingly credible story of smart young women doing stuporous things.
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Can a piece of software make a difference in the lives of factory workers in the Far East?
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Saawariya starts off superbly, showcasing the ethereal texture of its strain. Sadly, somewhere towards the end it loses some of its steam. In entirety, however, the soundtrack is a superior product.
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Julianna Kettlewell visits one of Poland's new pig factories to explore the shift from traditional agriculture to intensive methods of production.
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Being female and Chinese in the classical music business are helpful in getting yourself noticed, but careers are built â and this one is building fast â on substance. Xian  Zhang has it.
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Business & money: A hundred years ago there was a greater proportion of women working in manufacturing than there is today. By Ashley Seager.
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Director Mira Nair&#39;s (Monsoon Wedding, Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love) modern take on William Makepeace Thackeray&#39;s 19th century novel is an intriguing, romantic and lavish feminist romp into material ambition, snobbery and class division.
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A business course on cutthroat capitalism disguised as a slacker comedy: Thatâs the kindest way to describe Michael Lehmannâs âFlakes.â
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Birth is a strange little movie, dutifully advancing a premise that grows more dubious with each passing minute. However, it&#39;s difficult to totally discount the film, mostly because Nicole Kidman keeps us interested.