Rambling Reporter: a Poignant MGM Soiree
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"This is a day which will live in irony," wisely and wittily commented Roger Mayer, president and CEO of Turner Entertainment Co., as he introduced Friday's 30th anniversary screening of "That's Entertainment!" -- the late Jack Haley's dazzling salute to the great MGM musicals of the past, at the Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
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A good story and great performances make this an engrossing film to watch.
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Classics, cult classics, vintage TV and one silent treasure
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As part of its ten-day carnival to commemorate its first anniversary, Cinemax Versova [a swanky multiplex
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ  uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.
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At this year's film festival, nonfiction films outshine the usual angst-ridden, quirky indies.
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A TIME critic's take on the cantankerous director of MASH and other sprawling social comedies
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Technically a superb film, it suffers from a weak script.
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The victory of âThe Departedâ serves as an acknowledgment that stars not only make movies, they make the movie.
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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In spite of the teasing promise of its title, Mike Nichols's deft drama does everything it can to push you away.
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A medium breaks the bonds of time and expectation to find its inner razzle-dazzle.
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It has been well recorded that the mid-nineties are best known for sudden popularity of independent cinema, but independent from what? The term "indie" is as slippery when applied to films as it is to music. The studio at the vanguard of this "revolution" was Miramax, which was long a subsidiary of Disney, and as for the "revolution" itself, it unleashed more painful and derivative Pulp Fiction clones than it did anything truly revolutionary. It was bled dry, turned inside out, repackaged, and sold back to the masses until it became the paradigm of unhipness. This seems to be the nature of all revolutions, from the Soviets to the Sixties; the bullshit always comes full circle.     While it's easy to be cynical of all so-called revolutions in hindsight, what one can't be cynical about is the intense enthusiasm audiences had for the so-called independent cinema of this era. To every person who ever dreamed of being in the director's chair, it seemed like all one needed to have the new hit movie was a vast knowledge of pop culture, the ability to write pages worth of rambling dialogue, and a Visa card.
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PageSix - WHEN the first image seen onstage is a spot  lighted noose, one feels hopeful that the   ensuing two hours of "Harold and Maude: The Musical" will manage to capture the wicked dark humor of the 1971 film that inspired it.
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Death, beauty and the persistence of art are the vast topics addressed in Heddy Honigmannâs frustrating documentary âForever.â
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Despite occasional detours into sentimentality, this Irish film is better than the usual three-stage journey of courage, heartbreak and redemption.
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Gabe: Thanks to everyone for the happy birthday mails, I do appreciate it. A few of you asked so I'll go ahead and admit that I am turning 30 today. Kara and some of my friends orchestrated a crazy surprise party for me over the weekend. I thought we were just going to see a movie but when we walked into the theatre it was packed with all my friends and family. It's funny the movie we had gone to see was the Brothers Solomon. It was so fucking bad that we actually asked the theatre to turn it off. I've walked out of bad movies before but asking the projectionist to burn the film was a new one. We ended up at my favorite steak house afterwards and then finished the night at Gameworks. It was one of the best days I've ever had and I really can't thank Kara and my friends enough for setting it all up. I guess I'm supposed to be old now or at least scared that I'm getting old. It's funny because at the party my presents included a bag full of Pokemon cards (scored a Holon Farmer!), A Star Wars play set, and a silver DS. I got a bunch of other cool toys too and someone joked that in a couple years my son and I will be getting the same presents. I think the problem a lot of people have is they think they need to outgrow toys. I really don't think getting older matters as long as you never stop playing. The surprise party was obviously unexpected. What I had actually asked to do for my birthday is going down tomorrow night (Wedensday the 26th). It just so happens that one of my favorite artists is playing downtown. Kara and I are going to see David Wilcox at the triple door and I'm beyond excited. Tycho actually mentioned him in a post a while ago about his favorite music. If you live in the area and you're into the whole singer/storyteller sort of thing I highly recommend his show.So thanks again for the B-Day wishes and maybe I'll see some of you tomorrow night at the show. -Gabe out