As the weekend fast approaches, shed yourself of your work attire, don your weekend lazy-pants, and cook up some popcorn... it's time for Movie Montage, The Weekend Film Guide. We help s atiate all your film cravings, queries and confusions to ease you into the ultimate debate of, "What should I watch this weekend?" The Ladykillers (2004) DIRECTOR: Ethan Coen & Joel Coen CAST: Tom Hanks, Marlon Wayans, Irma P Hall, JK Simmons PLOT: An eccentric professor rents a room in an old widow's house, and his [...]
DEELAY CEELAY, ATOLE, MARIUS LIBMAN ( Doug Fir , 830 E Burnside) In the spring of 2009, I interviewed Deelay Ceelay in the band's still secretive infancy, back before their name became synonymous with inspirational live performances synched to video projections, and a colorful electronic sound that's the musical equivalent of a horizon full of double rainbows. The forward-thinking duo of Chris Lael Larson and Delaney Kelly are dedicated to creating music and art outside the lines of commence (as you might recall, their debut Thank You EP was available online for free), and [...]

Dans une grande maison bourgeoise au bord d'un lac ou peut-être au bord de la mer, Becca et Howie, un couple de quadras, font difficilement le deuil de leur unique enfant, décédé depuis plusieurs mois. Les séances de thérapie de groupe ne donnent rien, Becca ne supportant pas d'entendre[...]
Directed by: John Cameron Mitchell Cert: 15A Running Time: 90 minutes Ladies and Gentlemen: Book your tickets NOW for the Valentines Day showings of Rabbit Hole . Adapted from David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer prize winning play, the film focuses on middle-class suburbanoid couple Becca (Nicole Kidman) and Howie (Aaron Eckhart) some 8 months after losing their son Danny in a tragic circumstances. Initially dealing with their grief with coffee and doughnuts at couples counseling, they both end up pursuing different channels to reconcile this loss, with Becca distancing herself from her immediate family and [...]
At the 33rd Starz Denver Film Festival, filmmaker and Donnybrook film editor Fritz Godard hit the red carpets with his trusty correspondent Rachel, interviewing filmmakers and stars alike about their films playing the fest. From Fritz: In the viddy we interview Harvey Dent , who's taking a break from chasing winged vermin to play a grieving father in Rabbit Hole . Hedwig and the Angry Inch director John Cameron Mitchell stops by to share what it was like directing the former Batman villain in [...]

In addition to my usual year end lists , I've also compiled Best of the Decade lists . Following are my favorite albums that were released between 2000-2009... Muruch's Best of the Decade: Albums 25. Muse: The Resistance This is one of those albums that has classic potential, and I expect to move its way up the list as the years go by. A quote from my review : [...]

Words and photos by JENZ Lots of what has been written about Bob Mould revolve around his involvement in music being seminal (punk band Hüsker Dü ), groundbreaking (indie Sugar ), and boundless (his solo projects). But what's fun to see is that beneath a man who keeps a stoic front is a guy who clearly cares about not only his craft, but is attuned to the changes impacting us societally and worldwide. It's also refreshing to see that he's not [...]
Antony and the Johnsons are my Animal Collective . Meaning, you are probably sick of hearing me extol their brilliance by now, but I will continue to turn a blind eye and rave about every track, album or project they touch. Antony and the Johnsons premiered the video for Epilepsy Is Dancing today. Directed by the Wachowski Brothers (yes, the minds behind The Matrix ), and assisted by the talents of Chris Blasingame , Banker White and Jim Jerome , the video is a sensory overload of [...]

Well since Ive been tied up on other items, it seems Tart has kept everyone entertained. I decided before I read any of her posts I should probably lay down some stuff so she doesn't yell or throw old discarded fruit at me. So I have been thinking, I need something good to write, hmmm as I am no freelance journalist, and spell check keeps me looking good what can I do as part of the "team". So I got it... CONFESSIONS DAY - so kids it's time [...]
Today's Vegetable is brought to you by the shuffle function on my ipod. It brings this song to me a lot, and I'm always very happy when that happens. One of the greatest film musicals ever. Please see it if you haven't. John Cameron Mitchell - Sugar Daddy from the soundtrack to the movie Hedwig And The Angry Inch ( amazon / itunes )

Photos by Devon Banks , and myself. I'm not sure why it's taken me a dozen days to recount the oddball line-up at the last version of the Beg Yr Pardon concert series, this time doubling as a birthday shin-dig for BYP co-founder D. It might be the information overload of the night's events, or general personal ennui. Enough two cents have already been thrown in to buy us all a bagel, so I'm under greater pressure to try and force my hazy [...]