Livin La Vida LA, CA

Watching The Mind of a Chef with David Chang gave me this idea. They were amazing. Next time I'll use oil spray on the clingfilm so they keep their shape better.

OMG amazing

if this is what the future looks like, please take me to there now. thank you armani prive. 

Naim Sutherland

Have you watched your English Telenovela this week??? Here's a delicious Mexican Soap Opera - IN ENGLISH - for your perverse pleasures. Stallions de Amor - A new episode every week!

Love hurts, take a lesson

starting Tuesday, we will be releasing a new episode every week for the next 11 weeks until our spine-tingling Season 1 cliffhanger!

Honorable Mention Michael Rainey Jr - Holding his own opposite Common Mary Elizabeth Winstead - Great performance but you should have had more material  Paul Dano - Greatest lip sync of a whitesnake song *EVER* 

28 Hotel Rooms Keep the Lights On Young and Wild West of Memphis About a Pink Sky China Heavyweight For Ellen Gypsy Davy Teddy Bear Sleepwalk With Me Bachelorette Wish You Were Here Hello I Must Be Going Indie Movie Four Suns Price Check The Queen of Versailles Father's Chair Safety Not Guaranteed Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry Smashed The Surrogate Save the Date Shorts IV LUV Room 237 Love Free or Die Shorts I Shorts II  V/H/S  My Brother the Devil  The House I Live In  The First Time Abacus Robot and Frank  Grabbers Red Lights

The Arm Quirky and quick, hinting to an underlying significance Henley The punch is a bit predictable but the kid is funny Ok Breathe Auralee Could have done without the heavy handed "lyrical" transitions that were way too literal 97 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card Walks the line between oh-my-side-hurt funny and cheesily sentimental but still just a really cool movie. Girl Its closest relative is pervy uncle In the Company of Men. Not for me but I'm sure Neil Labute is jacking off I. A theatre somewhere to this one. The Return Would have packed a heavier punch for me with a tighter more controlled edit The Black Balloon Beautiful and poetic with a great score. These guys really see things in a different way!

There were several things I loved about this film--the sound design for one, the cinematography, and the easy humor and repartee between the three lead girls. The cast, especially Izumi (played by Ai Ikedea), really captured that disinterested quality so many teens have that is simply masking for a secret hunger for self discovery. There was one casting choice in particular that I questioned, and some subject matter that I felt was sloppily handled, but all in all a solid offering from an exciting and gentle new voice in  Japenese cinema!

West of Memphis Dir by Amy Berg I think the most startling thing about Amy Bergs talent as a documentarian is her passionate and fearless search for the truth. This conviction takes her into some pretty murky terrain and that is no more the truth than with this film. West of Memphis hung heavy in the air long after the credits rolled, bringing up strong emotions in most audience members at this mornings screening. It's humbling to know there are people out there who will stop at nothing to expose the truth, and gives me hope that there will one day be justice for the three little boys who were so gruesomely discarded.

The Arm Quirky and quick, hinting to an underlying significance Henley The punch is a bit predictable but the kid is funny Ok Breathe Auralee Could have done without the heavy handed "lyrical" transitions that were way too literal 97 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card Walks the line between oh-my-side-hurt funny and cheesily sentimental but still just a really cool movie. Girl Its closest relative is pervy uncle In the Company of Men. Not for me but I'm sure Neil Labute is jacking off In a theatre somewhere to this one. The Return Would have packed a heavier punch for me with a tighter more controlled edit The Black Balloon Beautiful and poetic with a great score. These guys really see things in a different way!

Wish You Were Here Dir by Kieran Darcy A taut, suspenseful story that follows the aftermath and deceit among three people when the fourth in their group mysteriously disappears after a booze and drug filled vacation night in Cambodia. Felicity Price and Joel Edgarton play a couple expecting their third child. The strength of the film lies in the way the couples relationship unravels when secrets begin to expose themselves, and in that way this psychological thriller borrows heavily from the relationship drama genre. It's a testament to Kieran Darcy's directing (he was in Animal Kingdom!) that it never gets sappy or indulgent.

The wonderful thing about this film and what makes it truly special is the way the comedy is so embedded in the neurosis of the lead character, played with such an honest nakedness by Melanie Lynskey. I"m not kidding when I say nearly every line is a laugh line but it never feels put on or false, and that's a credit owed entirely to her performance. It's a dangerous line to walk, but she's successful. Blythe Danner gives a knockout performance as the mother of a woman who has not lived up to her expectations. Todd Louiso directs the film so sensitively and you can totally see bits of his persona in the lead character. A plus!

The Queen of Versailles Dir. by Lauren Greenfield A surprisingly warm tale that takes two anti heroes and shows you their deepest flaw: being human. David and Jackie Siegel are on top of the world, nearly finished building their dream home, the 90,000 square foot Versailles. That is until the market collapses and, like everyone must do, they are forced to distinguish their needs from their wants as everything begins to disappear. At the heart of this story is the collapsing American dream, different in scale for the Siegels, but still as painful and sobering an eye opener as it would be for any American family.