Film
I.O.U.S.A. Premiere in Reno
On Thursday, August 21, the Sierra Summit movie theater will be one of 400 theaters nationwide becoming community town halls as Warren Buffett, Blackstone Group co-founder Pete Peterson, former US Comptroller General Dave Walker and others debate America’s economic challenges immediately following the debut of the documentary I.O.U.S.A. Click here for more information about [...]
My Best Friend Heath Ledger, an Iraq Veteran, and The Westboro Nuts
I believe it was on Thursday night that, after hearing some obnoxious television host refer to “Heath” ten times in two minutes that I realized I was watching Entertainment Tonight with Mary Hart–a show I hadn’t watched in years. For those that watch Entertainment Tonight all the time, you know that the [...]
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten, Nevada Museum of Art Film Series
The Nevada Museum of Art is running a terrific film series this year, and on the top of my list this month is Julien Temple’s documentary, Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, playing on January 23rd at 7pm and January 26th at 1:30pm. Here’s the blurb from th NMA schedule:
As the front man [...]
Two Year Anniversary: So Goes the Nation
Last night I finally watched …So Goes the Nation, the documentary that dissects what happened during the 2004 presidential election in Ohio and it was a struggle to watch the entire thing. As the Ohio political organizers, workers, and volunteers gathered together in an Ohio bar groaned and shouted out their disillusionment, [...]
What Harry Reid Has Been Up To
Besides selling out on torture and caving to the Republicans on funding for the Iraq occupation, Reps. George Miller from California and Ruben Hinojosa of Texas have rewritten Harry Reid’s peer-to-peer file sharing amendment that was defeated last year into the College Opportunity and Affordability Act, or COAA. The COAA might force colleges [...]
“Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten” Andrew O’Hehir Interviews Julien Temple
Another fascinating interview with Julien Temple about his new documentary on the life of Joe Strummer by Salon.com’s Andrew O’Hehir. I’ve been waiting since early summer to see this movie although I may have a hard time listening to Courtney Love and Johnny Depp jabbering on about Strummer–particularly Depp who took part in one [...]
Emerging Cinemas Independent Film Series at Nevada Museum of Art
Exciting news from the Nevada Museum of Art:
The Nevada Museum of Art (NMA) announced today a partnership with Emerging Cinemas to present independent films to be screened regularly in the NMA’s Wayne and Miriam Prim Theater. Based in New York City, Emerging Cinemas is dedicated to presenting international film festivals, [...]
Reno and Beyond: I Want You All Over Me
Glen Greenwald provides a very helpful guide to Bush Tools (in the non-gardening sense of the word) today in his Salon blog, and had another excellent analysis of some conservatives’ troubling relationship with masculinity last week. That is as close to the Patreus testimony I’m prepared to get. Get a free Salon day pass if [...]
Reno and Beyond: You Are Definitely A Lebowski
Some jerk from Bend Oregon left his two year old daughter locked in his car on Sunday when it was 95 degrees. Oh, and he was attending an event at the Mustang Ranch brothel. I hope this didn’t have anything to do with the rugby tournament this weekend that the brothel sponsored.
Here’s how [...]
Burning Man, Joe Strummer and the Campfire Legacy
Photo courtesy of The LAist’s Ryan Jesena
I finally finished ready Chris Salewicz’s biography of Joe Strummer with a bit of disappointment. Although Salewicz turned up a lot of biographical information, I think the book failed to contextualize Joe Strummer throughout his various periods and communities. For those interested in exploring the man behind [...]
Reno and Beyond: My Cat’s Getting Everything
City Council voted yes on the stadium deal. It looks like the terms have been settled on so I can now express my excitement about the project. Hot damn!
Poor old soon to be ex-Senator Larry Craig. You never know who your real friends are until you’re convicted of a misdemeanor for what [...]
Reno and Beyond: It Looks Like Baseball In Downtown Reno
The other Clinton, that would be former president Bill, will make a stop in Reno on his way up to the Tahoe Summit. You can catch him at the Reno/Sparks Convention Center this Friday at 5pm. The event is free and open to the public. RSVP by phone to Nevadans for Hillary Reno [...]
Aging Gracefully: Antonioni and Bergman
Oh my, Ingmar Bergman and Michaelangelo Antonioni both dead. Two film giants. What is there to say?
In college I took an Antonioni film class in college, and it was a wonderful experience for a young film lover. Watching “The Dreamers” took me back to my own heady days of amateur intellectual [...]
The Minx Recommends: 20th Anniversary of Dirty Dancing
That’s right folks–its been 20 years since this masterpiece starring the cringe-inducingly handsome Patrick Swayze and you can be a part of it. The Imperial Bar and Lounge is hosting an extended happy hour and showing of the movie we all love to hate and hate to love tonight from 7pm to 10pm. [...]
The Minx Recommends: The Mystical Arts of Tibet
I watched finally watched Genghis Blues last night–its a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for years, and I’m so glad I finally did. Its the story of blind American musician Paul Pena’s journey to Tuva (a Russian republic above Northern Mongolia) where he whens first place in a contest of traditional Tuvan [...]
