Alienated in Vancouver

(Image: the "surgeon" from the Guinea Pig movie, Flower of Flesh and Blood -- click the link for an interesting description of t...

For fans of odd musical soundscapes: the next Signal and Noise festival lineup is up; the event begins on Thursday at Video In . I'll be...

Ah, the jazz fest approaches... Y'all know already that McCoy Tyner is coming. I might go, actually, but try this on: Zu! (Plus they’ll ...

The Big Smash festival is still pretty fresh in my memory, but I'm willing to venture that, looking back from some random future date, t...

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There are questions people ask themselves privately all the time, as they experience the disconnect between their public lives and their pri...

(Photo of Rob Wright taken by Yari in Italy, borrowed shamelessly from the website linked below. Yari, if you object, let me know! -- I...

(above: a still from Peter Watkins' Punishment Park ). Since Privilege is screening at the Cinematheque this week, I thought it would b...

Exciting news: Peter Watkins' PRIVILEGE , a rarely-seen film of his made for Universal just after his controversial THE WAR GAME was ban...

Never really followed these guys, but I kinda like the song "Attraction" on their Myspace account -- some nice lyrical twists, an...

Seymour Hersh is saying that Bush is planning an airstrike in Iran. Yay.

(Note: links below are to things generally MORE INTERESTING than IMDB listings, and often are to official sites. I advise you to click on ev...

James Toback always seemed like an odd fellow to me. An early film based on a screenplay of his, The Gambler (1974), is as dark and Dostoev...

Thought this was a charming story on innovative solutions to Australia's cane toad problem . Once again, thanks to the Fortean Times for...

Photo by Dave Aharonian Odd to see someone you grew up with succeeding at what they do. It's almost as strange as starting to feel like ...

I continue with my ambition of going to study under Cassavetes' scholar Ray Carney. For those curious as to why, read this .

My new column, Cinema Aspirant , is underway at Discorder, with the first article being on Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Next month it's goi...

Just read this great article on Timothy Carey , pictured below. It includes anecdotes about Carey and Kubrick and Carey and Cassavetes (...

It's really annoying listening to the grunts and moans of this female neighbour of mine. She's getting laid a few times a week, at l...