I meant to get this up before, but better later than never. Lil Princess (aka Meg Mccarville) performed at my annual risqué spoken word event, and she did a fine job while she was wearing garishly charming clown apparel The reason that it was delayed was that the blog I wrote for would not let … [Read more…]
It hasn’t been a great year for cinema, but some of the year’s more worthy pictures did manage to get on the Oscar ballots.
This may be the worse year in film I have ever experienced as a critic.
The current First Folio production of “Richard III” is a first rate, handsome, and well mounted theatrical version of one of Shakespeare’s finest plays, “The Tragedy of King Richard III.” As any literature buff knows, the story concerns a manipulative and cunning aristocrat who will stop at nothing to become the king. This includes sending loyal relatives to the … [Read more…]
Music festival review for 2006
Thax Douglas, one of the most iconic and recognizable poetry figures in Chicago, recently left Chicago because he believed he can make a better living elsewhere. For years he hosted a poetry show at Myopic Books, and he won the Nuyrican Café Slam. His fame has transcended the poetry scene, and he has become a … [Read more…]
The Intonation Festival once again focused on new underground rock acts, but several of this year’s most potent performers were hip-hop artists and veteran rockers.
Arranger, Sound Engineer, and Composer
There was a huge supply of fine music films released in 2005, both in theatres and on DVD. Here’s a list of some of the more substantial music films that I saw in 2005. I included a few 2006 entries (most of them opened somewhere else in the country or played at a film festival … [Read more…]
Vito reviews the music ‘Farm Aid’ festival which took place at the Tweeter Center
Best 100 Horror Films + extras
“The Executioner’s Last Songs” will feature the music and paintings of one of the most important figures in Chicago punk and alternative country, Jon Langford.
The time is ripe to look at other films featuring monstrous apes and giant gorillas.
There were very few worthwhile Hollywood blockbusters, but there was an overabundance of great independent and foreign films in 2005.
Martin Scorsese is my choice for the best working American filmmaker.
Have you always wanted to be a writer? Yes. I wrote plays and poems in high school. Then in college I started doing student journalism. Can you tell me about your educational background? I went to high school in San Diego then I went to Northwestern, I studied journalism as an undergraduate and I wrote … [Read more…]
Orson Welles’s “A Touch of Evil,” is arguably the greatest of all film noirs.
Rose Martula is an interesting name. Is it your birth name or did you adopt it yourself? Were you named after someone? My real name actually is Tanyss Rosemary Martula. Tanyss is my mother’s name, and it means Rose in Gaelic. So my name is really Rose Rosemary Martula, so I guess I truly am … [Read more…]
Overall, the 2005 Lollapalooza was a both financial and artistic success. The show offered a large amount of high quality acts for a low price (including hot, multi platinum bands like the The Killers and Weezer).
The British film maker, Asif Kapadia is an acclaimed up and coming film maker who has already won many awards and accolades.
