Artsweek Articles: SBIFF-Kate Winslet & The Virtuosos

This year I was lucky enough to get into two award ceremonies for the Santa Barbara International Film Festival.

The first event was the Montecito Award given this year to Kate Winslet



Read the article here.

The second event covered was the Virtuosos Award with Michael Shannon, Viola Davis, Richard Jenkins, Rosemarie DeWitt and Melissa Leo!

I was able to meet them all and the presenter James Cromwell too.


photo of Richard Jenkins and I by Terry Straehley, check out his wonderful work here.

Read the article here.

Stay tuned for tons of youtube links to footage a took with my crappy camera before it died!

Artsweek Reviews: Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky (2008)

This week I saw Mike Leigh's beautiful little film, Happy-Go-Lucky, featuring a star making turn by Sally Hawkins who I am now madly in love with.

Check out the review here.

Artsweek Articles: Shiny Toy Guns In Concert

So for the most recent Artsweek I saw Shiny Toy Guns play at local bar/club Velvet Jones. The opener The Delta Fiasco were truly the highlight. You can read the entire article here.

Links:
The Delta Fiasco on Myspace!
Shiny Toy Guns on Myspace!

Artsweek Review: Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns (2008)

Another CD review this week, Snow Patrol's A Hundred Million Suns.

You can check it out here.

*EDIT
So apparently I'm not allowed to post even one song from the album. The least they could do is ask me to take it down instead of removing the page. Sheesh. I even have a disclaimer on the side...

Artsweek Review: Tom Gabel's Heart Burns EP (2008)

This week I have a review of Tom Gabel's (from Gainesville, Florida's Against Me!) solo EP Heart Burns on Sire Records.

Check it out here.

Mp3:
Tom Gabel-"Harsh Realms"

Link:
Tom Gabel on Myspace!

Artsweek Article: CAM-CON 2008

What's cinematography?

Another late article, mainly focusing on American Cinematographer's Society (ASC) conference that came to USCB this year. I felt like I was watching Grumpy Old Men...

Anyway check out the article here.

Mp3:
Paul Simon-"I Know What I know"

Artsweek Review: W. (2008)

A bit late I know, but you can check out the article here. It got more edited than I am happy with...

Artsweek Review: Religulous (2008)

This week I wrote a review of the Larry Charles directed documentary "Religulous" starring Bill Maher and a host of religious fools.

Check it out here

Artsweek Articles: Stars Interview & Concert Review

Last week I had the pleasure of doing a phone interview with Torquil Campbell of Stars.

You can read the transcript here.

or listen to the interview in its entirety here.

Stars played at UCSB last Friday and my review for the show can be found here.

Mp3:
Stars-"14 Forever"

Links:
Stars on Myspace!
Sad Robots EP available now!
Embarassing Music Video I made for "Going, Going, Gone"

Artsweek Review: Don Hertzfeldt's I Am So Proud Of You

Q&A after the show

My second article for Artsweek, I covered the premiere of Don Hertzfeldt's new film I Am So Proud Of You. Don is a film studies graduate of UCSB so it's cool that he comes back often to show us something special like this before anyone else.

Don Hertzfeldt and I Am So Proud Of You

oh and I also wrote an article on the Beach House show in Santa Barbara but it isn't online yet.

Artsweek Review: Lakeview Terrace (2008)

The school year has begun at UC Santa Barbara and during the year I will be writing for Artsweek, the entertainment section of our school newspaper, The Daily Nexus. For publishing reasons I won't post the articles directly, but will give you a link to check it out.

First up is the film Lakeview Terrace starring Samuel L. Jackson!

Lakeview Terrace!