‘American Teen’–your comments
So were you there at the IBJ Night at the Movies screening of “American Teen,” the high school documentary shot in Warsaw,
Indiana?
Let us know what you thought of the film.
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Emptying the A&E notebook
Some thoughts on recent arts encounters that didn’t make it into my weekly IBJ A&E review column:
— With a trio of young, out-of-town sports nuts in tow, I recently paid my first visit in years to the National Art…
IBJ Movie Night: ‘American Teen’
“American Teen” won the Best Director/Documentary award at the Sundance Film Festival.
Shot in Warsaw, Indiana, it follows a group of teens through senior year of high school. Rolling Stone’s critic said, “If ‘The Hills’ went back to high school and developed…
Illegal smiles: Pot comedy returns
Variety reports today that “Up in Smoke” comedy legends Cheech and Chong will be hitting the road for the first time in 25 years. Their national tour, titled “Hey, What’s that Smell?” will be announced tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the latest comedy from…
Emmy nominees announced
The Emmy Awards don’t have the same cache–or offer the same box-office boost–as the Oscars or the Tonys. But they do lend prestige to the TV shows and talent that win them.
Because much of my evening time is spent at…
Summer of the Superhero
There was Iron Man. There was the Hulk. There was Hell Boy. Now, Batman is back.
Summer has long been the time of blockbuster special effects movies, but this year seems disproportionately super hero focused.
What does it say that so many films–not…
Hutcherson visits ‘Journey’ crowd
Last night, the Heartland Film Festival (sorry, I mean Heartland Truly Moving Pictures–I’m still getting used to the new name) added some dessert to a packed advance screening of the new adventure flick “Journey to the Center of…
‘Wall*E’: Quality as business plan
“Quality is the best business plan of all.”
So Pixar chief John Lasseter told the L.A. Times.
And the combination of reading that statement and seeing Pixar’s remarkable “Wall*E” last night gives me hope for, well, everything.
I’m not going to…
Avg. TV viewer is now over 50
Today’s Variety quotes a study stating that the average age of TV network viewers–at least, those viewing shows live and not on DVR–is now 50. That’s the highest it’s ever been.
CBS has the oldest average age viewer, at 54. The…
You-review-it Monday
So did you visit the “On the Road” scroll at the IMA? Swing to “Swing” at American Cabaret Theatre? Try to understand the great Joe Cocker at Verizon Wireless Music Center?
Let us know what A&E you experienced this weekend.
For me, much…
Taking the “art” out at Keystone
I’ve got a pretty broad definition of art. And a pretty broad definition of art films.
But “Get Smart”? “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan”? “Indiana Jones”? “The Happening”? “Sex in the City”?
Such is the lineup at Landmark’s Keystone Art…
Ann Patchett on opera and veggies
“Sometimes I worry that culture is like vegetables and that I’d be better off eating that which is locally grown,” writes novelists Ann Patchett in today’s Wall Street Journal.
The piece isn’t a celebration of local arts. Rather, it’s a tribute to the…
“Get Smart”–Your thoughts
Since I’m out of town, I had to miss the Tuesday IBJ Night at the Movies preview of “Get Smart.” So if you were there, enlighten me. What did I miss?
Caring about the Tony Awards
The Tony Awards , the annual celebration of the Broadway season, are being handed out this Sunday night.
Did I hear a yawn? You aren’t alone.
A notorious ratings loser, the show each year seems to squander the opportunity to excite….
Summer on the tube
Since “The Sopranos” staged its final hit, “Desperate Housewives” became, well, desperate, and “American Idol” lost some of its water-cooler luster, I’m hearing fewer people outside of the media talk about television shows. (Except for…
IBJ Movie Night: Get Smart
Want to join IBJ for a screening of the new comedy “Get Smart,” starring Steve Carell and Anne Hathaway?
It’s happening June 17 at AMC College Park
For a pair of tickets, just take both of the following steps:
1. Post a comment…
On Sydney Pollack
The sad thing—well, one of the sad things—about the death of filmmaker Sydney Pollack yesterday is the nagging feeling that there should be more to be excited about on his directing resume.
Pollack, a native of Lafayette who grew up…
‘Rent’ at a theater near you
Yes, “Rent” — the movie — already played movie theaters (and didn’t do particularly well). But now it looks like it’s getting another shot. Not a second run of the film, though. This will be a from-the-stage performance of the hit…
In you face: 3-D on the way
1500 movie screens across the country will be upgraded to 3-D. So announced Regal Entertainment Group on Tuesday.
What was once a gimmick, now looks to be the standard for future moviegoing. This summer’s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”…
Beyond ‘Dancing with the Stars’
So TV’s “Dancing with the Stars” has another winner.
Hooray.
I caught some of the finals last night without having seen the rest of the series. And having been to Dance Kaleidoscope’s season ending performance Sunday, I’m curious as to whether the huge…