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When Liz and I first found out that the feature film Beerfest not only existed, but was coming soon to a theater near us, needless to say, we made immediate plans to see it.  But if there’s one thing we love more than drinking, it’s laziness, and our plans to see the film on opening [...]

Documentaries are usually pretty satisfying as viewing material goes. Usually edifying and often thought-provoking, nothing goes better than a cup of coffee and a pretentious art school date than a fine documentary. But every now and then, a nonfiction film can flat-out change the way you think, and Grizzly Man is one of these. Director [...]

John Cameron Mitchell is awesome. I met him once, a few years ago at Sundance. I’d like to say I was there hobnobbing with celebrities and attending red carpet premieres, but really, I was an unpaid volunteer at Tromadance, down the street. But for some reason we still got into cool events, and at one [...]

Let me tell you that I went into this film with extremely high expectations. First of all, it’s a musical, and I’m almost always delighted when characters break into an intricate song and dance number that in real life would clearly demand months of rehearsal. Nothing puts you in that happy mood and gets the [...]

I usually don’t read Entertainment Weekly, as I usually have better things to do, i.e. anything else. But sometimes you have those ‘lazy’ days when you’re ‘unemployed’ and ‘the only thing on after Passions is Dr. Phil, and even that has been preempted for golf.’ And you find yourself reaching for that friendly pile of [...]