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MAY

15

2008

Roman de Gare

Fanny Ardant, Dominique Pinon, and Audrey Dana star in a film written and directed by Claude Lelouch.

In her 59th year, Fanny Ardant still manages to smolder with what can only be described as a richly decadent sexuality. Read story.

MAY

15

2008

Star-Studded Movie Screening

John Cleese

Whether or not you’re a Monty Python fan, it’s hard to deny the influence of the troupe’s first cult classic on contemporary comedy. Read story.

MAY

15

2008

Reel Loud Film Fest Brings Live Music

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Sweet Seventeen

For the 17th year in a row, the UCSB Film and Media Studies Department presents its annual Reel Loud Film Festival. Read story.

MAY

15

2008

Speed Racer

Emile Hirsch, Susan Sarandon, and Christina Ricci star in a film written by Andy and Larry Wachowski, based on the animated series by Tatsuo Yoshida, and directed by the Wachowskis.

Leave it to the Wachowski brothers to throw themselves into the kids’ cinema genre with the big guns and big ideas a-blazing. Read story.

MAY

13

2008

Santa Barbara International Film Festival Hires Two

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Follows Departure of Key Staff Members Earlier This Year

Follows departure of key staff members earlier this year. Read story.

MAY

8

2008

Filmmaker Bill Carter Documents the Human Face of War

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Where the Streets Have No Name

Not many people make a conscious decision to venture into the midst of a war zone. Read story.

MAY

8

2008

Baby Mama

Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, and Greg Kinnear star in a film written and directed by Michael McCullers.

On one hand, Tina Fey starring in a movie she didn’t write indicates that she’s achieved full-on star status. Read story.

MAY

8

2008

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, and Jeff Bridges star in a film written by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby and directed by Jon Favreau.

Good blockbusters excel at resolving paradoxes. They can bring high and low together or mix the tragic and farcical. Read story.

MAY

1

2008

A Chat with Haaz Sleiman, Star of Tom McCarthy’s The Visitor

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The Immigrant Experience, Post-9/11

Roger Durling chats with the star of a film that reflects the immigrant experience in America, post 9/11. Read story.

MAY

1

2008

The Visitor

Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, and Danai Jekesai Gurira star in a film written and directed by Thomas McCarthy.

It’s been five years since actor Tom McCarthy debuted as a writer/director with The Station Agent, a deft, unexpected, and almost literary small film. In some ways, it would be hard to imagine a more obviously Xeroxed sophomore effort. Read story.

MAY

1

2008

Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

John Cho and Kal Penn star in a film written and directed by Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg.

It’s 10 minutes after Roldy and Kumar get back from their first film’s addled epic quest for White Castle, which, you will remember, was the pretext for a movie representing the difficulties reality imposes on pleasure principle-centered lives. Read story.

APRIL

30

2008

Why Fatherless Boys Go Bad

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Documentary Journeyman Looks at the Perilous Lives of Boys with No Dads

Doc that screens tonight in Carpinteria looks at the perilous lives of boys with no dads. Read story.

APRIL

24

2008

My Blueberry Nights

Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, and Jude Law star in a film written by Wong Kar-Wai and Lawrence Block and directed by Kar-Wai.

Hong Kong director Wong Kar-Wai seemingly painted his masterpiece with the powerfully evocative and aptly named In the Mood for Love in 2000. Read story.

APRIL

24

2008

Forbidden Kingdom

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Michael Angarano star in a film written by John Fusco and directed by Rob Minkoff.

Maybe it isn’t the greatest kung fu epic of all time, but it certainly interweaves a lot of disparate highlights. Read story.

APRIL

24

2008

Chatting with the Makers and Stars of Young@Heart

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Old Folks Singing New

The new documentary Young@Heart is the first indie crowd pleaser of the year, a surprising and uplifting look at sustaining a lust for life and laughing at the idea of acting your age. Read story.

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