In 1991, experimental filmmaker Ernie Gehr directed a 41-minute film from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. Read more...
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A still from the short film “Side/Walk/Shuttle,” shot from the outdoor glass elevator at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco. The film is a part of the “Radical Light” series, which celebrates alternative films from the Bay Area. (credit: Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive)
With multitudes of new cake-baking shows as well as the Cooking Channel popping up on TV, the Food Network has lost its monopoly on culinary television. Read more...
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Megan Rountree works on the Monopoly cake cubes in “Cake Boss: Next Great Baker.” The TLC show is among the increasing trend in shows based on baking competitions. (Credit: TLC)
This weekend, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association will present the 68th Annual Golden Globe Awards, in the midst of a long awards season dedicated to acknowledging those people almost anyone would recognize on the street over and over again. Read more...
As you adjust from winter break leisure to midterm stress, at least there are plenty of winter events to keep you entertained. Read more...
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HAMMER MUSEUM
The average romantic film has scarred the American psyche so badly that we expect all movies about love to end with a fantasy of a kiss and a ring, with sequels of children and happiness. Read more...
Reese Witherspoon is, in a word, sparkly. Read more...
Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere" starts with a black sports car driving around a circular road in the middle of nowhere, moving in and out of the shot as it does several laps. Read more...
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