An image from My Columbus by local shooter Adam Elkins, up this month at Short North Tattoo. Check out more of his pictures here.
Stair Steps by Matt Wolcott, part of his solo show for May at Sean Christopher Gallery. More info and a couple more images here.
Fuck yeah it is.
Do you know how cool the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at OSU is?
It’s the largest collection of cartoon and comic book art in the world. That’s how cool it is.
Hat’s off to curator Caitlin McGurk and her amazing job.
(via Boingboing)
When I first saw the face above on WGBH, I was still in grade school. I grew up in a film town and it had its share of very respectable critics. The late Roger Ebert and his sparring partner Gene Siskel were the first to make me understand that the profession offered not just a chance to watch movies for a living, but an opportunity to champion the small gems that could be missed. In their heyday two thumbs up of approval, especially if they came with a passionately worded endorsement, could open an indie film like an A-list star opens a blockbuster.
I agreed with Ebert the most, but they both inspired me. I’ve spent most of my life working in movie theaters and writing reviews in an effort to grasp something like the advocative power they wielded. I understand the sheer delight that came with spreading word of something wonderful, and I’m grateful to them for pointing me in its direction. And of course, I also give thanks to Ebert for one of my favorite films, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls. Here’s hoping that if his spirit’s moved on to another plane, it’s a place full of well-endowed women.
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Is Spring Breakers sexy or creepy? Thoughtful or empty? Art or exploitation? That’s an individual call, but most should agree that James Franco is more convincing as a Florida white boy gangster than as the wizard of Oz. Here’s more on Harmony Korine’s latest.
Elvis impresses a former girlfriend with his new demo, but not enough to steal a kiss. A gallery full of Alfred Wertheimer’s photos of the 21 year-old King in waiting, virtually all of them as gorgeous and unguarded as this, are at Capital’s Schumacher Gallery through April 27. Here’s more on the show.
Sanders Women by Alisa Mbinaka, now hanging as part of “Landscapes of Our Minds,” the Creative Women of Color group show at Ft. Hayes’ Shot Tower Gallery. Read more here.
Read Me! (And other Columbus critics, too.)
I’ve gotten so behind in posting film reviews, I’m taking a shortcut. The above link will take you to the front review page for the Central Ohio Film Critics Association, so you can get all your local cinematic spouting in one convenient place. I’ve posted a lot of my reviews on there, including recent coverage of Gangster Squad, Django Unchained and This is 40. Next up for me is a Warm Bodies review on February 1. Can’t wait to tell you about it.
A belated shout-out to the Central Ohio Film Critics Association, the estimable group of which I’m a member, and the latest installment of our always interested and slightly out-of-the-box award picks. In Oscar land, Moonrise Kingdom gets only a token Best Original Screenplay nod, but in the world of COFCA, it got its full due.
There they go, a pack of dwarves with a hobbit in tow, off on a long, long looonnng adventure. The start of The Hobbit trilogy bears the unmistakable signs of an overly indulgent filmmaker and a studio only too happy to enable him in order to cash in on three holiday tentpole pictures instead of just two. Here’s my review for the Dispatch.
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