New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast’s new book, winner of the Kirkus Prize for nonfiction, literally draws on her parents’ declining health and death to tell a story of caregiving. Source: Must Read: Roz Chast’s Graphic Caregiving Memoir – Next Avenue
He’s tackled the MPAA and showgirls, but documentary filmmaker Kirby Dick is about to unleash his most controversial film to date:Outrage , a look at closeted, conservative politicians like Larry Craig and Charlie Crist. Source: Kirby Dick Is Outraged! | Advocate.com
…That man is Tim League, that street is Mission Street, and that successful business franchise is the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Their mission: to bring creatively curated cinema programming to a theater near you and unite a neighborhood. (Plus beer!) Source: Alamo Drafthouse:
Cybertainment: Yes, “The Blair Witch Project” is somewhat spooky. What’s even spookier is the frenzy that has erupted on the Internet about a shoestring-budgeted mock doc that has become a cult classic faster than you can say “boo.” Witches, pshaw. These kids are possessed!
Last year Jon Stewart suggested that Twitter is too wordy and he prefers the new social media app “Grunter.” Meanwhile, in real life, newspapers have given way to blogs; the long-form has given way to punchy pith. The age of fast-food journalism is upon us.
Everyone is talking about this book that came out. Some parents, you hear, are all upset that their kid was assigned to read this in school. Some teachers have gotten into big trouble for assigning it to their students. Some teachers have gotten fired. Some
The past few weeks have seen a surge in activity within the MS community as bloggers and forum posters call one another to action in response what many think is the breakthrough they’ve been waiting for. Source: Possible MS Breakthrough Neglected By American Media | Erika Milvy
AD While the brain behind the festival is Davis’ research-based, non-profit advocacy group, the brawn is the corporate behemoth that is Wal-Mart. Erika Milvy May 19, 2015 1:46 pm The inaugural, Geena Davis-backed Bentonville Film Festival ran May 5-9 with a level of attention and funding that
What does a six-year-old girl understand about the tumultuous life of grown-ups? The new film, What Maisie Knew, asks that question. The movie is a gut-churning domestic drama about a turbulent divorce and its collateral damage. Source: Film Review, What Maisie Knew: Is the Kid
MOVIES Bentonville Film Festival pushes diversity message from year one Geena Davis launched a film festival focused on women and diversity in Bentonville, Arkansas, that screened about 75 films. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press) BY ERIKA MILVY MAY 13, 2015 3:15 PM PT BENTONVILLE, Ark. —