At the movies: Kaboom.

The more I think about Gregg Araki's latest film, the more I love it. I've seen it three times now, and its genial awesomeness grows exponentially. It's very Nowhere, but with a great deal more positive sex vibes (which is something that the world desperately needs). If I said this was like the sex-hippie version of Demonlover, would that make you want to go?

My Very own Oscar Preview/Complainarama.

So I actually was asked to put my thoughts about this year's Oscars in writing, and I jumped at the chance. It's always a nifty opportunity to try and second guess such an amorphous and frustrating group as AMPAS, and I hope I've managed to get at some quality points about what's awesome and what's awful about this (and most) award shows.

If I had an awards show, you can rest assured it would be awesome.

At the movies: Hadewijch.

Not playing in Nashville, except on IFC On Demand/In Theatres. But well worth your time. It's haunted me since I first saw it back in Fall '09.

At the movies: Somewhere.

A rather polarizing effort from Sofia Coppola. Still, The Virgin Suicides is a masterpiece of such high order that I'm willing to follow her anywhere.

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At the movies: The Illusionist.

The latest from Belleville Rendezvous director Sylvain Chomet, with a pedigree that contentiously includes Jacques Tati. Come and get it...

At the Movies: Biutiful.

New AGI film finally making its way to Nastyville, with two Oscar nominations to boot. Check out some thoughts on it here.

At the Movies: And Everything is Going Fine.

It seriously fucked me up when Spalding Gray killed himself. Steven Soderbergh's remembrance of him, the masterful And Everything Is Going Fine, is opening here in Nashville for a few days' run. Don't miss it; it is a portrait of a great artist doing what he does best.