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Louis C.K. and Wavves
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Steve Albini continues to speak his mind, without apology Moving in unison
The difference between subcultures and the mainstream continues to dissolve The pleasure principle
Why you should like what you like—and not feel guilty about it The drugs don't work
How romanticizing substance abuse in rock 'n’ roll is missing the point Six degrees
Why a passé website is still the best way to discover new music communities Post pattern
Attempting to tiptoe around the most dreaded of conversations Cleaning out the closet
How purging might save me from collector-nerd exile Freedom of choice
Is file sharing a major-label slayer or simply a detriment to artists? Growing pains
Trying to cope with age through musical obsessions

Wednesday, March 13,2013
Film

Get thee to ArcLight La Jolla

Classics in UTC lead our rundown of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

In March, they’ve already shown Raging Bull, and down the road there’s The African Queen, Gone with the Wind and A Clockwork Orange. At 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14, you can see Sylvester Stallone get hit in the face repeatedly in Rocky.

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Wednesday, March 13,2013
Film

Korean auteur Park Chan-wook talks about ‘Stoker’

Director of ‘Oldboy’ crosses the ocean to make his first English-language movie

By Anders Wright

The films of Korean auteur Park Chan-wook all have elements in common: They’re exquisitely photographed and the attention to detail is immaculate; they’re dark and make the viewer feel awkward.

Wednesday, March 13,2013
Arts & Culture Features

Frequency Film Festival is bringing movies back to Ocean Beach

Impressive, eclectic collection will be screened March 21 through April 6

By Anders Wright

The thought of starting a new film fest from scratch is certainly daunting, but Paul Parietti is giving it a shot. The first iteration of his Frequency Film Festival kicks off on Thursday, March 21, and runs on and off through April 6.

Wednesday, March 6,2013
Film

San Diego Latino Film Festival turns 20

Special collection of movies by directors like Pedro Almodovar, Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu, Guillermo del Toro and Robert Rodriguez tops this week’s rundown of screeners

By Anders Wright

Programming a film festival is hard enough as it is, especially one as diverse as the San Diego Latino Film Festival, which screens shorts, documentaries and features from a slew of countries, all of which have their own film cultures.

Wednesday, March 6,2013
Film

German film Barbara boasts some great acting

If this were an American movie, you’d have heard about it during last week’s Academy Awards

By Anders Wright

If the German film Barbara, which opens at Hillcrest Cinemas on Friday, March 8, were a Hollywood picture, you’d have heard about it already.

Wednesday, February 27,2013
Film

The ‘Phantom’ menace

Submarine movie shot in San Diego tops our coverage of all the movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

Phantom, opening Friday, March 1, is a submarine movie, and the submarine in question was provided by the San Diego Maritime Museum, so the set is legit.

Wednesday, February 27,2013
Film

‘The Gatekeepers’ shines a light on secrecy

Dror Moreh’s Oscar-nominated documentary gets extraordinary access into Israeli intelligence

By Anders Wright

The mere fact that all six subjects in Israeli documentarian Dror Moreh’s new film, The Gatekeepers, agreed to sit down and talk is pretty astounding in and of itself.

Wednesday, February 20,2013
Film

Oscar marathon and ‘Coast Modern’

All nine Best Picture nominees and an architecture documentary top our rundown of movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

If you really want to put yourself through the wringer, you can see all of the Best Picture nominees, start ing at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 23, at AMC Mission Valley.

Wednesday, February 20,2013
Film

Werner Herzog’s new documentary is different from his others

‘Happy People: A Year in the Taiga’ is more about its subjects than it is about the director’s experiences

By Anders Wright

Herzog’s take on a subject is always unique, because he usually brings a camera someplace very strange, like, say, Antarctica, Death Row or a French cave full of ancient paintings, and simply records what he sees, eventually cutting together an oddball view of a small part of the world.

Wednesday, February 13,2013
Film

‘Inocente’: heart art

Oscar-nominated short documentaries playing at the Ken Cinema lead our rundown of movies screening around town

By Anders Wright

Inocente, by directors Sean Fine and Andrea Nix, profiles a homeless, undocumented Latina teenager struggling to keep it together along with her mom and brothers.