Category Archives: Film

SXSW: The good, the bad, and the fugly

Living in Austin, one of the perks (or downsides, depending on how you view traffic jams and industry insiders taking over your town) is being around for the annual SXSW festival. Having never been to this mega-fest in years past, and always looking on rather enviously, I’m now actually living at Ground Zero for some …

February 23, 2010 – 6:47 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Art & Design, Austin, Film, Music | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Werner Herzog doesn’t know diddly-jack

I just saw Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans, and somebody’s got to say it: Werner Herzog doesn’t know diddly-jack about New Orleans. After reading a particularly complimentary review from the peeps at the Alamo Drafthouse (calling it “the best and most unique film of the year”), I went to check it out, …

December 15, 2009 – 4:02 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Brad Pitt’s buttcheeks

Today, I really wanted to write a haiku based on a photo of Brad Pitt’s buttcheeks (hence the title of this post), because I was reading an interview with the male castmembers of the new film Couples Retreat, and they had basically been making the point that their male nudity is all for laughs. Which …

October 6, 2009 – 12:21 pm | By Laura Roberts | Posted in Film, Haiku A Day | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (1)