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Momma’s Man
Mark Twain once said that it’s a pity that the best part of life comes at the beginning and the worst part at the end. In youth, we’re too inexperienced to appreciate the unconditional care offered by a parent and the freedom from responsibility that allows us to simply sit around and waste time. Read more...
The Last Mistress
By Tasha Chemplavil
Ryno de Marigny (Fu’ad Ait Aattou) is set to marry the love of his life, the genteel Hermangarde (Roxane Mesquida). But rumors of his decade-long relationship with the local lady of the night, Vellini (Asia Argento), give Hermangarde’s grandmother, the Marquise de Flers (Claude Sarraute), cause for concern. Attempting to ease her mind, de Flers urges de Marigny to relay the story of his torrid relationship with Vellini. Read more...
All Together Now
In the beginning, there were The Beatles. The ’90s and ’00s brought forth Cirque du Soleil. At a familiar intersection of artistic and commercial extremes, Strip production Love arrived in 2006. Today, so perfunctory it almost seems like an agreed-upon stipulation from the start, arrives All Together Now. Read more...
The man behind Mouse
By Jeffrey M. Anderson
In 1995, Don Cheadle gave one of those once-in-a-lifetime performances that made him a star—almost. His hair-trigger performance as Mouse in Devil in a Blue Dress had critics buzzing. Read more...
I, Caan
By Tony Macklin
“What is an icon?” James Caan doesn’t know, and he’s about to become one. Caan is receiving the Vegas Icon Award from CineVegas, and he’s perplexed. Read more...
The Cool School
Los Angeles in the ’50s provided no cultural support or art scene to speak of, so from jazz, surfing, custom-car culture and Barney’s Beanery residents shaped their own, from the ground up. Read more...
Hank and Mike
By Josh Bell
Hank and Mike started life as a comedy sketch, became a short film and is now a feature, and you can almost see the seams where the concept was stretched beyond its breaking point in this latest incarnation. Read more...
Beautiful Losers
Pity Beautiful Losers has but a single screening at CineVegas, as the documentary following a handful of artists who congregated at New York’s Alleged Gallery—and, in a “whirlpool of inspiration,” ultimately helped take graffiti, skateboarding and, above all, outsider perspective mainstream—is infinitely touching and truthful. As one artist puts it, “We were dumb, bored kids. All you had to have was a heart.” Read more...
