Visitors seem to be handing the naked bodies and other attendant weirdness of Mariana Abramovic’s MoMA retrospective quite well, thank you. (NYT) British Airways cabin crews staged a walkout this Sunday to protest pay and working conditions, causing havoc at Gatwick and Heathrow. Workers plan to strike again Saturday the 27th. Plan accordingly. (USA Today) Forget band ... Read More »
Think you’ve seen all the bloodshed, bullets, and baseball bats you were going to get from Quentin Tarantino for a while? Wrong. Thanks to an exhibit by West Coast streetwear and skateboard kings Upper Playground, you’ve got 12 new stomach-turning takes on Tarantino’s “Natzi Killin'” whopper, “Inglourious Basterds”, and a chance to help the people of Haiti. Read More »
Say goodbye to summer. After all, it’s almost Labor Day. In honor of this year’s record-setting $4.26 billion blockbuster season, USA Today has a report card on this summer’s movies. With all this year’s hits stacked at the beginning of the summer, let’s just say this weekend might not be the best time to hit the theater for one last ... Read More »
The critics may have mixed reviews for Quentin Tarantino’s WWII flick, ‘Inglourious Basterds‘ (though it still rocks an impressive 88% Fresh rating over at Rotten Tomatoes). But one thing about Tarantino is undeniable — the man loves movies. In fact, one of the best part of watching a QT flick is trying to spot his influences, and discovering new movies ... Read More »
Just in time for the hotly anticipated ‘Inglourious Basterds,’ Quentin Tarantino has shared his top 20 flicks with Sky Movies. Not his all-time favorites, mind you, but the best that have come out since he started his career in 1992. The gruesome ‘Battle Royale‘ tops the list, and Tarantino even admits: “if there is any movie that has been made ... Read More »
Quentin Tarantino’s WWII flick ‘Inglourious Basterds‘ is still two weeks away, but we’re already excited the director’s latest genre mashup — WWII action flick meets spaghetti western. And the buzz (and controversy) is only beginning to grow, this is Tarantino after all. Before you see Tarintino’s take, see the film that inspired it all, Italian director Enzo Castellari’s 1978 war movie ‘Quel Maledetto ... Read More »
MUSEYON BOOKS Smart City Guides for Travel, History, Art and Film Lovers