Monday at AFI was about one thing only: THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS. Sure, I could have dragged myself over earlier, but all that was playing was NORTH BY NORTHWEST, which I’ve seen, and a documentary about cinematographers, which sounded boringly self-reflexive.

So enthused was I about PARNASSUS that I had inadvertently RSVP’ed twice, which led [...]

POLICE, ADJECTIVE is, for me, this year’s version of 4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS, AND 2 DAYS in that it’s a Romanian film playing AFI that came with a really nice post-show dinner attached to it for those of us who are deemed important critics (this time of year is the one season where it’s actually [...]

I forgot to tell a HILARIOUS JOKE based on night one before.

Two blonde chicks sat in the row in front of me for Fantastic Mr. Fox. They were in outfits designed to maximize their boobs as the focal point of everything.

And they ended up sitting in seats 9 and 11.

INAPPROPRIATE JOKE: It made sense that [...]

Since there’s no pay involved, this might be a very prolonged process like the TNA post. I’m gonna try to keep my reviews as such brief and to the point, as much as is feasible.

AFI Fest kicked off Friday night in the Grauman’s Chinese with Wes Anderson’s FANTASTIC MR. FOX. More on the movie in [...]