http://virb.com/intothehill Virb 2.0 (@intothehill) en http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1088029 by DAVID KERN FILM:Wendy and Lucy DIRECTED BY: Kelly Reichardt WRITTEN BY : Jonathan Raymond and Kelly Reichardt RELEASED BY: Oscilloscope Laboratories RUNTIME: 80 minutes CAST: Michelle Williams (Wendy Carroll) OUR RATING: 9.5 In 2006, indie director/auteur Kelly Reichardt released, to much critical acclaim, a low budget film called Old Joy, about two friends on a weekend camping trip. Together, these men and [...]

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:58:35 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1069542 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1066838 by t clair If that title is provocative it is only because you don't know me. If we were speaking to one another face to face you would notice some things. For instance, I don't wear berets. I bought one in Canada once. This occurred during a brief and rarely mentioned shaved head period. I was told [...]

]]> Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:50:34 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1066838 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1063104 by DAVID KERN FILM: The Grocer's Son DIRECTED BY: Eric Guirado RELEASED BY: Film Movement RUNTIME: 96 minutes CAST: Nicolas Cazale' (Antoine), Clotilde Hesme (Claire) OUR RATING: 9.0 Many a tale has employed the archetypal character of the prodigal son, most notably, perhaps, the Bible. From Jesus to Shakespeare to Marilynne Robinson, the world's greatest story tellers have introduced characters - sons [...]

]]> Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:08:41 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1063104 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1051430 by BRETT McCRACKEN ARTIST: ANIMAL COLLECTIVE ALBUM: MERRIWEATHER POST PAVILION OUR RATING: 10 RELEASE DATE: January 20th www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband It's not everyday - or week, or month even - that you hear a song that blows your mind. It's not everyday that an album lives up to the hype. But that is the case with Animal Collective and their new album [...]

]]> Sat, 24 Jan 2009 19:59:26 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1051430 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1045104 by STUART PITMAN ARTIST: Pale Young Gentleman ALBUM: Black Forest (Tra La La) OUR RATING: 8.0 RELEASE DATE: Now Available www.paleyounggentlemen.com Get it Free From eMusic.com Which up and coming band draws complimentary comparisons to Coldplay and Andrew Bird? According to reviews, the correct answer is Pale Young Gentlemen.1 Several writers more skilled than I contend that the band's sound closely resembles those [...]

]]> Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:10:41 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1045104 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/1035830 by DAVID KERN WHEN: Friday Nights, 9 pm ET. WHERE: NBC OUR RATING: 10.5 "…Life is so very fragile. We are all vulnerable. Will will all, at some point in our lives, fall. We will all fall. We must carry this in our hearts. That what we have is special. That it can be taken from us, and when [...]

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]]> Tue, 23 Dec 2008 07:49:15 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/996946 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/989872 by DAVID KERN ARTIST: Jolie Holland ALBUM: The Living and the Dead RELEASE DATE: Now Available www.jolieholland.com "The world was rushing away and seemed to care nothing for the old or the young or the rich or the poor or dark or pale or he or she. Nothing for their struggles, nothing for their names. Nothing for the living or [...]

]]> Thu, 18 Dec 2008 21:23:00 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/989872 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/989871 by RILEY MILLER ASHTON KUTCHER-SAVVY REPUBLICAN, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Senior-most member of the Foreign Relations Committee, hung up on Pres. elect Obama three times in a week this month, determined to assure that, "I won't be punk'd like that Sarah Palin was punk'd by French Pres. Nicolas Sarkozy a Florida radio station." 150 WHALES WERE DASHED ON ROCKS [...]

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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2008 04:28:02 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/985048 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/972876 by T. CLAIR Nobody would haul off the thing, so Erich was left with a hunk of wood and steel string stubbornly occupying some prime space in his new basement. It was an old upright from 1917, royal blue and peeling. You could ping at the thing, running through the broken octaves, creating reluctant [...]

]]> Tue, 09 Dec 2008 05:03:31 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/972876 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/967645 by DAVID KERN Thanksgiving is over so, naturally, it's time to pull out the wreaths and stockings and mistletoe, to head to the store and by eggnog in bulk (rum not included), candy canes, and the advent calenders with a chocolate for each day. And, of course, to fire up the trusty ole' DVD player (Blue-Ray [...]

]]> Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:16:09 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/967645 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/966091 by GRAEME PITMAN ARTIST: Brave Saint Saturn ALBUM: Anti-Meridian RELEASE DATE: Now Available www.bravesaintsaturn.com Get It Free From eMusic.com Brave Saint Saturn is a rare breed. An antonymous band that you can't take too seriously, who writes music that you can't possibly take seriously enough. A band that creates elaborately conceptual albums about space voyages, complete with alter-egos and [...]

]]> Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:37:40 -0800 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/966091 http://virb.com/intothehill/posts/text/964259 by ANDREW WEBB ARTIST: Sandra McCracken ALBUM: Red Balloon RELEASE DATE: Now Available www.sandramccracken.com Get It Free From eMusic.com I think I set myself up for failure by giving my last review the "if my house burnt down" clause. All I can say now is that I really hope my house doesn't burn down because I could never grab everything that [...]

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