Here at Owl and Bear, we love movies. Our increasing amount of film reviews may have tipped you off to that fact, but in case it didn’t, here’s another way for us to show our love. Beginning on June 14, Owl and Bear will be presenting the 16-week Summer Midnight Series at San Diego’s beloved Ken Cinema. Continue reading…
There’s a fine line between postmodern pastiche and corporatized pop rehash, but Lady Gaga — who just released the epic-length music video for her latest single, “Alejandro” — has heretofore stylishly and successfully danced on that tightrope wearing a myriad of medical fetish gear, latex bodysuits, and Alexander McQueen heels. Yet “Alejandro,†with its didactic investments in Madonna-esque blasphemy and fascist military imagery, fails to provide Lady Gaga’s brilliant, trademark pop derivations or her meta-corporate critiques. Continue reading…