Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 1:10PM Jose here.
I couldn't let Nathaniel's week of Moulin Rouge! end without paying tribute to one iconic creature from the film: the Green Fairy. More specifically, to the actress who plays her, the one and only Kylie Minogue.
Kylie might not be too popular in our continent and some might not even know who the hell she is when she pops out in the absinthe induced fantasy sequence...
Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 7:00PM Another couple of months, another Lady Gaga short film. Thankfully she's calmed down a smidge since the epic EPICNESS of "Born This Way" which was messy MESSYNESS.
Sometimes it's good to have a simple concept and just execute it well.
In this case its Christ & Disciples as biker gang with Gaga as the Holy Fool / Biker Chick who can't choose between her two (archetypal) men, saintly Jesus or bad boy Judas (Norman Reedus!) who is so rebellious he demands that his name be pronounced with extra syllables. Speaking of. Love the tongue-tripped lyric bridge.
In the most Biblical sense,
I am beyond repentance
Fame hooker, prostitute wench.
Video: B+ That Bit w/ the Lipstick: A+ The Break: D+ (video breaks are tired. just dance!) Song: B
P.S. TANGENT TIME: I'm totes enjoying Gaga's reign these past couple of years but, gotta say it, really missing Madonna today. Like as in more than usual.
Maybe it's because Madge looked flawless at the Met Costume Gala. Maybe it's because this is Gaga's "Like a Prayer" no? I'm not saying that in a negative 'ripping off Madonna' way people like to assume. I'm saying that as in this is the moment where the stars feel indestructable and poke at the religious people's eternally thin skin and risk their noisy wrath while making some sort of dance-ready point about the eternal internal spiritual war that's a universal part of being human". That moment. "Like a Prayer" is Madonna's very best song (A+) in a discography with astounding number of viable options for that title. So that's probably how the pangs of missing are so acute. Excited for her directorial effort W.E. -- when will we see it? -- but could use more music real soon. It's been so long since "Hard Candy". Just one more record as fab as "Confessions on a Dance Floor", please!? Pleaseandthanks.
P.P.S. We now return you to your normally scheduled film programming.
Lady Gaga, Madonna, Norman Reedus, music videos, short films Sunday, March 27, 2011 at 1:00PM 
I'm always curious about movie buffs on the West Coast. It's like another planet to me despite being such an origin spot for my life's obsession. So today we're chatting with Vinci in West Hollywood.
Nathaniel: When did you start reading TFE?
VINCI: I think it was about 2004/2005. I'm not sure. But I do recall questioning you on why you didn't consider Vera Farmiga as a Best Actress contender for Down to the Bone, so it was at least by then. You were one of the first Oscar sites I visited (the now defunct EverythingOscar was the other). I grew up in a small town before the internet and didn't have friends who were even casually interested in the Oscars, actors or even movies like myself. I felt a kinship with you. I stuck around because you write well and cover a lot of what interests me.
Do you remember your first movie or obsession?
A Yankee in King Arthur's Court, from what I can remember. The first moviegoing experience which I initiated was The Muppet Movie. I was four years old when I used my blueberry picking money to buy a Kermit the Frog doll with patches of velcro attached to his appendages. I also owned a Kermit the Frog watch.
But which watch did Vinci own???
I collected all four special edition McDonald's Happy Meal-issued glasses from The Great Muppet Caper. I loved the TV show and even checked out the short-lived reboot that had Michelle Pfeiffer hosting at one point.
