Eataly Las Vegas opened Thursday in the Park MGM with seven specialty food counters, two restaurants, three bars, a chef’s demonstration table and a “kitchen of the market” concept that lets customers eat in or take home. It’s the first Eataly to offer 24-hour service too. So far, only the site’s… Source: latimes.com – Los […]
Blog: The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas drops parking fee for hotel guests
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas will stop charging guests up to $10 a night to park at the hotel-resort starting Jan. 1. It also plans to increase its daily resort fee from $35 to $39 plus tax. The new fee also goes into effect Tuesday. Free parking is a perk that slowly disappeared at some […]
Blog: Visuals take over when sound disappears in ‘A Quiet Place’
Because the dystopian world of “A Quiet Place” is often devoid of sound, the film’s production designer, Jeffrey Beecroft, found an added level of importance in his job. “Visually, the audience is demanding something, because you have to listen that hard,” Beecroft says, sitting in London’s Ham Yard Hotel between shooting days of his next […]
Blog: Under the radar: Faulty memories, a horse in need and a riled-up Nicolas Cage
Our annual compilation of overlooked films. Each reviewer chose five films to highlight. “The Endless”: Two brothers are drawn back to the apocalyptic wilderness cult of their youth in this beguiling science-fiction/horror hybrid. The writing/directing/producing/editing/acting team of Justin Benson… Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: Under the Radar: Frederick Wiseman, and films from Brazil to Scandinavia
“In the Intense Now”: A masterful, personal work of archival assemblage and memory, João Moreira Salles’ probing, mournful documentary examines the political turbulence of 1968 in four countries (Brazil, China, France and Czechoslovakia) through how amateur filmmakers witnessed history. A hypnotic analysis about the ebb and flow of revolutions. Source: L.A. Times – Entertainment News
Blog: Under the radar films from 2018: French feminist horror, seduction and rom-coms!
“Revenge”: Director Coralie Fargeat tore into the rape-revenge genre with a startling, ferocity in her brightly hued debut feature, which parodied the male gaze, flipped the phallus on its head, and introduced us to one of the most uncompromising horror heroines of the year. An unflinching entry into the new canon of French feminist horror […]