Tonight at AFI: 28 Days Later

City Desk — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:04:21 +0000

AFI'd out after Silverdocs? Let Cillian Murphy resuscitate your interest. His work in the British zombie film 28 Days Later, which kicked off the Unholy Zombie Cinema Revival, is cutting edge even by George Romero's indeterminable standards. City Lights contributor Matt Siblo digs a little deeper in his pick for tonight, arguing that the movie's zombies "managed to provide a chilling and timely rumination on a post-9/11 society—while scaring the living crap out of you."

Do yourself a favor–read the entire 28 Days Later pick and watch some film clips. Then go see the movie.

Sex Behind the Velvet Curtain

City Desk — Tue, 12 May 2009 18:19:06 +0000

In her City Lights pick for today, contributor Maura Judkis wrote about "Behind the Velvet Curtain" at the Katzen Arts Center: "Many of the works aggressively comment on gender disparity and sexuality, from Lenka Klodova’s photographs of a disembodied nude female torso in various household settings, to Erika Bornova’s sculptures of bejeweled women with ghastly faces offering themselves up for sex. Best is Klodova’s “Structures,” a spherical photo diorama of couples like paper dolls. Each adult leans out of their space to give their neighbor a kiss—either as a condemnation of the breakdown of the family unit, or in support of the loosening of prudish social structures."

Read the pick for "Behind the Velvet Curtain" for more details.

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Tonight at AFI: 28 Days Later

Sex Behind the Velvet Curtain