By - Brian Teasley Sometimes people ask me why I love Van Halen so much. Well, seventh grade was the worst year. It was the year I switched from private to public school. I guess my parents had planned it that way, forcing me to be extra smart, nerdy, and further along than the other kids. So, there I was, walking down a grim hallway with hundreds of slamming lockers, […]

I wrote most of this in the first few days after Steve passed away, but I had to step away from it for many reasons. It’s the last thing I’m going to write about Steve for a good while. To be honest, I’m actually not quite sure why I chose this particular story to tell in the wake of his passing. It’s certainly good, but I honestly have better ones… like […]

She embodied beauty in the 1960's European erotic art cinema world, was the lover and collaborator with Serge Gainsbourg and even has the most famous designer bag named after her.  She owned her quiet confidence and inspired and emboldened sexuality in women everywhere. At 20, Ms. Birkin appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s hit 1966 movie, “Blow Up”  where she played a fashion model — the credits listed her as only The […]

By - Jackie Lo Wes Anderson films are filled with some of my favorite songs. With his film “Asteroid City” hitting theaters today (grab your tickets at Sidewalk Cinema) I thought I’d take a look back at some of my favorite songs from Wes Anderson films. These are my top 10 at the moment.   Number 10 “Le Temps De L’amour” Francoise Hardy (Moonrise Kingdom) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riO_F5D1LBc There have been so […]

By - Gareth Jones   For fans of new directions in Jazz, historically significant Black films, being educated while entertained Earlier this year, International Anthem (a fantastic record label out of Chicago) released the recording of the 2019 musical creation of Angel Bat Dawid.  This production was commissioned for the Hyde Park Jazz Festival. Dawid adds layered production of that one time performance.  This incredible work was inspired by the […]

By - Gareth Jones Every week on Sleep In Cinema my wonderful co-host Craig Ceravolo gives me the last word, so I end the show with a brief plea for people to go see movies and then talk about them, followed by the mantra, “Long Live Cinema.”  I would like to expand on that a bit more into a philosophical approach to re-engagement with the public viewing.   Before the pandemic, […]

By - Andrea Paschal This weekend we will celebrate Record Store Day, a day where music lovers all over the world will gather at their favorite shops with the hopes of scoring their favorite RSD releases and maybe finding some other cool stuff along the way. Record Store Day has become an international event, and in many households is a date that gets lovingly marked on the calendar with birthdays […]