Derek Thomas

If 2011 hasn't gotten off to the awesome start you'd hoped for, try again by celebrating 4709, the Chinese New Year commencing on Feb. 3. The 112th annu...

"A short film evening of love disasters": 12 Jahre/12 Years (2009); Antje and Us (2007); Val Dood!/Drop Dead! (2009); Sweet (2000); Ten Thousand Pictures of You...

How best to celebrate the most ridiculous holiday on the calendar? Go back in time to 1993's Groundhog Day and relive the day over and over again with Bill ...

What you may not know about Wayne White: (1) He designed the iconic meta-cartoon sets of avant-garde TV kids show Pee-wee's Playhouse; (2) He art-directed P...

Got the Wright stuff? Edgar Wright, that is, cinematic mastermind behind Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. The British moviemaker hos...

"Pills? You mean you really are taking drugs?" "I need them! I have to sing! I'm so excited! I'm so excited! I'm so ... scared!" With those words ca...

Who is this League of Imaginary Scientists, anyway? Turns out they're part-time comedians, pseudo performance artists, half subatomic particles and 100 perc...

Top 10 greatest scenes in the Indiana Jones saga? (10) The sandbag switch at the opening of Raiders. (9) The boulder run after the sandbag switch. (8) "Snakes. ...

The Eclectic Company Theatre creates a full-length play, from inception to performance, in 24 hours. New Year's Eve party follows the 10 p.m. show. Fri., De...

What better way to celebrate the holidays than with blood-soaked gore? The Grindhouse Film Festival's double feature of campy horror movies provides more th...