From Screen to Page
Three new book reviews from associate editor ALEXANDER BISLEY of filmic interest: Sontag and Kael: Opposites Attract Me, Craig Seligman's "channeling" of two of cinema's greatest film critics; White Cloud, Silver Screen, a new handsome coffee table book that pays homage to NZ-filmed landscapes (text and capsule reviews by Bob Harvey, photographs by Tony Bridge; and The Selling of New Zealand Movies, Lindsay Shelton's account of NZ film and film industry from Slepping Dogs onwards (all reviews located under The Arts Etc. Reader book log).
Pineapple Express: The funniest stoner movie I can remember. Seth Rogen's horsepowered performance anchors a consistently amusing flick. George Washington's David Gordon Green ably directs. Rogen effortlessly draws on his natural affability. He tells Lumiere his numerous acting roles aren't hard; generally they are "pretty similar" to his own life: "
