To exemplify the influence blues guitarist and singer Muddy Waters had on the music world, filmmaker Robert Gordon describes an early ’60s Rolling Stones concert. The band, whose name also comes from a Waters’ song, covered “I Just Want To Make Love To You,” one of Waters’ biggest hits. Read more...

We were finally in at Swastique, the overpriced hot-to-trot West Hollywood dining spot rumored to be the home base of operations for Rupert Murdoch’s dastardly TV Inner Circle. Read more...

Cinematography Professor William McDonald wears many hats. He’s been vice chairman of production in the UCLA Department of Film and Television for five years as well as the head of cinematography for those same five years, and he’s sat on the graduate student council for the past three years. Read more...

Julia Sweeney’s new one-woman show, “In The Family Way,” is the most remarkable unremarkable show you’ll probably see all year. You know Sweeney from her years on “Saturday Night Live” and characters like Pat or her previous one-woman show, “God Said, “˜Ha!'” You know she has a loud, but sweet, sense of humor and the ability to masterfully embody her characters. Read more...

Despite rumors of on-set tension with several producers and cast members, director Bryan Singer seems to have maintained the support of Twentieth Century Fox now that “X2″ is set to hit the big screen. Read more...

“X2″ Directed by Bryan Singer 20th Century FOX It’s hard to justify giving something three and a half paws when it’s part of a craze ““ and the recent flurry of comic book movies is nothing short of the biggest fad since the hula hoop ““ especially when it’s not outstanding. Read more...

While Jacques Derrida might not be a household name, filmmakers Amy Ziering Kofman and Kirby Dick thought a documentary on the famed philosopher was due. “There’s a great deal of interest in him and his work,” Dick said. Read more...