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REVIEW
movie review // 'PAPER HEART'
Hollywood hits, indie flicks and everything in between.
Paper Heart (now out on DVD) is a movie that is hard to define by genre. It's shot like a documentary, but elements of it feel very un-documentary-like. It could be a mockumentary, but there are parts that seem genuinely unscripted. Paper Heart is a lot of things. It's also pretty good.
This docu-mocku-mentary (it's the only descriptor that really seems to fit) follows the journey of comedian Charlyne Yi, her director, Nicholas Jasenovec, and Charlyne's budding relationship with fellow comedian and actor Michael Cera. Yi starts out making a movie to define what love is, and to explain why she just doesn't believe in it. If that premise seems kind of flimsy, that's because it is; Yi doesn't seem to have much direction in the first quarter of the movie. She just stands around asking people about love, then stating that she doesn't believe in it, or that she just doesn't think it's possible for her to feel love. It feels fun but rather pointless until Cera comes into the picture and the two start dating, having feelings for each other, and feeling the stress of their fledgling relationship being filmed at every moment.
Despite its stumbling pace, there's a lot to like about Paper Heart. Yi, although awkward and a little hard to figure out at the beginning, comes across as genuine and endearing. She may be odd, but her straightforwardness is fun to watch. Her relationships with Cera and Jasenovec, the movie's director, are also great to watch. Jasenovec spends about as much time in front of the camera, interacting with Charlyne, as behind it (if not more). The roles of the star, the subjects, the director and the crew are all very fluid and make for a strange but refreshing atmosphere.
★ ★ ★ // ABBY OLCESE
music review // LITTLE GIRLS — 'CONCEPTS' (PAPER BAG)
After receiving an overwhelming amount of positive reviews, he's formed a full four-piece band in order to bring his compositions to a live audience.
With their Internet presence and releases on the extremely collectible vinyl record label Captured Tracks, Little Girls seems poised for success in the future.
Little Girls are from Toronto and make noisy pop tunes. Like a lot of bands out now such as Blank Dogs and Cold Cave, Little Girls was originally the bedroom recording project of one of the members, in this case Jason McIntyre, who chose the name Little Girls as an anonymous way to get feedback for tracks he had submitted to blogs online.
On "Concepts," McIntyre's vocals are so distorted there's no way to know what he is saying. Still, the shoegaze-y sounds are energy-driven and moody ... perfect for gloomy December skies. Almost every song could be a pop hit.
ALISON CAIN
KJHK MUSIC DIRECTOR
AND ROTATION DJ
kjhk charts // WEEK OF DEC. 7
The 15 most played albums on KJHK 90.7FM's new music rotation shows as of Dec. 7.
1 DIGITAL LEATHER Warm Brother (Fat Possum)
2 REAL ESTATE Real Estate (Woodsist)
3 GHOST IS DANCING Battles on Sonic (Unyon)
4 THAO WITH THE GET DOWN STAY DOWN
Know Better Learn Faster (Kill Rock Stars)
5 DELUKA Deluka (VEL)
6 FELT Felt 3: A Tribute to Rosie Perez
(Rhymesayers)
7 BIRDS AND BATTERIES Up to No Good (Eightmaps)
8 **COLD CAVE Love Comes Close** (Matador)
9 **BOYS NOIZE Power** (Last Gang)
10 **SHAFIQ HUSAYN Shafiq En A-Free-Ka**
(Plug Research)
11 RITA J Artist Workshop (All Natural)
12 DOOM Unexpected Guests (Gold Dust)
13 ZEEP People and Things (Crammed)
14 DUTCHESS AND THE DUKE Sunset/Sunrise
(Hardly Art)
15 BEAT CIRCUS Boy from Black Mountain (Cuniform)
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