The Pictures: Selma Blair's cavernous private parts in 'The Big Empty'

A few years ago when I was screening short film entries for a Gen Art event I came across a 21 minute film that, many moons later, has stuck in my head as a beautiful and poignant one. Finally finding it again last night via the modern miracles of IMDb and YouTube, I believe my fond memory may have been slightly exaggerated. The story of a girl whose vagina is so gaping and empty that she's swept around the globe by a fame hungry doctor for TV appearances seems less likely and slightly more hokey. But 'The Big Empty' is still worth viewing, if only to wonder how bigwigs like actress Selma Blair and exec producers George Clooney and Steven Soderbergh got wrapped up in a project about the wasteland of one poor girl's private parts.

If you've got the 21 minutes at work today, watch it and share your thoughts. And P.S. - keep your eye out for an appearance by House star Hugh Laurie peeking out from Selma Blair's hospital gown.

The Pictures: Up In The Air

Last night I attended Gen Art's advance screening of 'Up In The Air.'

Go see it because...

The film's message is sobering but so true to my heart. None of the shit we think is important really matters at all. But if you're not in it together with someone, you're in it alone. And it's so much lonelier that way.

George Clooney is so very handsome. I'm not one to get gaga over movie stars. But Clooney makes me want to take a cold shower...and then get dirty again.

The soundtrack is stellar. It includes tracks by Dan Auerbach, Sad Brad Smith and Elliot Smith. It is sad but makes me happy.

Up In The Air opens tomorrow--Friday, December 4th.