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Toss No Mas=No Mas
‘Twas a good run multi-decade for New Mexico’s Toss No Mas anti-littering campaign, but Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has officially introduced a new campaign featuring actor Bryan Cranston. Known as Breaking Bad Habits, the multi-pronged campaign finds Cranston stepping back into his iconic Breaking Bad character Walter White for a series of ads, including a parody commercial wherein he menacingly demands trash stay out of his territory. Presumably in this instance, White’s territory includes the entire state.
Cranston checks In
Speaking of Cranston, the actor spent a whirlwind weekend in New Mexico that found him both hanging out at the Governor’s Mansion for a chat session/press thing/photo opp, re: that anti-littering campaign; and accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Santa Fe International Film Festival. We’re here for this, honestly. Cranston’s love for New Mexico is well-documented when plenty of actors have publicly called our state boring or weird (see Seth McFarlane who, in 2014, pretty much told anyone who would listen that we suck as a place). Anecdotal evidence we’ve gathered says Cranston has been super-kind to everyone he’s met, too.
That’s a Wrap
The Santa Fe International Film Festival did more last week than hand out awards to Seinfeld guest perfomers like Cranston—this year’s fest was huge. Maybe the hugest ever. We’re talking premieres, inernational movies and makers, a strong Indigenous filmmaker presence, parties, hootenannies, screenings, talks, sessions, friendships, networkings and so on. We hear The Rightoues Gemstones star/Santa Fe resident Cassidy Freeman’s All That Remains was excellent, and that Christopher freaking Guest was in town promoting Sunlight, a film he produced from Albuquerque comedian and writer Shenoah Allen. Clearly there is way more to mention than we can fit here, but we have to ask—is Santa Fe cool now? Hopefully if you’re reading this and you don’t already live here, you don’t move here. You can visit, just...don’t move here.
They’re Here/Nightmares
Santa Feans in search of films to ring in the creepiest of seasons need look no further than the Jean Cocteau Cinema, where the adorable little arthouse theater has upcoming screenings including Poltergeist, A Nightmare on Elm Street and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. OK, that last one’s not so much scary as much as it’s sexy, but still! Make sure to visit jeancocteaucinema.com for times and such, and to look around online for all the things you must do to attend a Rocky Horror screening the right way. As an addendum, Freddy rules. As does Craig T Nelson.
