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Five Best Films of 2006
(26 December 2006) - It wasn't tough to come up with five great films from the past year, but I realized while making this list that I didn't have to go through an arduous elimination process in order to narrow it down to such a small number. Though there may not have been an abundance of masterworks in 2006, this is a handful of films that all deserve...
(26 December 2006) - It wasn't tough to come up with five great films from the past year, but I realized while making this list that I didn't have to go through an arduous elimination process in order to narrow it down to such a small number. Though there may not have been an abundance of masterworks in 2006, this is a handful of films that all deserve...
Second Run DVD
(11 December 2006) - Issuing their first releases little more than a year ago, the U.K.-based Second Run DVD has rapidly become the most exciting label around. Eschewing the canonical focus of industry giants like Criterion, in just fifteen months this upstart company has managed to release a slew of esoteric but essential works from the around the world. They’re shepherds of the under-represented, releasing films not based...
(11 December 2006) - Issuing their first releases little more than a year ago, the U.K.-based Second Run DVD has rapidly become the most exciting label around. Eschewing the canonical focus of industry giants like Criterion, in just fifteen months this upstart company has managed to release a slew of esoteric but essential works from the around the world. They’re shepherds of the under-represented, releasing films not based...
The Double Life of Véronique
(21 November 2006) - Another stunning set from The Criterion Collection, this 2-disc release of The Double Life of Véronique marks the DVD debut of one of the seminal arthouse works of the 1990s, and the last of the major films by director Krzysztof Kieslowski (The Decalogue, Three Colors Trilogy) to make it to DVD. Per Criterion’s impeccable standards of quality, a new high-def transfer was created from...
(21 November 2006) - Another stunning set from The Criterion Collection, this 2-disc release of The Double Life of Véronique marks the DVD debut of one of the seminal arthouse works of the 1990s, and the last of the major films by director Krzysztof Kieslowski (The Decalogue, Three Colors Trilogy) to make it to DVD. Per Criterion’s impeccable standards of quality, a new high-def transfer was created from...
Resfest London: Design Saturday
(17 November 2006) - Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Resfest's hitting London this week and the Design Saturday program, happening tomorrow, 18 November 2006, has a line-up featuring the calibre of artists and designers we've come to expect from Res. In yet another Iron chef-style design battle Designer's Republic will go head to head designing a video in competion with D.A.D.D.Y., who will also appear on a panel with...
(17 November 2006) - Celebrating their 10th anniversary, Resfest's hitting London this week and the Design Saturday program, happening tomorrow, 18 November 2006, has a line-up featuring the calibre of artists and designers we've come to expect from Res. In yet another Iron chef-style design battle Designer's Republic will go head to head designing a video in competion with D.A.D.D.Y., who will also appear on a panel with...
Peter Greenaway, The Early Films
(15 November 2006) - "Peter Greenaway has the most inscrutable, brilliant and possibly deranged mind in modern cinema. Once you develop an interest in Greenaway it cannot stop." The Washington Post. We couldn't agree more! A perfect gift for the movie buff in your life, a 2 DVD set featuring Greenaway's early films inlcuding the full-length The Falls. "A true original with an eccentric and bizzare sense of...
(15 November 2006) - "Peter Greenaway has the most inscrutable, brilliant and possibly deranged mind in modern cinema. Once you develop an interest in Greenaway it cannot stop." The Washington Post. We couldn't agree more! A perfect gift for the movie buff in your life, a 2 DVD set featuring Greenaway's early films inlcuding the full-length The Falls. "A true original with an eccentric and bizzare sense of...
James Bond Gadget Watch History
(14 November 2006) - Though Bond's typically a Rolex or Omega man—and Q-Branch won't be supplying any gadgety watches in Casino Royale—here's a look back at the wristwear 007 has worn over the years. The props featured every gadget from Geiger counters to circular saws (pictured right) and a James Bond Spy Watch produced in 1965 for kids included secret sliding lenses....
(14 November 2006) - Though Bond's typically a Rolex or Omega man—and Q-Branch won't be supplying any gadgety watches in Casino Royale—here's a look back at the wristwear 007 has worn over the years. The props featured every gadget from Geiger counters to circular saws (pictured right) and a James Bond Spy Watch produced in 1965 for kids included secret sliding lenses....
The Septemberists
(10 November 2006) - The Septemberists, artist Anthony Goicolea's film mythologizing the creation of Thom Browne's Spring/Summer 2007 collection, is as neo-18th century Americana as the suits themselves. Gorgeously-shot by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard over five days on a farm in Massachusetts, the story follows a cadre of young men through the lush landscape as they pick cotton, shear sheep and gather ink from an octopus (pictured),...
(10 November 2006) - The Septemberists, artist Anthony Goicolea's film mythologizing the creation of Thom Browne's Spring/Summer 2007 collection, is as neo-18th century Americana as the suits themselves. Gorgeously-shot by Brooklyn-based cinematographer Brian Rigney Hubbard over five days on a farm in Massachusetts, the story follows a cadre of young men through the lush landscape as they pick cotton, shear sheep and gather ink from an octopus (pictured),...
Protein synthesis: An epic on the cellular level
(03 November 2006) - This video further supports our belief that the best films—even instructional science ones—were made in the '70s. Created by the Department of Chemistry at UCSD and directed by Robert Alan Weiss, it features a novel approach to demonstrating how proteins are synthesized. Dozens of college kids participated in this short film from 1971 which features music, crazy costumes, peptide poetry and interpretive dance created...
(03 November 2006) - This video further supports our belief that the best films—even instructional science ones—were made in the '70s. Created by the Department of Chemistry at UCSD and directed by Robert Alan Weiss, it features a novel approach to demonstrating how proteins are synthesized. Dozens of college kids participated in this short film from 1971 which features music, crazy costumes, peptide poetry and interpretive dance created...
Hess Is More at Monkeytown
(24 October 2006) - Hess Is More), makes his his stateside debut tomorrow, 25 October 2006, at the Brooklyn screening room-cum-restaurant Monkeytown. Accompanying Hess's eclectic mix of sweetly offbeat melodies—made with the likes of whistles, thumb pianos, music boxes and the "found" sounds of everyday objects—our own aestheticians m ss ng p eces and VJ Daniel Vatsky will fill Monkeytown's four screens with their visual creations. With opener (and...
(24 October 2006) - Hess Is More), makes his his stateside debut tomorrow, 25 October 2006, at the Brooklyn screening room-cum-restaurant Monkeytown. Accompanying Hess's eclectic mix of sweetly offbeat melodies—made with the likes of whistles, thumb pianos, music boxes and the "found" sounds of everyday objects—our own aestheticians m ss ng p eces and VJ Daniel Vatsky will fill Monkeytown's four screens with their visual creations. With opener (and...
The 50th London Film Festival
(19 October 2006) - The 50th anniversary London Film Festival kicked off last night with the superb The Last King of Scotland (pictured right). It may not be immediately obvious from the title, but it's about African despot Idi Amin, who ruled, and ruined, Uganda in the 1970s. Forest Whittaker plays Amin, in a performance that should earn him at least an Oscar nomination. Rising Scottish star James...
(19 October 2006) - The 50th anniversary London Film Festival kicked off last night with the superb The Last King of Scotland (pictured right). It may not be immediately obvious from the title, but it's about African despot Idi Amin, who ruled, and ruined, Uganda in the 1970s. Forest Whittaker plays Amin, in a performance that should earn him at least an Oscar nomination. Rising Scottish star James...
Christian Jankowski: Us and Them
(18 October 2006) - Inspired by juxtapositions of different worlds and subcultures, Christian Jankowski's conceptual work often involves non-artists such as televangelists, psychics, children, and therapists. An extension of Jankowski's previous experiments with commercial filmmaking conventions, "Us and Them," a seasonally-appropriate exhibit of new works including videos, film, photography and sculpture, explores the horror film genre "suggesting how cinematic visions of monstrosity and violence can also communicate broader...
(18 October 2006) - Inspired by juxtapositions of different worlds and subcultures, Christian Jankowski's conceptual work often involves non-artists such as televangelists, psychics, children, and therapists. An extension of Jankowski's previous experiments with commercial filmmaking conventions, "Us and Them," a seasonally-appropriate exhibit of new works including videos, film, photography and sculpture, explores the horror film genre "suggesting how cinematic visions of monstrosity and violence can also communicate broader...
Hamilton X-01
(05 October 2006) - In 1966, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke commissioned a variety of companies to imagine and design futuristic products for the year 2001—and to be featured in their film 2001: A Space Odyssey. They hired Hamilton, a U.S. watchmaker, and John Bergey, a Hamilton developer known for helping to invent the digital watch, created a digital clock and analog/digital wristwatch. (See the movie prop...
(05 October 2006) - In 1966, Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke commissioned a variety of companies to imagine and design futuristic products for the year 2001—and to be featured in their film 2001: A Space Odyssey. They hired Hamilton, a U.S. watchmaker, and John Bergey, a Hamilton developer known for helping to invent the digital watch, created a digital clock and analog/digital wristwatch. (See the movie prop...
The Spirit of The Beehive
(02 October 2006) - A film of near indescribable weight and richness, The Spirit of the Beehive is the latest essential DVD release from The Criterion Collection. The narrative is deceptively simple: in a small provincial Spanish village in the 1940s, a traveling cinema leaves a small child haunted by the memory of Frankenstein’s monster. While engrossing and endearing as an ode to the power of youthful imagination,...
(02 October 2006) - A film of near indescribable weight and richness, The Spirit of the Beehive is the latest essential DVD release from The Criterion Collection. The narrative is deceptively simple: in a small provincial Spanish village in the 1940s, a traveling cinema leaves a small child haunted by the memory of Frankenstein’s monster. While engrossing and endearing as an ode to the power of youthful imagination,...
40 Acres & a Mule Collection
(27 September 2006) - Honoring the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee's 40 Acres & a Mule production company, Marc Ecko recently lent his sartorial flavor to a new line of sportswear that debuted this week. Inspired by memorable cinematic moments from Spike Lee's films, the collection of varsity jackets, rugby jerseys, graphic t-shirts, french terry hoodies and light jackets share the same in-your-face humor and bold looks that...
(27 September 2006) - Honoring the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee's 40 Acres & a Mule production company, Marc Ecko recently lent his sartorial flavor to a new line of sportswear that debuted this week. Inspired by memorable cinematic moments from Spike Lee's films, the collection of varsity jackets, rugby jerseys, graphic t-shirts, french terry hoodies and light jackets share the same in-your-face humor and bold looks that...
Seven Samurai: The Criterion Collection
(07 September 2006) - Known for impeccable production values and extensive supplements, the Criterion Collection’s new reissue of Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai is a case-in-point example of what makes an essential addition to any DVD collection. With its epic narrative and spectacular swordplay, the film is both a staple of any film school education and a favorite of the Tarantino-generation alike. Possibly their most in-depth release in...
(07 September 2006) - Known for impeccable production values and extensive supplements, the Criterion Collection’s new reissue of Akira Kurosawa’s masterpiece Seven Samurai is a case-in-point example of what makes an essential addition to any DVD collection. With its epic narrative and spectacular swordplay, the film is both a staple of any film school education and a favorite of the Tarantino-generation alike. Possibly their most in-depth release in...
Core: Social Hollywood
(27 June 2006) - Creative collective Core recently produced an hour-long environmental installation adorning the bar of Jeffrey Chodorow's new Los Angeles restaurant, Social Hollywood. Projected on a 50-foot glass wall, the movie depicts a journey through a mythical forest populated with wolves, owls, and other animals, psychedelic mushrooms, and nymphs in the nude. The unconventional decor is right in line with Core's impressive oeuvre that combines print,...
(27 June 2006) - Creative collective Core recently produced an hour-long environmental installation adorning the bar of Jeffrey Chodorow's new Los Angeles restaurant, Social Hollywood. Projected on a 50-foot glass wall, the movie depicts a journey through a mythical forest populated with wolves, owls, and other animals, psychedelic mushrooms, and nymphs in the nude. The unconventional decor is right in line with Core's impressive oeuvre that combines print,...
Open Air
(20 June 2006) - Premiering this Friday, 23 June 2006, with a party and art exhibit, Open Air is Alyssa Natches and Lou Auguste's documentary about contemporary street art that's over three years in the making. Featuring some of the more innovative street artists out there like Faile, Michael De Feo, Dan Witz, Skewville, and ESPO, the film addresses controversies over the use of public space and surveys...
(20 June 2006) - Premiering this Friday, 23 June 2006, with a party and art exhibit, Open Air is Alyssa Natches and Lou Auguste's documentary about contemporary street art that's over three years in the making. Featuring some of the more innovative street artists out there like Faile, Michael De Feo, Dan Witz, Skewville, and ESPO, the film addresses controversies over the use of public space and surveys...
Next: A Primer on Urban Painting
(19 June 2006) - Finally! I have been waiting since January when Next: A Primer on Urban Painting premiered in Rotterdam to see it on the big screen. Pablo Aravena started making this documentary about five years ago. For the next four years he went around the world and interviewed some great graffiti artists. And in the time since they were filmed, many of them, like artists Os...
(19 June 2006) - Finally! I have been waiting since January when Next: A Primer on Urban Painting premiered in Rotterdam to see it on the big screen. Pablo Aravena started making this documentary about five years ago. For the next four years he went around the world and interviewed some great graffiti artists. And in the time since they were filmed, many of them, like artists Os...
New Fest 2006
(05 June 2006) - The 18th New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, New Fest 2006, is in full swing. The line-up offers features, shorts, domentaries and filmmaker forums. I was looking at the web site and it looks like they have a lot of “boys” in the titles: Real Boys, Boy I Am, Boy Culture, Daddy’s Boy, Boy With a Ball, and more. On Wednesday,...
(05 June 2006) - The 18th New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, New Fest 2006, is in full swing. The line-up offers features, shorts, domentaries and filmmaker forums. I was looking at the web site and it looks like they have a lot of “boys” in the titles: Real Boys, Boy I Am, Boy Culture, Daddy’s Boy, Boy With a Ball, and more. On Wednesday,...
Bike Month NYC
(10 May 2006) - Biking is always in style. As many of you may know, May is Bike Month NYC. Transportation Alternatives has organized tons of fun rides (Coney Island, Manhattan Evening, Bridge Battle 2, etc.) and biking events (Queens Borough President’s after-work snack, bike repair workshops, drawing the bicycle with Taliah Lempert, etc.). There is still time to get out your fixed gear bike and partake in...
(10 May 2006) - Biking is always in style. As many of you may know, May is Bike Month NYC. Transportation Alternatives has organized tons of fun rides (Coney Island, Manhattan Evening, Bridge Battle 2, etc.) and biking events (Queens Borough President’s after-work snack, bike repair workshops, drawing the bicycle with Taliah Lempert, etc.). There is still time to get out your fixed gear bike and partake in...
Pedal
(09 May 2006) - Acclaimed NYC filmmaker and photographer, Peter Sutherland, known for his work as Director of Photography on the skate boarding film Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, has a new photo book, called Pedal that chronicles bike messengers from around the world who came to New York in 2005 for the Messenger World Championships. In celebration of the book's release, the 6th annual Bicycle...
(09 May 2006) - Acclaimed NYC filmmaker and photographer, Peter Sutherland, known for his work as Director of Photography on the skate boarding film Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator, has a new photo book, called Pedal that chronicles bike messengers from around the world who came to New York in 2005 for the Messenger World Championships. In celebration of the book's release, the 6th annual Bicycle...
Director's Bureau 60-Second Film Contest
(20 April 2006) - In late January the LA-based production company, the Director's Bureau, put out an open call for submissions, tasking aspiring filmmakers with creating a 60-second film about love. After Director's Bureau execs and RES founder Jonathan Welles whittled the entries down to five finalists, they screened the shorts as part of RES' monthly events in Los Angeles this past Tuesday 18 April 2006 and put...
(20 April 2006) - In late January the LA-based production company, the Director's Bureau, put out an open call for submissions, tasking aspiring filmmakers with creating a 60-second film about love. After Director's Bureau execs and RES founder Jonathan Welles whittled the entries down to five finalists, they screened the shorts as part of RES' monthly events in Los Angeles this past Tuesday 18 April 2006 and put...
Stua Stories
(23 March 2006) - Stua drafted the video artist Javier Guerrero to create a series of short film installations that evoke the mood and tone of Stua's designs. The six stories, designed to run on four screens simultaneously, are open narratives that range from a diver's decision ("The Choice," pictured) to the suspenseful roadside burial of a corpse, aptly titled "Hitchcock revisited." Premiering at last year's Milan furniture fair,...
(23 March 2006) - Stua drafted the video artist Javier Guerrero to create a series of short film installations that evoke the mood and tone of Stua's designs. The six stories, designed to run on four screens simultaneously, are open narratives that range from a diver's decision ("The Choice," pictured) to the suspenseful roadside burial of a corpse, aptly titled "Hitchcock revisited." Premiering at last year's Milan furniture fair,...
SXSW Highlights
(21 March 2006) - SXSW is:...Southern sui generis, like this sign reminding people not to forget their cowboy hats or oil boom-era cell phones in their rental car. ...finding the way out of a labyrinth movie theater with help from Rachel McIntosh, who won an award at SXSW for her charming pop-up book-based music video called Don't Fuck With Love by The Sad Little Stars. Turns out the...
(21 March 2006) - SXSW is:...Southern sui generis, like this sign reminding people not to forget their cowboy hats or oil boom-era cell phones in their rental car. ...finding the way out of a labyrinth movie theater with help from Rachel McIntosh, who won an award at SXSW for her charming pop-up book-based music video called Don't Fuck With Love by The Sad Little Stars. Turns out the...
SXSW: A Scanner Darkly Sneak Preview
(16 March 2006) - Fifteen years ago, Richard Linklater irreversibly altered the course of American cinema when he made Slacker, a movie that defined a generation and precipitated the indie film movement. Now, with A Scanner Darkly, his animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi novel about a drug-ravaged society, it looks like Linklater’s off in uncharted territory once again. At SXSW yesterday, Cool Hunting was among the...
(16 March 2006) - Fifteen years ago, Richard Linklater irreversibly altered the course of American cinema when he made Slacker, a movie that defined a generation and precipitated the indie film movement. Now, with A Scanner Darkly, his animated adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s sci-fi novel about a drug-ravaged society, it looks like Linklater’s off in uncharted territory once again. At SXSW yesterday, Cool Hunting was among the...
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