Tagged: film
Dream Team: Weston Currie and Grouper Collaborate on a Film
One rainy night this past September, filmmaker Weston Currie and musician Liz Harris bka Grouper posted up in a vacant building inside an industrial complex in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, to premiere Currie’s feature-length anthology, The Perception … read more »
Go See Really Scary Movies at Lincoln Center
Starting Thursday, one of the pillars of high art in New York City, Lincoln Center, will be turned into a five-day gore-fest. To celebrate Halloween, The Film Society of Lincoln Center is hosting Scary Movies … read more »
Watch The New Phoenix Documentary Online Now
Have 53 minutes to spare in your workday? That’s cool. To rub it in, why not watch the new Phoenix documentary From a Mess to the Masses, which aired on French and German television last … read more »
The Good Life: Interning with Terrence Malick
It’s been six years since Terrence Malick released his last film, and this summer’s The Tree of Life is only his sixth ever. FADER video producer Hanly Banks reflects on her Texas internship with the … read more »
Respect Yourself: Bill Cunningham
Duncan Cooper spends a lot of time on the internet. Every other Monday, he pays tribute to the hours spent with original video and audio. This week he celebrates the photographer Bill Cunningham, his new … read more »
We Watched the Breakfast Club with the Breakfast Club
Monday night in New York, 42 Below and the Film Society of Lincoln Center held a tribute to The Breakfast Club, now celebrating its 25th year of high school angst, featuring nearly the entire cast … read more »
Q&A: Director Tamra Davis Talks Basquiat and Her New Documentary
Tamra Davis was working in a Los Angeles gallery in 1986 when she filmed an interview with her friend, Jean-Michel Basquiat, by then the glimmering star of the art world. When he died in 1988 … read more »
Intimately Knowing Your Bananas
Though it was published two years ago, we haven’t been able to shake this 2008 article on the pending banana price inflation/potential shortage from our thoughts. Not only did it predict a dire future for … read more »
Video: Trailer for "Soulboy"
You have to use your imagination to picture what a Northern Soul party was like in Last Night A DJ Saved My Life. A few snapshots help capture the image from what’s considerably the DJ’s … read more »
Video: A Walk Through Ft. Greene
Hip hop journo Nelson George co-directed this video showcasing how the legendary Brooklyn neighborhood has been an important force in the arts. Here’s the trailer featuring Spike Lee, Chris Rock, Rosie Perez, Vernon Reid, Carl … read more »
