Having met while filming the adaptation of John le Carré’s A Most Wanted Man, actor-director Grigoriy Dobrygin enlisted co-star Willem Dafoe for a filmic study of the Spiderman star’s most remarkable feature: […]
A cinematic highlight in 2016 by Peter Braatz
Chris Eckman writes on Facebook: My good friend Peter Braatz is about to release what promises to be an incredible film: “Blue Velvet Revisited: a meditation on a movie.” In 1985, when […]
Japanese Movies: Pieta in the Toilet
Inspired by “Godfather of Manga” Osamu Tezuka’s last diary page, this fraught and tender story marks the fiction debut for acclaimed documentary filmmaker Daishi Matsunaga. Hiroshi (Yojiro Noda, lead singer of popular […]
“Felix” by Ian Derry
London-based yoga instructor Felix Price shows inner strength and outward flexibility as he practices his craft to the extreme.
Watch the first trailer for Baz Luhrmann’s disco drama The Get Down
Baz Luhrmann and Shawn Ryan’s ’70s musical drama The Get Down. According to The Verge’s liveblogger Ross Miller, the show features “a lot of disco, a lot of clothes-on thrusting, a few […]
“Run” by Victor Pakpour
A dark electronic track accompanies a snapshot of sunny California.
Directors’ Cuts: “Unnecessary Sounds” by Kinopravda
Using footage from an unreleased music video, Barcelona collective Kinopravda offers an amusing lesson in how to make surrealist sound effects.
Short Film: The Hornhunter
Dutch director Noël Loozen’s whimsical short offers up unusual advice for men seeking love. And it involves blowing horns.
Michael Moore Documentary: Where to Invade Next
To learn what the USA can gain from other nations, Michael Moore playfully “invades” them to see what they have to offer.
Just Me In The House By Myself starring Macaulay Culkin
Here’s the first episode of the new comedy web series :DRYVRS, created and written by musician, actor and producer Jack Dishel. The series stars Jack as an on-demand car service passenger and […]