film

Old Timey Things in New Packages

(Jul 27, 2010) The Lomography Gallery Store opened earlier this year in West Hollywood, and after several attempts to go and visit being thwarte...

Cult of Celebrity

(Jul 23, 2010) My love for De Niro sends me to Amazon from time to time. I have recently watched The King of Comedy and wasn’t surprised t...

Peter and Vandy: A Realistic Look at Relationships

(Jul 14, 2010) Peter and Vandy, starring Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler takes a look at some of the darker elements and more realistic scenarios ...

Protected: An iTunes like phenomenon

(Jul 01, 2010) Q: What do you expect to be the ‘next big thing’ or ‘next big trend’ in social networking? A: Social networking sites tha...

Say what you will about the theme, Lolita’s got hot fashion sense.

(May 21, 2010) Those of you who are familiar with the theme of Vladimir Nobokov’s controversial and unconventional piece of literature, Lol...

Looking For Clues In Banksy’s Gift Shop

(May 12, 2010) Anonymity breeds contempt. It also breeds despair, intrigue, interest and in the case of British street art icon, Banksy, the kin...

Oh Lord, protect us from the wrath of the Northmen!

(May 07, 2010) When I was growing up my first movie involving vikings was 1958 classic The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas. It was shot in Norwa...

American folk art of the 20th century

(Apr 28, 2010) “The day is close when the 8mm home-movie footage will be collected and appreciated as beautiful folk art, like songs and the l...

Cold Souls and The Invention of Lying

(Mar 11, 2010) This is a still from ‘The Invention of Lying.” The basic plot is that Ricky Gervais’ character is the only one ...

UbuWeb: Protector of the avant-garde

(Mar 08, 2010) A relief from the nausea and clutter of our age is UbuWeb.  An online library dedicated to the avant-garde and non-commercial wo...

Public is the New Private in Relationships

(Feb 23, 2010) Ever feel like your life and relationship are more public than private? Arin Crumley and Susan Buice took this idea quite literal...

Passports to be given live

(Jan 26, 2010) I like watching award ceremonies transmitted live. It’s always exciting. A little bit of fashion. A little bit of faux pas. ...

Reverse

(Jan 25, 2010) Borys Lankosz’s award winning (11 awards at Gdynia Polish Film Festival, including Best Film and Audience Award) feature le...

Public Enemies….A Short Review

(Jan 24, 2010) Here is a shot of Johnny Depp playing real-life bank robber John Dillinger. The film shows Dillinger’s early life as one o...

TORPEDO

(Jan 21, 2010) Helene Hegemann What do you do when you were born in Bochum, you are young and you have big plans? You move to Berlin. Thats what ...