February 2008
Oscar Boyson: Out of his League
An attempt to gain some cred on the mountain results in a harsh reminder of lost ability and a broken pole. Cinematography by Mom, commentary assistance by Sister.
Passionless Moments
Jane Campion Directed the movie The Piano in 1993. Ten years Earlier she made this:
for those who love papel
If anyone is in LA tonight check out the opening party for Geoff McFetridge’s new designs for Pottok.
Oh My Modern Day Jesus!
Avi Rothman is a man of many unique talents. If any of you missed the screening of Modern Day Jesus at our last event its well worth checking out. The lastest from Avi is a sweet trailer for a new pilot he is working on. Please enjoy.
Ladies and Gentleman, the Grand Ole Party
They did done doin it again. Our friends from the band Grand Ole Party have been getting a lot of good press recently. Not that we usually post about bands on this site but we couldn’t resist. Not only have these kids been chosen to play a number of shows at SXSW but they also have a page in Interview Magazine this month. To check out the article pick up Interview’s new magazine, it’s the one with Ellen Page on the cover.
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They are plastered all over the rags! You can also check out GOP in Nylon this month.
Be Fake Remake
I dunno what to say about this. Wonder if they use the same titles for the movies in the film?
My Family is Better than Your Family
Oh how I love finding sweet jems in Paper Magazine. This months mag featured an article on a new endeavor co-founded by Sammy Harkham over at LA’s own Family bookstore and two other cinematically inclined fellows Hadrian Belove and Dan Harkham. They call her CineFamily. Basically a small group of kids have gotten together and taken over the silent movie theatre over on Fairfax, turning it into a cinematic smorgasbord of stunning tasty treats.
Where the Wild Things Are
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“that was a very early test with the sole purpose of just getting some footage to Ben our vfx (visual effects) supervisor to see if our vfx plan for the faces would work. The clip doesn’t look or feel anything like the movie, the Wild Thing suit is a very early cringy prototype, and the boy is a friend of ours Griffin who we had used in a Yeah Yeah Yeahs video we shot a few weeks before. We love him, but he is not in the actually film…Oh and that is not a wolf suit, its a lamb suit we bought on the internet. Talk to you later…“
Woody Allen & Larry David!
Larry David is set to star in Woody Allen’s next, as-yet-untitled feature, which is scheduled to shoot in New York City in the spring.
+ a 1967 Woody Allen interview Russ found
Wholphin No. 5 Screening in New York Tomorrow
Wholphin is an incredible quarterly “dvd magazine of rare and unseen short films” published by the McSweeney’s guys. If you’re not familiar w/ the many arms of Dave Eggers’ empire, make a point of checking out the original Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Believer, and their 826 tutoring centers and conceptual storefronts (including their recently opened Echo Park Time Travel Mart).
Wholphin No. 5 is shipping any day now, but if you’re in New York tomorrow, you can see a selection of documentaries from the new issue presented on the big screen at the IFC Center as part of their Stranger Than Fiction nonfiction series (323 Avenue of the Americas). Either way, pick up the new issue as it includes Carson’s new short as well as a bunch of other incredible videos.
Bobby Bird in Chonto
Our friend Carson Mell showed his new short ‘Bobby Bird in Chonto‘ at Sundance last week and now it’s available on iTunes. It’s the latest installment in his Bobby Bird series for which he’s written a novel and an interactive dvd short ‘Bobby Bird: The Devil in Denim‘ (available on Wolphin No. 3). You can watch a preview of Chonto on YouTube and a bunch of other videos on Carson’s site — be sure to watch ‘Zewesawam‘ if you didn’t catch it at our December screening.
Oliver Laric
Oliver Laric is a Berlin-based artist working mostly with video. Below is one of his newer videos, but visit oliverlaric.com to see all of his incredible work.