Notable New York, This Week 5/10 – 5/16
This week in New York, Granta’s Sex Party, The Moth Mainstage presents Saints and Sinners, SLEIGH BELLS perform, Emily Gould celebrates her new memoir with a party, Sebastian Junger discusses…
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Make a Movie with Franco
Do you want a chance to star in a short film directed by, and in collaboration with, James Franco? Do you have $25? Most importantly, do you care about children?…
10/40/70 #6: Punishment Park
This column is an experiment in writing about film: what if, instead of freely choosing which parts of the film to address, I select three different, arbitrary time codes (in this…
Cinco de Mayo
Do not miss this special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona from director Robert Rodriguez.
Who Killed Bambi?
“This, for the benefit of future rock historians, is the transcript of a screenplay I wrote in the summer of 1977.” Roger Ebert’s screenplay about the Sex Pistols, Who Killed…
The Rumpus Review of 44 Inch Chest
This is a man’s world, where nothing is off-limits, and you’d better be able to dish it out, or you’re going to take an ungodly amount.
Notable New York, This Week 5/3 – 5/9
This week in New York Electric Literature celebrates the launch of Issue 4, the Shepard Fairey exhibit is at Deitch Projects, Daniel Clowes discusses Wilson, John Leguizamo is honored by…
Gary Snyder Event May 3rd in San Francisco
On Monday evening, SFIFF53 is presenting a short documentary about the life and work of Gary Snyder, The Practice of the Wild, and I recommend it; the film is interesting,…
SFIFF53: Dispatch #6, Weekend Picks
Coverage of the San Francisco International Film Festival by Rumpus Film editor Jeremy Hatch. There’s some great, possibly-overlooked-by-you stuff coming up in the festival today through Sunday, and these picks…
SFIFF53: Dispatch #5, Don Hertzfeldt
Coverage of the San Francisco International Film Festival by Rumpus Film editor Jeremy Hatch. When programming director Rachel Rosen took the stage at the Kabuki last Friday night to present…
10/40/70 #5: Cure
This column is an experiment in writing about film: what if, instead of freely choosing which parts of the film to address, I select three different, arbitrary time codes (in this…
Tribeca Film Festival Questionnaire: We Ask, They Answer. #3: The Space Between
WE ASK THE ACTORS TO ANSWER SOME QUESTIONS…AND DRAW Flight Attendant Montine McLeod (Academy Awarded nominated Melissa Leo) finds herself the unlikely guardian of Omar (Anthony Keyvan), a Pakistani boy…