Film
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Buggin Out in the Bunker
Specimens from the ‘illustration bunker‘ of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive:
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Lena Horne
“Horne was an important trailblazer, the first African American performer signed by a major Hollywood studio.” “Actor, singer and activist” Lena Horne died on Sunday at the age of 92.
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Shit Justin Halpern Says
“It’s been insane. It’s like hitting the lottery, only less money. But I’m lucky like that, you know? Internet money.” The Book Bench talks with Justin Halpern, whose Twitter feed, @shitmydadsays, has led to the publication of a collection of…
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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 his latest work, Chip Kidd, The Thing Quarterly presents issue…
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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? Click here to learn more.
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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 case and for future columns, the 10-minute, 40-minute, and 70-minute…
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Cinco de Mayo
Do not miss this special Cinco de Mayo message to Arizona from director Robert Rodriguez.
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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 Bambi? (originally titled Anarchy in the U.K.).
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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.
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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 Spike Lee and Eric Bogosian, Ugly Duckling Presse presents “Talk…
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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, plus this event will be a rare chance to see…
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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 will give you the details on: a documentary by Tim…