“I don’t know what this is,” said Jem Cohen, in his introduction to last night’s screening of his new work Empires of Tin at the IFC Center. He went on to call it “a documentary musical hallucination,” which really only chips the surface of this astounding, frustrating, one-of-a-kind piece.
Voting, resourcing, Elliott Smith and the sad legacy of THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
The final installment of the New York Underground Film Festival opens with HEAVY METAL IN BAGHDAD.
How Eliot Spitzer’s hooker habit could have a lasting impact on the New York State film industry.
In this edition: Snakes, New York, and art porn. Oh–and the Sex and the City movie.
In response to widespread, well-intentioned but not always on-the-mark outrage from the local DIY film and video communities, the New York Mayor’s Office of Film, Theater and Broadcasting has agreed to revise their proposed regulations on public filming. Picture NY is calling it a tentative victory. Variety quotes video producer Lisa Guido: “I think we [...]
As a protest over filming in New York hits its peak, it seems like some of the protesters are losing sight of the cause.
Mayor Bloomberg is considering a proposal that would severely limit DIY filmmaking in NYC. Street filmmaker Jem Cohen isn’t having it.
An experimental filmmaker and a punk icon take on the most mythic rock song of the past two decades.
Kevin Buist
FLAME + CITRON Review
Christopher Campbell
Happy Halloween Links. Today in Film...
Brandon Harris
5 80s Literary Adaptations Worse Than...
Kevin Kelly
John Krasinski, Brief Interviews With...
Karina Longworth
SpoutBlog, Now Available in Book Form
Paul Moore
October 31, Karina’s Last Day
Lauren Wissot
Sasha Grey Interview
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