Be Kind Rewind comes out today and if you know anything about me then you know I am absolutely in love with Michel Gondry. I actually met him at a Bjork concert (can you believe that!) and he was so nice … I wanted to say “Hi I Love your work and it really inspires me” but instead I said something like “Uhhh Hi I like your stuff” but he just laughed and shook my hand and gave me that “Everything will be OK” look. What a great human being! You will also know that Mos Def happens to be a personal hero of mine. SO needless to say I will be going out immediately to watch this movie. I always thought that Jack Black was one of the funniest people on the planet and over time it seems he has lost some of that spunk that made me like him in the first place but hopefully this movie can restore some of my faith in him.

Michel Gondry also recently opened Be Kind Rewind(yes, identically titled to the film), an exhibition at New York’s Deitch Projects.

For the exhibition, Michel Gondry will be recreating the video store in the gallery, complete with a back lot containing a variety of movie sets where visitors can make their own renditions of films. All videos created during the exhibition can be viewed in the gallery. About the project, Gondry states, “I don’t intend nor have the pretension to teach how to make films. Quite the contrary. I intend to prove that people can enjoy their time without being part of the commercial system and serving it. Ultimately, I am hoping to create a network of creativity and communication that is guaranteed to be free and independent from any commercial institution.”

For more information visit: Deitch Projects

movies are getting less and less original everyday and i find it increasingly harder to pick a movie that i really want to spend $10.00 on and take up almost 2 hours of my time to sit down and watch. so i’ve decided to start watching movies based on my initial reaction to the movie poster. i wish i could take the time to read the critic reviews, catch sneak peeks, catch up on the movie forums … but i just don’t have the time …. so movie poster pics it is:

headless statue of liberty? burning brink of destruction new york? 2 questions but just 1 answer: yes

i like nerds.

i’ll take it.

unicorn and neal patrick harris just work. count me in.

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“If the KKK was smart enough they would of created gangster rap because it is such a caricature of black masculinity and young people of color are being represented with this idea that somehow these people represent us and they are cool and they will stand in for us against the white power structure
but in actuality they are completely subservient to the white power structure. It’s really an ironic sad reality.”

Quote overheard today in the movie Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes

I saw this yesterday with my boyfriend. GO SEE THIS MOVIE! It is absolutely amazing.

What does the blue rose signify? Someone call David Lynch.

Directed by: Alison Chernick

Now Playing: NYC at the IFC Center or available on IFC On Demand

If you have ever looked at the work of Matthew Barney and walked away scratching your head you may be missing some of today’s most profound art. Although he may be the darling of the art world, much of the public will never come to understand exactly what Matthew Barney is trying to say. Alison Chernick’s movie Matthew Barney: No Restraint could be the key to making sense of the mind and method of this incredible artist. The documentary covers the production of Drawing Restraint 9, Barney’s latest film as well as the progression of his art over the years. Chernick shows us a rarely seen side of Barney, but still much is left to be explained. I doubt anyone could truly break the surface of his larger than life character, but we do catch small glimpses of man simply making sense of the world around him.

For more information check IFC Films First Take

i really love this movie. it is without a doubt one of my favorite movies ever. john made me watch it and i am so happy he did. i just found out who they guy playing guitar through out the whole film is: seu jorge. he recorded a whole album for the movie, all portuguese language covers of david bowie songs.

so in conclusion, Wes Anderson is a fucking brilliant man. and i really want need a team zissou membership card. if anyone knows how to get one, please let me know!!

so do you remember the royal tenenbaums? yeah i know. well when i saw that movie in the theaters, my friends and i went insane looking for these paintings that were in one part of the movie.

so i saw that movie again today and had to put those paintings up because they are so fuckin sick:

these paintings are by Miguel Calderon and they are apart of a series and the rest can be seen here.

i mean come on. genius.

this really brings me back. wow