Six characters meet in a public bathhouse: the pedant bathhouse manager, a couple with a strange way of communicating and a gang with shady intentions. Something goes wrong. An animated short film from Niki Lindroth von Bahr screened at multiple festivals and… Continue Reading
Youth Lagoon was the stage name of the Boise, Idaho-based American musician Trevor Powers, active as Youth Lagoon from 2010-2016. His music was described as net-psychedelia, and included elements of Americana and experimental. Youth Lagoon’s debut album, The Year of Hibernation, was released in 2011, based on minimalism and hypnotic ambience melded… Continue Reading
Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a 1989 American independent drama film that brought director Steven Soderbergh to prominence. It tells the story of a man who films women discussing their sexuality, and his impact on the relationships of a troubled married couple and the wife’s younger sister.… Continue Reading
The Robbery is Jim Cummings short film, follow-up to Thunder Road, the 2016 Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner, and the comedy runner-up in recently announced Shorts of the Week awards. Featuring a sterling performance from Rae Gray in the lead role, this film… Continue Reading
Ruby Haunt (fka Haunt) is a musical project conceived by childhood friends Wyatt Ininns and Victor Pakpour via opposite ends of the coast (Los Angeles and Portland). The duo wrote their first three EPs this way, exchanging musical ideas over email, removed from any sort of immediacy… Continue Reading
Ever wondered where those light bulb moments come from? A lightning bolt from a brainstorm cloud creates a little, lost thought who just wants to find a place to belong but instead discovers what it takes to become a great… Continue Reading
Homeshake is the solo musical project of Montreal-based singer-songwriter and musician Peter Sagar, who is best known as the former guitarist for Mac DeMarco’s live band. Homeshake’s music features an indie pop sound, influenced by R&B and smooth soul with a lo-fi, home-recorded aesthetic. Featuring contributions from Mark Goetz, Greg Napier, and Brad… Continue Reading
Una mujer fantástica (A fantastic woman in the english version) is a 2017 Chilean drama film directed by Sebastián Lelio and starring Luis Gnecco and Daniela Vega between others. Four years ago, Lelio shook up the official competition in Berlin with Gloria, a bracingly honest, ultimately empowering study of the… Continue Reading
Wake in Fright (also known as Outback) is a 1971 Australian thriller film directed by Ted Kotcheff, about a young school teacher from Sydney who descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia. It stars Gary Bond, Donald Pleasence and Chips Rafferty. The screenplay, written by Evan Jones,… Continue Reading
ПЕРЕХОД (The crossing in the english version) is a Russian horror short film directed by Arseny Syuhin. Inspired by the early films of John Carpenter and a particularly unnerving underpass the director walked through on his way to work, The Crossing has… Continue Reading
Tame Impala is an Australian psychedelic band created by Kevin Parker in 2007. Parker’s music is heavily influenced by late 1960s and early 1970s psychedelic rock, which is achieved through various production methods. Some favoured and often-used effects by Parker include phasing, delay, reverb and fuzz. The group began as a home recording… Continue Reading
Lion is a 2016 drama film directed by Garth Davis (in his feature debut) and written by Luke Davies, based on the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley with Larry Buttrose. A five-year-old Indian boy gets lost on the streets of Calcutta, thousands of kilometers from home. He survives many… Continue Reading
if…. is a 1968 British drama film produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson satirising English public school life. Famous for its depiction of a savage insurrection at a fictitious boys’ boarding school, the X certificate film was made at the time of the May 1968 protests in France by a director… Continue Reading
Todo exterior (Street view in the english version) is a 2009 short film directed by Mercedes Domínguez, about an apartment viewing which can bring more than expected. It was one of the finalists at the Jameson Notodo Filmfest.
With influences that span the spacy experiments of the United States of America, the expansive, cinematic sounds of Ennio Morricone, and glamorous ’80s synth pop, Still Corners is the project of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray. The group formed shortly after Hughes, an American expatriate, met Murray by chance at… Continue Reading
A passive woman finds a new love of violence in the high-octane new film from German director Jakob Lass, who scored a hit in 2013 with his second feature Love Steaks and follows the ‘FOGMA’ manifesto that he developed while working on… Continue Reading
Mermelada is a comedy/drama short film directed by Benjamín Rojo, about the inner world and fantasies of a woman, striving to escape from her routine.
Vive la Fête was founded in 1997 by Danny Mommens (guitar, vocals) and Els Pynoo (vocals); when Mommens (then still playing in his former band dEUS) met Els at a party hosted by or for her sister. He had previously been an acquaintance of Pynoo’s… Continue Reading
While riding the tram over the last weeks, this is a general glimpse of the books and reading trends of the berliners in the public transport that I have observed: To kill a mockingbird (Wer die Nachtigall stört in german)… Continue Reading
Caligula is a 1979 Italian-American erotic historical drama film focusing on the rise and fall of the Roman Emperor Caligula. It stars Malcolm McDowell, Teresa Ann Savoy, Helen Mirren and Peter O’Toole between others. It is the only feature film produced by the men’s magazine Penthouse. Producer Bob Guccione, the magazine’s founder, intended to… Continue Reading
Gone goodbye is a short film directed by Keith Rivers, that explores relationships and privacy in unusual and surprising ways. It can be difficult to find a short film where the director has so successfully managed to craft together a… Continue Reading
With influences that span the spacy experiments of the United States of America, the expansive, cinematic sounds of Ennio Morricone, and glamorous ’80s synth pop, Still Corners is the project of Greg Hughes and Tessa Murray. The group formed shortly after Hughes, an American expatriate, met Murray by chance at… Continue Reading
Blue Jay is a drama romance film directed by Alex Lehmann in his fictional feature debut, from a screenplay by Mark Duplass. It stars Duplass and Sarah Paulson. The film was financed by Netflix without the company even seeing a script. Instead, Duplass wrote a 10-page outline that allowed for… Continue Reading
Smithereens is a 1982 film directed by Susan Seidelman and starring Susan Berman, Brad Rinn, and punk rock icon Richard Hell. The film follows a narcissistic young woman from New Jersey who comes to New York City to join the punk subculture, only to find that it’s gravitated towards Los Angeles;… Continue Reading
What if a wedding didn’t promise a new beginning but rather an ugly detour? That’s the core of Haroula Rose’s latest short film Wedding Dress, which follows the burgeoning relationship between two strangers who meet by chance. The film follows Michael (Joshua… Continue Reading
After a dormant period following the release of the Gallery EP in 2012, Craft Spells’ Justin Vallesteros is back with the gorgeously ambitious Nausea. It’s Craft Spells’ second proper full length LP, and first since 2010′s critically acclaimed Idle Labor. Since… Continue Reading
Sing street takes us back to 1980s Dublin seen through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from a home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to… Continue Reading
Point Blank is 1967 american hypnotic film of a man’s thirst for revenge. The pacing, color choices, and atmospheric music, led by Lee Marvin’s deadpan portrayal of Walker, yields a mesmerizing experience for the viewer. Shot and left for dead… Continue Reading
Stephan Tempier’s farcical Boredom stars Adrien Brody as a forty-year-old man-child who refuses to grow up or move out of his parent’s house. Each year, Spacey and co. along with Jameson’s First shot, recruit an actor (past years have included Willem Dafoe, Uma Thurman & Spacey… Continue Reading
Blouse is an American Alternative rock band based in Portland, Oregon; formed in 2010 by Charlie Hilton (Vocals, Guitar) and Patrick Adams (Bass) while attending the Graphic Design program at Portland State University. They began to record with Jacob Portrait (Producer, Guitar) at the warehouse in Portland, Oregon. Following the… Continue Reading
Aquarius is a 2016 Brazilian–French drama film directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Sonia Braga as Clara, the last resident of Aquarius building, who refuses to sell her apartment to a construction company that intends to replace it with a new edifice. It was selected to compete for… Continue Reading
Jubilee is a 1978 cult film directed by Derek Jarman. The film is heavily influenced by the 1970s punk aesthetic in its style and presentation. Shot in grainy colour, it is largely plotless and episodic. Location filming took advantage of London neighbourhoods that were economically depressed… Continue Reading
In the aftermath of a deadly haunting in a small suburban home, a sinister omnipresent entity proceeds to cause havoc in the private lives of a young boy, an unsuspecting teen, and an absent minded inspector. The short film written… Continue Reading
Donald Glover is an American actor, writer, producer, director, comedian, rapper, singer, and songwriter. As a recording artist, he usually performs under the stage name Childish Gambino, and as a disc jockey, he performs under the name mcDJ. He first came to attention for… Continue Reading
Tetro is a 2009 American-Argentine drama film written, directed and produced by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Vincent Gallo, Alden Ehrenreich and Maribel Verdú. Set in Argentina with a high content of film noir, this story of the reunion of two brothers follows the rivalries born out of creative differences passed down… Continue Reading
Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains is a 1982 film about three teenage girls, played by Diane Lane, Laura Dern and Marin Kanter, who start a punk band. A very inexperienced rock band flirts with fame thanks to a valuable assist from the media in this… Continue Reading
Le Ballon Rouge (The red balloon in the english version) is a 1956 French fantasy comedy-drama featurette written, produced, and directed by Albert Lamorisse. The thirty-five-minute short, which follows the adventures of a young boy who one day finds a sentient, mute, red balloon, was filmed in the Ménilmontant neighbourhood… Continue Reading
A trip to the mall with mom does not go as planned for a high school teacher after she crosses paths with some of her students. A short film based on the short story by Stacey Richter. The First Men, Benjamin… Continue Reading
101 Reykjavík is 2000 film based on the 1996 novel by Hallgrímur Helgason. Thirty-year-old Hlynur still lives with his mother and spends his days drinking, watching porn and surfing the net while living off unemployment checks. A girl is interested in him, but… Continue Reading
On the night before Christmas, a man will commit a desperate act. A tale about morality and the holiday season, by director DC Kasundra and cinematographer Tom Krymkowski, with an original composition of “Carol of the Bells” by Gene Hudson;… Continue Reading