White Girl is an American film written and directed by Elizabeth Wood in her directorial debut, in which Leah, a college student, falls hard for a bad boy and then goes to wild extremes to get him back.. It stars Morgan Saylor, Brian Marc and… Continue Reading
A dark coming of age tale about what it means to have a moral compass, Rollo Wenlock’s film, A Bend in the Road, is a striking representation of the sometimes violent transition from boyhood to manhood. Set in the backlands of… Continue Reading
Carnival of Souls is a 1962 American independent horror film starring Candace Hilliness. Its plot follows a young woman whose life is disturbed after a car accident, finding herself drawn to the pavilion of an abandoned carnival. Set to an organ score by Gene Moore, Carnival of Souls relies more on atmosphere than… Continue Reading
A short film drama from Australian filmmaker Denie Pentecost that was nominated for a Palm d’Or; Sexy Thing is the story of a young boy who escapes his reality by immersing himself in a watery version of the world. With no dialogue apart from an… Continue Reading
Cut Copy is an Australian electronic band formed in 2001 by DJ Dan Whitford (vocals, keyboards and guitar). Initially a home-recording project, the band now includes Tim Hoey (guitars), Ben Browning (bass guitar) and Mitchell Scott (drums). Their sound is much in the vein of… Continue Reading
Porches is an alias of style shifting indie singer songwriter Aaron Maine, though at times Porches function as a band. His vocals sound as if recorded a good five feet away from the microphone, filling all the space of a… Continue Reading
Warpaint is an American indie rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2004. Former Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist John Frusciante mixed and mastered the band’s debut EP, Exquisite Corpser eleased in 2008. Current RHCP guitarist Josh Klinghoffer performed drums and guitar on the EP in 2007. It was followed by their full-length… Continue Reading
While enjoying a quiet meal by himself at a cafe, a man has an unusual but important encounter. Writer and director Stefan Parker has done an amazing job stitching together many techniques to make this engaging film. Without any real… Continue Reading
Made in Britain is a 1983 British television film written by David Leland, and directed by Alan Clarke, about a 16-year-old racist skinhead named Trevor, and his constant confrontations with authority figures. It was originally broadcast on ITV on 10 July 1983 as the fourth in an untitled series… Continue Reading
A short film starring Garry Hayden and directed by Tommy O’Connor, about one man and his desperation to end all his problems.
Sarah and Bram’s road trip takes a horrifying turn when they stop for a bathroom break in the dark woods of Wallonia. Arrêt Pipi is a short horror film directed by Maarten Groen and commissioned by Dutch public broadcaster VPRO.… Continue Reading
Chazwick Bradley Bundick (born November 7, 1986), better known by his stage name Toro y Moi, is an American recording artist and producer. His music has taken on many forms since he began recording, but he is often identified with the… Continue Reading
9 Songs is a 2004 British art romantic drama film written and directed by Michael Winterbottom. The title refers to the nine songs played by eight different rock bands that complement the story of the film. The film tells the modern love story set over… Continue Reading
A getaway driver waiting outside a bank robbery has three nerve shredding minutes to get through before his crew returns. All he has to do is focus…
Marcos Ortega, better known by his stage name Lorn, is an American electronic musician. Lorn is from either Milwaukee, Wisconsin or central Illinois. He received early exposure as a DJ due to his remix of grime musician Jammer’s track “Better Than”. Lorn signed with Flying Lotus’ label, Brainfeeder, in 2009 and released his debut album, Nothing Else,… Continue Reading
Eden Lake is a 2008 British thriller film written and directed by James Watkins and starring Kelly Reilly, Michael Fassbender and Jack O’Connell. Refusing to let anything spoil their romantic weekend break, a young couple confront a gang of loutish youths with terrifyingly brutal consequences. Dennis Harvey reviewed the film for Variety and… Continue Reading
A man quits his job, leaves his girlfriend and drives to Vegas to put all of his money on red.
The debut album from Springtime Carnivore (aka the nom de tune of Greta Morgan) is a dreamy work of ebullient pop and looming psychedelia, evoking a mellow high on a Sunday afternoon, where everything is magnified and glows in Technicolor.… Continue Reading
Formed in 2010 in Kobe, The fin. (the full stop is included in its name) consists of Uchino on vocals and synthesizer, Ryosuke Odagaki on guitar, Takayasu Taguchi on bass and Kaoru Nakazawa on drums. The band self-released 2,000 copies… Continue Reading
Think of those blistering summer days that make everyone delirious and it almost feels as if anything is possible, and this will take you to where director Minka Farthing-Kohl found inspiration for his short Stray Dogs. In fact, the opening scene… Continue Reading
Mark Wilkinson, known by his stage name Wilkinson, is a British drum and bass music producer and DJ from London. He has released music on RAM Records and Hospital Records, as well as Virgin EMI. The music video Half light depicted a young couple, played by Irish actors… Continue Reading
One Man’s Loss is about a man whose down and out, living rough, with no signs of things getting any better. But as if by chance his life is dramatically altered when he treads on a piece of glass outside… Continue Reading
Husky Rescue are a Finnish electronic music band from Helsinki, formed in 2002. The band consists of Marko Nyberg, Johanna Kalén and Antony Bentley. The band was formed by Nyberg, who began composing under the name in 2002, wanting to create cinematic music… Continue Reading
Kleingeld (Small change in the english version), is an Oscar nominated Short Film directed by Marc Andreas-Bochert, in which a businessman and a begger meet daily on the street. The businessman gives the beggar some small change each day and… Continue Reading
Written and directed by Ben Phelps, Checkpoint is a short film in which an encounter ends in tragedy when a Lebanese-Australian family is harassed by a group of soldiers at a checkpoint in outback Australia.
Duel is a 1971 television (and later full-length theatrical) thriller film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Richard Matheson. It stars Dennis Weaver as a terrified motorist stalked on a remote and lonely road by the mostly unseen driver… Continue Reading
Sillyboy is an Art-rocker who lives in a old detached house, above a railway network, in a working-class suburb of Athens. This railway peculiarity is the trademark of his home studio, a peculiarity that one could easily find in many… Continue Reading