As tends to be the case, several of the best films made in the last year have yet to screen outside of the festival circuit. For some this is because their scheduled release date simply hasn't arrived; others are still waiting to be picked up by a distributor in the first place. The vagaries of cin ... More >>
With Greta Gerwig as his collaborator, Noah Baumbach shows a new lightness of touch
Damsels in Distress, and a director in distress
Abel Ferrara's apocalypse
See also: Portlandia Was Partly Inspired by Los Angeles Since Kickstarter launched less than four years ago, the "crowdfunding" site has become as ubiquitous as the hipster mustache. Who doesn't know a musician, aspiring filmmaker or underwater basket weaver who has concocted a clever video beseech ... More >>
The top groupies in the audience for Portlandia the Tour have been a gay couple from Napa that attended the Los Angeles show last night dressed in matching "Put a Bird on It" t-shirts. They've been to every show on the tour so far. Portlandia actors/creators Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein are ap ... More >>
Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein's Portlandia has put Portland on the pop culture map. To quote from the show itself, it's a place where young people can go and retire, all the hot chicks wear glasses, and you can put a bird on anything and call it art. The Saturday Night Live cast member and the ... More >>
Also, Eleni Mandell, Steve Reich, Call Us Forgotten and others
Also: Wadada Leo Smith's Ten Freedom Summers, Danzig and others
How Swedish journalists predated hip-hop as the CNN of the streets
The confounded expectations of Aaron Katz's third indie feature
The beautiful horndogs of Gregg Araki's latest get blown
Claire Denis and Isabelle Huppert, in the muck of revolution
Family time with indie darling Lena Dunham
