Spike Jonze

Spike Jonze's Personal Documentarian and Matthew Lillard as a Director: Your Weekly Movie To-Do List

Our weekly list of special event movies to check out this week: Friday, Sept. 7 Filmmaker Lance Bangs has documented everything from the making of Spike Jonze's films Being John Malkovich and Where the Wild Things Are to Brad and Jen's wedding. For the past 20 years, he has also worked with bands ... More >>

Jonathan Gold, Benicio Del Toro, Spike Jonze, No Age at Cinefamily's Fantastic, Elastic 24-Hour Telethon

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Best Posts of the Week

Photo by Falling James​Last week ended with the death of hair metal hero Jani Lane and the Go-Go's being honored with a star on the Walk of Fame. The number one L.A. female rock band of all time (according to Lina Lecaro) returned to the Greek Theatre to play their annual show on Wednesday, an ... More >>

Top Five Spike Jonze Rap Videos That Are Better Than "Otis"

Kanye and Jay-Z​The Spike Jonze-directed video for Jay-Z and Kanye West's "Otis" debuted late last week. In it, the two professional luxury shoppers (and occasional rappers) gallivant around in a modified Maybach while rapping in front of a giant flag. If you've somehow missed it, knock yourse ... More >>

Britney, Beyoncé, & Foster the People's Guide to Your Post-Apocalyptic Future

A group of angry apocakids from the video for Foster the People's "Helena Beat" (Sony Music)​As the debt ceiling languishes unraised, whole regions of the US lie under floodwaters while others dry into baked earth, and the wedding cake topper industry finds itself facing major overhauls, peopl ... More >>

Exclusive: MOCA's "Art in the Streets" Artist Roll Call

Art in the Streets, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, photos by Gregory Bojorquez, courtesy of MOCA​ LA Weekly has the scoop on the much-anticipated artist list for the "Art in the Streets" exhibit at MOCA, which begins April 17. We can't wait. We figured you couldn't either. Look out for our ... More >>

Sofia Coppola: Lost at the Chateau Marmont

From party girl to Oscar winner, a journey to the stripped-down Somewhere

Haiku News: Wavves' Williams Arrested in Germany, Joan Baez Falls From Treehouse, Peter Hook Talks Joy Division Tour, Michael Jackson's Lost Video

Haiku News: Wavves' Williams Arrested in Germany, Joan Baez Falls From Treehouse, Peter Hook Talks Joy Division Tour, Michael Jackson's Lost Video

Watch: Crazy Ass Fatlip from Pharcyde Returns with New Electro Sound, English Accent, Lines About L.A. Women and Marilyn Manson

Fatlip struts his stuff in Hollywood.​Often troubled but admirably candid L.A. rapper Fatlip has returned with a brand new sound. The former Pharcyde member goes electro-funk in a just-out video for the unreleased song, "LA Girls." We assume he's not talking about the kind of L.A. girl that h ... More >>

Edward Sharpe Collaborates with Spike Jonze, Pro Skaters and Fireballs in New Video Featuring Unreleased Ima Robot Songs (MP3s Too!)

An actual screen-grab: Edward Sharpe and Spike Jonze ride their skateboard through the flames of death.​Worlds collide in a new Spike Jonze-produced skateboard short featuring unreleased Ima Robot songs and a whole heaping lot of pyrotechnics! What more do you need to know? Okay, a few deets ... More >>

Listen: ASKA's Stunning 'Love Trance,' Forthcoming on Manimal Vinyl

ASKA: simply stunning.​We're early on this one, but with good reason. On November 20, L.A. indie label Manimal Vinyl will release the debut, self-titled EP of ASKA, a.k.a. Aska Matsumiya, and this long-lead MP3 leak is a gorgeous sign of things to come. A pop gem in the label's impressive ex ... More >>

Phoenix captures LA sound for new Sofia Coppola movie

​International hipster supercouple Sofia Coppola (daughter of Francis Ford, ex-wife of Spike Jonze, Oscar winner for Lost in Translation) and Thomas Mars (lead singer of Phoenix, ie that French band you sort of care about who are not Daft Punk or Air) are in the process of making both a baby a ... More >>

Hipstergasm!: Spike Jonze and Arcade Fire Working on Precious Short-Film Together

​MTV is reporting that popular-yet-monotonous pop group Arcade Fire and eccentric trust-fund-skater director Spike Jonze are collaborating on a secretive movie project (a "short film"). That faint sound you just heard is the controlled explosion of thousands of heads of hipsters (aka Pabstafa ... More >>

Nightranger: We Wear It Well

Images for the Post-Video Age

Director Keith Schofield Makes Viral Video Stars

ASKA of Moonrats Collaborates With Flea, Nick Zinner For Spike Jonze Short

ASKA shuns the sweets aisle.​Scrappy music blog TwentyFourBit provides this bit of L.A. arts synchronicity. Spike Jonze has got a new 30-minute short circulating in the current Sundance lineup, and the trailer features an original song written by Aska Matsumiya who, as ASKA, has an EP due out ... More >>

For Monsters & Artists: The 'Where The Wild Things Are' Gingerbread House. Or Not A House.

Via @Atlantic_Food ("you might need an engineering degree for this one"), we found this post from the Australian blog A Table For Two: a gingerbread house based on the recent Spike Jonze' film Where the Wild Things Are. It's not really a house, but a recreation of the house-cave from the movie. A ne ... More >>

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Silverlake Scene Girl Porn or New Bishop Allen Video?: YOU Be the Judge!

To promote "True of False," the latest single from their months-old Grrr... album, Bishop Allen did what any clever bunch of average-looking, expensively-educated beardos from Brooklyn with Calexico-style horns and a stand-up drummer would do: draft your Bobbie-Gentry-lookalike girlfriend (now wife) ... More >>

Kanye Pulls Spike Jonze Mini-Movie Off His Website, Twitter Goes Crazy

Kanye Pulls Spike Jonze Mini-Movie Off His Website, Twitter Goes Crazy

Beasty Boy: Where the Wild Things Are

... according to Spike Jonze and Dave Eggers

SPIKE JONEZ MAKES MISCHIEF OF ONE KIND, OR ANOTHER

JUST WHERE ARE THE WILD THINGS? ALHAMBRA!

Spike Jonze and Co. to Debut a Where the Wild Things Are Pop-Up Shop and Art Opening at Space 15 Twenty

Here's some hot news: the highly anticipated Spike Jonze/Dave Eggers/Maurice Sendak adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are will begin its marketing blitz on Saturday, September 19 at Space 15 Twenty in Hollywood with a pop-up shop and art opening. The DJ will be Squeak E. Clean, also known as Sam S ... More >>

Last Night: The All Ladies Choir and AsDSSka at Family Bookstore

Sunday night at Family Bookstore on Fairfax found an assorted bunch of artsy types milling around waiting for the The All Ladies Choir and David Scott Stone and Aska to perform. The event was for a screening of Aska's new music video, which was shot by Spike Jonze and Crystal Moselle (which West Coa ... More >>

AsDSSka's New Video by Spike Jonze and Crystal Moselle: First Music on Family Bookstore Records

So much cool information to cram into one informational post. The duo: AsDSSka is Aska Matsumiya of the Sads and Moonrats, and Sir David Scott Stone, whose thick and rich modular synthesizer sounds have more depth than any state-of-the-art digital sampler. The record label: Family Bookstore Reco ... More >>

Synecdoche, New York: Art Imitates Life Imitating Art in Charlie Kaufman's Latest

The world is a stage

Interview: Charlie Kaufman on Synecdoche, New York

By Liz Ohanesian Philip Seymour Hoffman (L) and Charlie Kaufman (R) on the set of Synecdoche, New York. There will be a moment in Synecdoche, New York, the directorial debut from screenwriter Charlie Kaufman (Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) when you realiz ... More >>

Tonight at the Silent Movie Theatre: Rare Footage from the Delicious Vinyl Vaults

Cinefamily at the Silent Movie Theatre has been on fire this month, each week delivering films from the birth and golden era of hip hop. This is the final week of the month-long series. Tonight they're turning over the reigns to the estimable Delicious Vinyl crew, who will be screening rare foot ... More >>

Jonathan Wells

The champion

Secret Agent Man: Chris Cooper in the overlooked Breach

Veteran character actor gives a star turn for the ages

Nightranger: Mi Casa vs. Su Casa

Arthur Mag Dead

ARTHUR MAG IS DEAD. This on Pitchfork:  Hippies, stoners, and folk freaks the world over wept today as it was announced that Arthur magazine will close its doors after five glorious years of delivering discourse and pretty pictures on art, music, and more to our marijuana-stained hands. As con ... More >>

Screen and Be Seen

Hipsters Must Die

10 signs of the (Yindie) apocalypse

Water Water Everywhere

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About a Boy

Growing up with Charlie Kaufman

Best in Film: Ella Taylor

Pale Fire

The quiet determination of Sofia Coppola

Prodigal Son

Aaron Rose is back, and he's brought his merry band of art-world outlaws with him

Inside 'Charlie Kaufman'

The metafictional mayhem in — and behind — Spike Jonze's Adaptation

The Misfits

Four killer producers on the cutting edge of independent film

Crap Circles

The End of Propaganda

From ad fab to d.o.a.

Marx's Family, Galileo's Daughter and Socrates' Dog

A few of our favorite reads this year

What It Was

Meltdown Music

The best of '99

The Year of The Sopranos

Adding up '99

Tempting Fate

Character and destiny in Being John Malkovich and Dreaming of Joseph Lees