Tag: Film
Defenders of the old copyright order say it’s all about protecting content creators–if you download an album or movie for free, the logic goes, you’re depriving an artist of the income he or she deserves and disincentivizing them to continue making art. While that’s usually true to some degree, it leaves out something important out; […]
This Is the End (2013) Mainstream comedy movie, funny. All the celebrities! Playing “themselves.” Seth Rogen & Jay Baruchel (who?) at James Franco’s house party; THE APOCALYPSE AND SHIT. Meta-commentary on the frivolous conceptual currency of celebrity. Survivalist slapstick. Hollywood big budgetry. Rihanna is hot. Smoke weed. THE FRANCO OVERLOAD FACTOR: 2.5 out of 5 Much Franco! “Franco, […]
The New York State Pavilion, a vestige of the 1964 World’s Fair, looks like a dying spaceship sitting in Flushing Meadows Corona Park, or maybe an airport left behind by some forgotten civilization. Once a a vibrant attraction that hosted tourists from all over, the pavilion has been mostly forgotten, unused since the 1970s. One New Yorker, a […]
ANIMAL stopped by the opening of Jonas Mekas’s exhibit “OUTLAW: NEW WORKS” at the Microscope Gallery last night. The 90-year-old Lithuanian filmmaker, “godfather of American avant-garde cinema” and founder of the invaluable Anthology Film Archives was cheerful and friendly, despite the aggressive theme of his show. I dedicate this Exhibition to all artists who had to go […]
Opening tomorrow at the Brooklyn Museum is the much anticipated retrospective of the anonymous artist group The Bruce High Quality Foundation. The exhibition, Ode to Joy, 2001–2013 will feature a massive body “less than 17,000” works. The group, “created to foster an alternative to everything,” is often hyped for their the decision to keep their identities hidden as artists’ […]
For Australian cyclist Shane Perkins, the Keirin–a Japanese cycling race in which participants sprint after a lap paced by a motorcycle–means a lot of things. It’s redemption for his spotted past as an Olympic competitor; it’s a way back into professional cycling; it’s a chance to provide for his family. Ryoku, a film documenting Perkins’s personal and […]
“The stairs will be steep and potentially slippery.” “You must be willing to stay for up to 10 hours.” “You will be asked to participate vocally, as well as to take part in some guided movement.” Legendary artist Matthew Barney is filming at the Brooklyn Navy Yard this Saturday, Art F City tells us. here’s still room for a small […]
Steher racing is a special type of bike racing event where track cyclists ride within the slipstream of specially-equipped motorcycles referred to as dernys. It’s similar to keirin 競輪 / ケイリン races, which have been wildly popular in Japan for decades, but instead of cyclists riding behind one driver on a single derny, each cyclist rides […]
ANIMAL loves bikes. ANIMAL loves film. New York’s edition of Bicycle Film Festival 2013 kicks off June 26th, so get excited. Since 2001, BFF has grown into a huge celebration of all styles of bikes and cycling, with sold-out film screenings and events around the world. Ah, it’s going be fun: Bikes Rock, Joy Ride Art […]
At first glance, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess looks like a documentary filmed in the early ’80s. Then, you realize… This could be this year’s best new film. See chess software programmers spend several days in a crappy hotel. There’s a Swiss-style chess tournament: “We get to know the eccentric geniuses possessed with the vision to teach […]
