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A documentary made by Shei Tan is about the Sikerei, a native people of an island in Asia who live cut off from the world, “in perfect harmony with the jungle that surrounds them.” In classic conflict, the government wants to push them out of their territory and into government villages, in turn selling the land to palm oil companies.

I saw this movie on Friday and have to tell you, don’t let the trailer fool you, Midnight in Paris is actually a good film.

by Don McGlynn, 1982

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Under The Influence of ESPO at Maysles Cinema.

As the un-official Steve Powers week on The World’s Best Ever draws to a close, we highly recommend going to watch this series of films including the rare 25 minute long Espo Runs The Show.

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A tantalizing short video for the new Thurston Moore album.

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A short film celebrating Steve’s 100th Daily Metaltation.

Successful Alcoholics

This is 25 minutes long, so it’ll be good to meditate at work to.

Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side) is a short film by Spike Jonze and Simon Cahn with original handmade creations by Olympia Le-Tan. The film is set for a worldwide premiere May 14th at La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. A synopsis and making of video are below.

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If you haven’t seen this beautiful, little short film by now, consider it your opportunity.

A short film directed by Daniel Askill for ksubi

I absolutely love what this guy does.

(Thanks Jason Jaworski!)

A short film written and directed by Gabriel Pryce “examining story structure. In creating characters, relationships, actions and definite but questionable connections, and limiting dialogue, Ginger asks the audience to decide rather than to decipher, to work around this framework of a story, to fill in the blanks as each individual sees fit to create a unique and personal viewing experience.”

A documentary about the “fading art form and language of Russian criminal tattoos.”

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This 1989 documentary by Elisabeth Aubert contains some great footage including Jeffrey Deitch with a hair helmet.

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A 1966 French-Canadien film about skateboarding directed by Claude Jutra.

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Cocksucker Blues is an unreleased documentary film directed by Robert Frank chronicling The Rolling Stones’ North American tour in 1972 in support of their album Exile on Main Street.

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Watch.

Girls, Boys, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Sex, Guns, Leather, Summer, Humidity, Suburbia.

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