Weekend Watching: Sid Vicious – Sid! By Those Who Really Knew Him
Tim and Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie
Looking forward to this! (18 & older)
Anthony Lister x Rise of the Planet of the Apes
A nice wall in LA to dedicate the blu-ray release of Rise of The Planet of the Apes on Twentienth Century Fox Home Entertainment.
photos by Willie T
This Has ‘Americana Blog’ Written All Over It
Pickin’ and Trimmin’ is a documentary by Matt Morris about The Barbershop in Drexel, NC.
Morning Dose of Sit Down and Shut Up
An effective phrase.
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Shame
Shame is the second feature film from visual artist Steve McQueen, and like his previous work, Hunger, it is visceral and mesmerizing.
Set in Manhattan, the film follows Brandon (Michael Fassbender), a 30-something corporate executive, as he struggles with sex addiction. He has casual encounters with women he meets on the streets, hardcore sex with prostitutes and masturbates to double-anal videos he stores on his hard drive at work.
Though the NC-17 film is rife with sex—in full-frontal detail—there is little pleasure in it. Instead, Shame captures what it’s really like to live with sex addiction: Brandon is devastatingly lonely and emotionally shut off from the world. That is, until his chanteuse sister (Carey Mulligan) comes to live with him, further complicating his life and exposing his shame.
Through delicate cinematography, long takes and, most of all, Fassbender’s stellar performance, Shame is an intense personal journey that is as rattling as it is gorgeous.
Shame is now playing in select theaters. For when and where to see the film, visit Fox Searchlight.Â
Flight of the Frenchies
I Believe I Can Fly, a documentary about a group of French daredevils, looks fascinating. Though I’m a little disappointed R. Kelly isn’t in it.
—Zio
19 Business Days Until Christmas
Until the Friday before Christmas, we’ll be posting one product a day to help make the holiday the most gifted one yet
Bret Easton Ellis dvd collection. You’ll have to buy Less Than Zero, Rules of Attraction, American Psycho, and The Informers individually but, the total shouldn’t be more than $30.
Chlorine: A Pool Skating Documentary
Features Steve Alba, Dave Reul, Lance Mountain, Brian Patch, Tony Alva, Steve Olson, and more. Film in 4 parts after the jump
Morning Dose of Total Recall
Arnold Schwarzenegger comments on DVD Extra for Total Recall.
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The Title Design of Saul Bass
And after you’re finished watching this magic, check out Martin Scorcese’s writing on the talent of Saul Bass
Weekend Watching: The Deadly Art of Survival
A 1979 martial arts epic set in the LES by Charlie Ahearn
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11-11-11 is Also International Nigel Tufnel Day
In honor of amplifiers that go to 11.
Here are some words from Sinuhe Xavier about the videos you’re about to watch.
“I was asked to shoot an interview with Spinal Tap in 2008 for CAA that would later run in Vanity Fair. Art Streiber, Vanity Fair’s photographer, was nice enough to allow me 30 minutes on his set at 5th and Sunset Studios. They have never been shown anywhere but my reel, with 11-11-11 International Nigel Tufnel Day on our hands I felt it appropriate to release these to the world.”
