FILM: Jellyfish Eyes
Iâve been a fan of the artwork of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and his âsuperflatâ pop-art inspired characters, so the potential to see them come alive in his new directorial debut Jellyfish Eyes was an interesting prospect. In the U.S., Murakami might be best known for his cover of Kanye Westâs Graduation album and his collaboration with More...
FILM: Best of Enemies
Back in 1968, of the three major T.V. networks vying for prime time Nelson-rated viewership, ABC was third down the list. They needed ratings and bad. A plan to boost their standing came in the form of offering More...
FILM: Mistress America
With such recent films as Frances Ha, While Weâre Young, and now his latest, Mistress America, filmmaker Noah Baumbach really seems to have established himself as The Storyteller of post-9/11 New York City and More...
FILM: Listen To Me Marlon
Marlon Brando eerily narrates the new bio documentary aboutâŠhimself in the new Listen To Me Marlon. Culled from over 300 hours of private audio tapes Brando made in his lifetime, with neat computer-generated animation More...
FILM: A Poem Is A Naked Person
A Poem Is A Naked Person is Les Blankâs film that was cobbled together between 1972 and 1974 about the legendary Leon Russell. That film was tackled to final assemblage just last year with Russellâs ok, by Blankâs More...
TV; Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll Press Premier Episodes And Q&A @ Webster Hall, NYC 6/23/15
God knows there is plenty of original programming coming at us from network T.V., H.B.O & Showtime and other cable networks, as well as Netflixâs most popular offerings. Now, Denis Leary is throwing his hat into More...
FILM: Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
âPlease read my diary, look through my things and figure me outâ âFrom the journals of Kurt Cobain Recently shown at the Tribeca Film Festival and airing on HBO, this documentary shows audiences one of the More...
FILM: Welcome to Me
A serious film tackling the delicate topic of mental illnesses is probably not what one would think of when one hears the names Kristen Wiig, Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, but that is indeed what one gets with the More...
TV: Daredevil: A Series Without Fear
The battle for the soul of Hellâs Kitchen between Daredevil and the Kingpin has taken an entire season to explode into full-scale comic book proportions â but the slow build-up of the new Netflix series was More...
DVD: Burt Sugarmanâs The Midnight Special DVD Box Set
I double dog dare you to find me a better decade for music (and music fashion) than the 70âs. I know people point to the bright colors, off-the-shoulder styles and all that synth pop stuff that sailed out at us More...
