Catching Up

While I was away…

White people got funnier (to make fun of). Which reminds me of this golden oldie.

The case of Nabokov’s last manuscript got more…Nabokovian.

Spike Jonze’s 'Where The Wild Things Are' film may be in trouble. And check Jonze’s new(ish) video for Kanye West.

Polaroids can be beautiful.

Miles Davis’ visionary producer Teo Macreo dies.

Action director Michael Bay winks at himself in this Australian bank commercial.

Hip hop’s birthplace saved!

Dubstep got a film. Check the trailer.

Jeff Mangum, ‘The Salinger Of Indie Rock’

Shadow puppetry, the last refuge of the scoundrel!

The Verve and Yaz announce tours. Spiritualized announces new album. Looks like it’s going to be a good year.

Okay, this trailer is funny. Amazingly, the movie is directed by David Gordon Green, who made one my favorite arty indie films ‘All The Real Girls’. How did this Terence Malick acolyte become Apatowized?

Speaking of arty indie films, 'Forty Shades Of Blue' director Ira Sachs has new movie out now. 'Married Life' sounds like a cool pastiche of melodrama & film noir. Read about it here.