Category Archives: Film

Little O in Hollywood, The Foxiest Family

When I was a sophomore at Bard I started babysitting for the coolest kids and their cooler mom. The Fox family is well known in Rhinebeck NY, Gina Fox and her husband used to own the Hudson Valley Antiquer newspaper … Continue reading

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On The Road Again, The Beats at Sundance

Winter break during my sophomore year at Bard I decided to drive out West to Nevada to join an action the American Indian Movement was doing for the Western Shoshone Dann Sisters. I was knee deep into my environmental work … Continue reading

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Sundance 2013, More Ones to Watch, Premiers & Docs

Sundance released the final list of films today for 2013 in the feature and documentary premiers category and it looks AMAZING. I spent yesterday reading The Typewriter is Holy by Ben Morgan cover to cover so am knee deep in … Continue reading

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Sundance 2013, Ones To Watch

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Sundance announced its list of films for January. From Robert Redford, “Every great film starts with an idea, and it is a testament to artists that they continually find new ideas, new … Continue reading

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Day Look, Sundance is Around the Corner!

Truth be told, of all the things I get to do in a year, and I get to do some seriously fabulous things, Sundance is by far my favorite. It is the perfect marriage of film and fashion, satisfying every … Continue reading

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Hollywood Unseen

The Antique Collector’s Club out of the UK released Hollywood Unseen this month, a gorgeous book of staged publicity shots from the old Hollywood studio system. There is an endless stream of inspiration here in the idealized shots from the … Continue reading

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John Cassavettes’ Shadows

http://www.hulu.com/watch/256822/shadows One of my favorite films is John Cassavettes’ first feature Shadows, which for years people thought was completely improvised but in fact was scripted all along. An absolutely gorgeous film done in New York City in 1959. The entire … Continue reading

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Mindwalk

I love this film. Mindwalk came out while I was in high school so I got to see it on the big screen but it’s still amazing to watch all these years later. Listen to the physicist’s monologue describing the … Continue reading

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More Than Words, AFI Levi’s Short Films

Although all of the short films I saw at last week’s screening were incredibly well done and each one told amazing stories in under five minutes, this was my favorite short from the AFI Levi’s short film series I saw. … Continue reading

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Starlet

I saw Sean Baker‘s new film Starlet last night at the Audi sponsored AFI festival that has been going on all week. The film stars model and great granddaughter of Ernest, Dree Hemingway as a young porn actress who befriends … Continue reading

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