Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross tear it up again with the help of Karen O. on this cover of Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song" for their soundtrack of David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. In the usual smart style…
From the filmmaker's apt description on Vimeo: "At The Barbershop in Drexel, NC, the atmosphere is laid back, the conversation free, and the music a cut above the rest." Director Matt Morris created this terrific documentary short about the barbershop…
[singlepic id=172 w=320 h=500 float=left]The Towering Inferno was one of the standout films of the 70s disaster movie wave. Produced by Irwin Allen, who also produced The Poseidon Adventure two years earlier, the movie takes place in The Glass Tower,…
I had the sheer delight of seeing Adele perform here in New York City at the Beacon theater this summer. It was a concert to behold. On November 29, Adele will release Live at the Royal Albert Hall, a concert…
It has to be one of the most ridiculous movies ever made. It is also one of the most fun. I speak of the 1968 pulp masterpiece Danger: Diabolik. Master thief Diabolik (John Phillip Law) gets his kicks stealing money,…
Anyone who doesn't love Pixar movies is either blind or irrevocably bitter. The stories, the humor, the emotion, the animation... I have been thoroughly charmed by every Pixar film I've ever seen (though I thought Cars was an anomalous misfire)…
First Run Features [singlepic id=157 w=120 h=150 float=left]Charles and Ray Eames are probably my favorite designers of the mid-century movement. I am the proud owner of two Eames Plastic Armchairs, an Eames Round Table, an Eames Aluminum Management Chair and…
I stumbled across this black and white photo illustrating terrific detail of the exquisite production design of Kubrick's 1968 masterpiece. Notice the Bell System "Picturephone" and Howard Johnson's Earthlight Room. At another angle on this same space station set in…
Alec Baldwin's new podcast via WNYC starts today. With new episodes released every two weeks, the show lets us listen in on an intimate conversation between Mr. Baldwin and other performers, artists, movers and shakers. From WNYC: Alec sidesteps the…
Because he had unyielding charm… because he could make you feel safe in the face of imminent danger… because Hitchcock hired him multiple times… because he was fucking Cary Grant…