Saturday: Group Show One in the back room gallery Sunday: Dear JD Salinger, I Forgive You Signed, Yoko Launch Group Show One is the first in a series of group exhibitions in FAMILY's new Back Room Gallery Artist Bios: Ashley Snow Macomber is represented by Kavi Gupta Gallery (Chicago) and has...

Last night, the Brits awarded their very own in independent film at the 12th Annual British Independent Film Awards. Leading the pack of nominees was Duncan Jones with his must-see film of the year, MOON. MOON is the $5 million budgeted, science fiction/psychological thriller focusing on solitary lunar employee ‘Sam Bell’, who experiences a [...]

The Sundance Institute announced today the slate of shorts which will be screened at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. I’m Here, directed by Spike Jonze; The Fence, directed by Rory Kennedy; Logorama, directed by François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, and Ludovic Houplain; and Seeds of the Fall, directed Patrik Eklund will premiere the first Thursday to kick off the start of the competition screenings. The Sundance Film Festival will run January 21-31 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah. The full list of shorts are below. U.S. DRAMATIC SHORTS Charlie and the Rabbit (Directors: Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck and Robert Machoian) -- Charlie, a four year-old who loves Bugs Bunny, decides to...

I was wondering what to write about this week, and figured that seeing as I am indeed an Australian, I would recommend 5 Australian films that strive to move pass the usual ‘ocker’ themes associated with our cinematic identity. A somewhat disassociation with the typical films we are unfortunately known too well for (CROCODILE DUNDEE, [...]

This week I am joined by art and technology writer Joanne McNeil to discuss Lars von Trier's Antichrist. We dispense quickly with any moralizing about the graphic violence that has earned the film so much controversy then get into why...

Oodles of research reveals just how important arts education is when it comes to developing young minds. According to Americans for the Arts, young people who participate in the arts are many times more likely to be recognized for academic...

by Ryland Walker Knight [Spent a lot of last week running around town, and working on a non-cinematic (ahem, paid) writing project, so movies took a necessary back seat. I read instead. And, yeah, with this work and the basketball options in high definition (not to mention a visit to Oracle...

In the NYT, Karen Rosenberg chronicles the convoluted, market-impacted history of a mysterious, maybe-Velazquez, maybe-self-portrait on view at the Met.The Louisville Courier-Journal's Diane Heileman reports that the Speed Museum has just snagged another $10 million and has building on the...

Today’s quick lit [& alt.cult] links from around the web: Radio show on Flann O’Brien (via Darran Anderson) & Rare audio clip of Orson Welles & HG Wells (via @thebookslut) & Poe at auction (via @MAOrthofer) & Tao Lin on Bookworm with Michael SIlverblatt & HTMLGIANT’s 2nd...