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  • Finding Vivian Maier: New Doc Uncovers Secret Street Shooter. (Documentary)

    I first wrote about Vivian Maier in a previous post several years ago. Maier worked as a live in nanny for well heeled Chicago families in tony neighborhoods. There was nothing all that remarkable about her profession; it was what she got up to in her spare time that intrigues. To say she had a…

  • Jodorowsky’s Dune: The Greatest Sci Fi Film Never Made. (Documentary)

    Chilean surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky had previously been know for LSD inspired movies like El Topo and The Holy Mountain, before deciding on adapting the classic Frank Herbert novel Dune. What followed next was years of pre-production and elaborate prep work for a film that was never made. But now at least, we have another…

  • Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me: PSA on 60s Gang Culture. (Culture, Film)

    Ask Me, Don’t Tell Me is a 1961 public service announcement shot mini-documentary style about “Youth For Service”, paid for by an organization called the American Friends Service Committee (a Quaker based company, still very much active today). The film is a fascinating journey into various youth gang subcultures in early 60s San Francisco. Music…

  • Flume’s New Video: Space Cadet Feat. Ghostface Killah. (Music Review)

    Brand new video from Flume that just got dropped yesterday. Space Cadet is one of the best tracks (though, admittedly, there are many to choose from) off his new deluxe double album. Featuring Ghostface Killah and Autre Ne Veut, the video is an off the wall animated journey with lots of weirdo goodness. You can…