Record/Play is a sci-fi love story described as “war, fate, and a broken Walkman transcend time and space.” It’s a short feature full of spaced out emotional beats and not much dialogue besides a woman’s voice from Bosnia 2-10-1993. The first frame tightly wraps around old cassette tapes with handwritten labels: Venezuela 4-14-86, Cameroon 1987, Portugal 8-14-87…cut to a small suite case full of cassette tapes on a dinner table. A man studies the Bosnia tape before putting it into …
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These fools made a short horror flick for Halloween. It’s a kid with a sheet over his head running around a hotel killing people while Earl Sweatshirt, Tyler, the Creator, Taco, Lionel Boyce and Jasper Dolphin act a retard trying to solve murders. There’s a Youtube description that reads, “A Little Girl Dies By The Stairs In A Hotel And Detective Ray And Tony Has To Find Out Who Did It Before Its Too Late………. Tyler, Jasper, Lionel, Taco And Earl Thought Of …
Director Michel Gondry’s new flick is a documentary about political activist, MIT professor, philosopher, and linguist Noam Chomsky. Gondry and Chomsky chew the fat about linguistics and Chomsky’s life work. The MIT professor is one of the leading foremost forward thinkers in modern times. He’s pissed off presidents, prime ministers and right wing conservatives. Through whimsical animation and unveiling conversations, Gondry paints a beautifully touching portrait of a man who’s helped shape the global consciousness at will. …
Detroit native Danny Brown recently put out his latest album Old and it’s been well received. He’s obviously a writer, but his voice is a cat getting its head twisted off by a half conscious heroin addict. Not my cup of craft beer, except “Guitar Solo.” In this Frames episode, Brown tells a story about getting ripped off by a crack head. …
Director Wes Anderson rolls out the first trailer of his latest flick, The Grand Budapest Hotel. Actor Ralph Fiennes is Gustave H, manager of the fancy Budapest Hotel, partnered by lobby boy, Zero Moustafa. The story reveals their father-son relationship when Gustave H is accused of murder, but not without running, deadpan humor, fists fights, and tiny handwriting. The cast includes the usual suspects with some newbies and cameos, Saoirse Ronan, Bill Murray, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Tilda Swinton and more. …
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