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Joshua Tree Launch Series
Lamson is known for performing actions that shock delicate objects with inventive violence. In this lovely and playful series, he casts monumental versions of a child’s toy into the imposing Nevada desert.
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IFC News: 2008 Tribeca Film Festival - Guy Maddin
Filmmaker Guy Maddin talks about his docu-fantasia "My Winnipeg," peeing in condemned buildings, and the masochistic pleasures of "outing himself" in film.
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A Loud Color
Self-perception is crucial to 72-year-old Louis Harding, rebuilding the community center he opened one month before Hurricane Katrina. He discusses the importance of history, heroes and self-esteem for African-Americans
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LAFF 2008: Hellboy II
IFC News went to the final night of the Los Angeles Film Festival
to attend the premiere of Hellboy II.
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Cusps
Paralleling changes in the city of Philadelphia with those in her own life, Iranian-American filmmaker Sara Zia Ebrahimi explores her experiences living as an urban nomad
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Hot Dog Man
A hilarious and poignant home movie about an absurd American icon, a giant self-devouring hot dog statue in downtown Durham, North Carolina.
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Lao Shan Lao Yin
While an always increasing number of young people move to Beijing to realize their dreams, what do the old people living in a town hidden in the mountains 90 km from the capital dream?
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The Pull
Hoping to keep his relationship passionate and balanced, a man sets an undisclosed deadline for the end of his romance.
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We're dealing with a guy who was both a reporter and a celebrity. He was the covered and the person who's doing the covering.
—Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney on the duality of Hunter S. Thompson.
—Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney on the duality of Hunter S. Thompson.
- Red Envelope is sealed. Red Envelope Entertainment, Netflix's acquisition and distribution arm, is no more. Reports Anthony Kaufman at indieWIRE: In its short life, Red Envelope acquired 126 films, including the Golden Globe nominated "Sherrybaby," co-produced a slate of movies for IFC TV (including Kirby Dick's "This...
- Feature: Gotham City, A Visual HistoryOn screen and on the printed page, visual representations of Batman's home town have changed quite a bit over almost 70 years. Read more.
- Interview: Jay and Mark DuplassThe sibling filmmaking team behind "The Puffy Chair" on that whole "mumblecore" movement, the weirdness of the festival Q&A and their new film, "Baghead." Read more.
- On DVD: SatantangoBéla Tarr's behemothic, almost impossible to see, near six hour masterpiece is finally out on DVD. Read more.
- Podcast: Squandering Comedic TalentWe discuss ten films that have, in different ways, misused the comedic talent of their stars. Read more.
- Opening This WeekDocs on teens, tightrope walking and tradition, plus mumblecore horror, a gleaming period film and D.B. Sweeney's directorial debut. Read more.
- List: Five Comic Book RebootsStarting over a movie franchise based on a comic book from scratch, "Batman Begins"-style, is a fitting move; comic books have been doing the same thing for years. Read more.
- Interview: Brad AndersonThe director of "The Machinist" on his new film "Transsiberian," hipster thrillers and why trains and movies go together so well. Read more.
- Interview: Josh HartnettThe star of "August" on his new film, his role in "Rain Man" on stage, and why he not just some blockbuster hero. Read more.
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Five Film-related Lists Worth Revisiting:
- Fight to the Death! We watched far too many notable entries in the genre of the deadly tournament... of death!
- 10 High-Concept Movie Visions of the Afterlife Clever representations of the afterlife are a treasured topic of films both big and small.
- Zombie Metaphors: An Incomplete History Not only are the reanimated undead the cheapest movie monsters to whip up, they're the most mutable stand-in for the things that plague us.
- Five Graphic Novels Every Movie Fan Should Own They've become the basis of that summer staple, the comic book adaptation. Here are some particularly cinematic ones.
- Red, White and Blues: Ten Bittersweet Patriotic Films A list of flicks that might satisfy those on the patriotic fence.
