Authors — Scott Macaulay

FASHION FILMS BENEFIT THE BELCOURT THEATER

The nD Festival, which brings together film, fashion and music, held its fashion show this week at the Belcourt Theater in Nashville. (Here’s a report from photographer Heidi Jewell.) The fest benefits the theater, and at the show short films by James Clauer, Kristin Barlowe and David McClister were shown. Each featured the work of one designer, and all three can be seen here. Embedded below is Clauer’s, a psychodramatic trip to the carnival outfitted by Steven Alan. Some of you will remember Clauer’s striking short, Aluminum Fowl, and his work on Big River Man. Reportedly, Clauer’s debut feature, When […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 9, 2011
TRAILER WATCH: “YOUNG ADULT”

Here’s the new trailer for Jason Reitman’s follow up to Up in the Air. Titled Young Adult, it was written by Diablo Cody and stars Charlize Theron, who is the recipient of an IFP Gotham Tribute Award this year.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 7, 2011
STEVE JOBS, 1955 – 2011

R.I.P., Steve Jobs. Below, his 2005 Stanford University commencement speech.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 5, 2011
HARMONY KORINE, “SNOWBALLS”

Following last year’s Act Da Fool, here’s the latest Harmony Korine short film, Snowballs, for the designer Proenza Schouler.
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 2, 2011
“NOBODY CAN PREDICT THE MOMENT OF REVOLUTION”

A well-shot, well-edited video documenting the New York Occupy Wall Street protests with participants explaining their goals and motives. (Click on the headline if you can’t see the video.) The film is made by Iva Radivajevic and Martyna Starosta. Iva’s website, Iva Asks: Documenting the Masses, offers a variety of short-form documentary work. From her bio: Iva Radivojevic spent her early years in Yugoslavia and Cyprus before settling in NYC to pursue her artistic goals over a decade ago. Iva’s films explore the theme of identity, migration and immigrants – focusing on how life experiences shape one’s character, identifications, decisions, […]
by Scott Macaulay on Oct 2, 2011
RADIOHEAD: “THE NATIONAL ANTHEM”

From last night’s remarkable appearance on The Colbert Show.
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 27, 2011
EXPERT ADVICE

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by Scott Macaulay on Sep 26, 2011
TRAILER WATCH: HBO’S “LUCK”

Michael Mann, David Milch, Dustin Hoffman, Nick Nolte… count me in. (Hat tip: Hollywood Elsewhere.) Season 1 Tease
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 26, 2011
DAVID LYNCH’S “THE 3 Rs”

While we wait, perhaps quixotically, for a new David Lynch feature, here is The 3 Rs, a short film commissioned by and for the Film Festival Viennale. (If you’re a Lynch fan, make sure to check out our Blue Velvet project, a year-long consideration of his classic feature.)
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 24, 2011
INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK SNAPSHOTS

Yes, as Dan Schoenbrun notes below, there was a lot of paella at the Copacabana club last night for Independent Film Week’s closing party. Here are a few of the photo’s I snapped during the week. Pariah producer Nekisa Cooper (left) attended Independent Film Week with a No Borders project, Five Nights in Maine. It’s the debut feature of Bay area producer Maris Curran (right). Here they are at one of the evening cocktail parties at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center. Zach Lieberman (left) and Koo (right) were two of our “25 New Faces,” selected after they premiered the […]
by Scott Macaulay on Sep 23, 2011

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