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SUNDAY IN SHORTS: Tom Waits Narrates A Brief History of John Baldessari
- June 02, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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John Baldessari is known as the godfather of conceptual art. Narrated by Tom Waits, “A Brief History of John Baldessari” is the life of the artist famous for obscuring faces with a ...
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The Best Summer Films are Not Always the Hollywood Blockbusters
- May 24, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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Sandra Bullock, Vince Vaughn, Ryan Gosling, Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman and of course Jennifer Aniston all have summer blockbuster films headed to theaters. But what of the other summer films ...
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Plimpton! A film of life lived fully, richly, strangely—and by just one man.
- May 22, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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George Plimpton was a man who believed in participatory journalism. He took a writer’s notebook with him as he quarterbacked for the Detroit Lions, played percussion with Leonard Bernstein’s New ...
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SUNDAY IN SHORTS: Keira Knightley Inhabits The First Chanel Boutique by Karl Lagerfeld
- May 19, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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Sometimes Sunday in Shorts uncovers the artful, the masterful, or the charmingly funny. And sometimes, like today, we uncover the quirky. To celebrate 100 years for the French luxury brand Chanel, Karl ...
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Five Summer Movies.
- May 17, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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Hollywood is rather risk-averse during the summer season. It is all about getting as many butts in seats, and popcorn in the belly as possible. No one in Hollywood wants to miss ...
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Would You Pay $2 Million to See Bea Arthur Naked?
- May 17, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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A topless painting of actress Bea Arthur titled "Bea Arthur Naked" by artist John Currin was just sold at Christie's sale of postwar and contemporary art. (Warning: image below may be ...
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SUNDAY IN SHORTS: The Crush
- May 12, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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For this week's Sunday in Shorts we uncovered the Academy Award nominated film The Crush. Who among us didn't have a crush on one of our teachers growing up. But ...
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SUNDAY IN SHORTS DOUBLE FEATURE: Jaguar Desire.
- May 05, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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We couldn’t resist but give you a double-dose of Sunday in Shorts this weekend. Here’s “Desire,” a branded short film created in collaboration with Ridley Scott Associates, The Brooklyn Brothers ...
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SUNDAY IN SHORTS: Thirteen or So Minutes.
- May 05, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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Short films offer a platform to address themes sometimes not broadly discussed. Sometimes they bring up topics that make us feel uncomfortable, or feel connected. But whether we are made to feel ...
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Tribeca Film Festival Winners 2013
- April 28, 2013
- By David Allen Ibsen
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The 2013 Tribeca Film Festival is wrapping up this weekend. We gave you our favorites all week here, here and here. And now it is time for the Festival to declare the ...
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