Great Photography skills by Luke Gilford, which can be found on his web site lukegilford.com

Are you people excited for the new release of Alice In Wonderland by Tim Burton? I have posted a few articles on our facebook page in regards to Tim’s galleries earlier this year, and this is undoubtedly one of my favourite reads and Walt Disney collections…..but I didn’t realise it has been over 100 years since the first version of Alice In Wonderland was made, back in 1903!

I will be checking my schedule and booking in sometime in the next week for sure !

Thank you also to BOOOOOOM for reminding me !

SA Studios, The Weinstein Company, Upper Playground and Quentin Tarantino’s 2009 film Inglourious Basterds come together to present THE LOST ART OF INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS. The exhibition was revived after the success of Tarantino’s new film, which glorified an artists perception on an alternative plot in WWII.

Artists on-board include David Choe, Sam Flores, Estevan Oriol, Grotesk, Jeremy Fish, Patrick Martinez, Alex Pardee, Dora Drimalas, Munk One, N8 Van Dyke, Rene Alamanza, Morning Breath and Skinner Davis. The exhibition will take place in Upper Playground, LA and will be sold to raise money for the Haiti Earthquake Relief Fund.

See more at THE LOST ART OF INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS

It was Chinese New Year over the the weekend, and it was a time for the children of Hong Kong to get together with their families and eat their selves silly. Given the miserable weather and the freezing cold streets, I decided to make myself a big cup of tea and sit inside watching movies ~ Thanks to the Coen brothers for providing me with an eventful weekend…

Nicholas Cage (1987), in Raising Arizona is a comedy beyond belief, which truly reflects the talent and imagination of the directors and actors in this cult film. Typical Coen Brothers fare, the movie is replete with symbolism, visual gags, yodeling folk music, unconventional characters, and flamboyant camera work. Many laughs shared throughout !

For more than twenty years, the pair have written and directed numerous successful films, ranging from screwball comedies (O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Raising Arizona, The Hudsucker Proxy) to hardboiled thrillers (Miller’s Crossing, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn’t There, No Country for Old Men^[2]), to movies where genres blur together (Barton Fink, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading, and A Serious Man). Not a bad collection, wouldn’t you say?

Charlotte Gainsbourg is France’s favorite daughter and she just recorded an album produced by none other than Beck.  She was also just announced to perform at Coachella with an impressive spot on the lineup.

The Sun Dance Film Festival was underway this week, bringing critics and film buffs from all around the World to marvel and respond to the ton of great movies which seem to surface every year. Aside from the festival itself, a big part of the Sundance is the atmosphere. Having the opportunity  to chat with interesting personalities (some of whom might be filmmakers), meeting cool journalist/blogger folks and of course, arguing about movies and about the industry.

Another exciting aspect could be the task of looking for the big picture, whether in the form of a new fad or a larger cultural moment. Every year, invariably,  journalists will find themselves connecting the dots of a dozen disparate movies, so that their story is worth reading about when the review hits the pages.

This is an overwhelming chance for film makers and creatives involved in these productions (whether small or big) to draw attention (or educate) the vast amount of commitment and sacrifice made, to remind the viewers of what independence means.

This years Sun Dance, will be the warming up to the rebirth of Independent film.

Banksy made an appearance for his new movie “Exit through the gift shop”, or did he ?

Anyway while his new documentary/meta-mockumentary was screening to an enthusiastic art crowd, his graffiti street art was popping up in the city behind the shoveled snow. Questions were raised whether the anonymous artist was lurking between the capacities of the crowd, when in actual fact he was taking advantage of the lonely streets.

His film strolls through a time-line of street art from the 90’s, to unravel some witty reverse roll play cast upon Mr Guetta (the man behind the camera) while poking fun at the conventions of talking head-interviews and gallery snobbiness even while it employs them.

A True Story, Except when it’s not.

Ref: NY Times

Today Spike Jonze’s first love story premieres as part of the first-ever Opening Night’s Shorts Program at the Sundance Film Festival. I’m Here is a 30-minute love story about the relationship between two robots living in L.A. Andrew Garfield and Sienna Guillory are in the lead roles, and the soundtrack includes original music by Sam Spiegel and original songs by L.A.-based art musician Aska Matsumiya and other emerging musicians.

“I’m Here” is a love story in an Absolute World.

Watch the trailer to be at http://www.imheremovie.com/

- A beautiful collaboration with Absolut Vodka.

Not only on the scale of things, this Italian street artist Blu is doing more than impressive things while using rollers and long extensions. His unique style and his immensly fast work has created lots of internet hype especially with is stop motion animation videos. I have never seen anything quite like it. He paints and buffs while creating motion characters who destruct, rebuild and evolve into his theatrical master piece.

Check out one of his cool videos: MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

I can always find the time to sit down and watch the great Philip Seymour Hoffman. Yet again playing an overly dramatic film and pulling off his roll to the most professional degree. Synedoche New York is a beautifully written and directed (Charlie Kaufman) tragicomedy which portrays a life of a man creating his master piece theatre in a real life size New York set. He is determined to use the big studio’s money to create an artistic piece of brutal realism and honesty, something into which he can pour his whole self. A powerful movie filled with humor and drama which makes you think about choices and how they resonate throughout our lives. Nonetheless a great watch whether you laugh or cry.

[Sih-NECK-doh-kee]

noun  A figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole (ashand for sailor), the whole for a part (as the law for police officer), the specific for the general (as cutthroat for assassin), the general for the specific (as thief for pickpocket), or the material for the thing made from it (as steel for sword).

And in case you need reminding Charlie Kaufman wrote “Being John Malkovich”, “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” and “Adaptation”.