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Open House: Docu on Williamsburg's Frenzied Development

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The MoMA is screening a 31-minute film today at 4pm and 7pm about the residential transformation of Williamsburg over the past few years. It’s called Open House, and is directed by Diane Nerwen. In recent years, Williamsburg, one of the most visibly transformed neighborhoods in New York City, has seen a host of new residential […]

The Invaders: Coming to a Sugar Plant Near You!

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Some designers aren’t too psyched on the “forthcoming condo-ification” of the Domino Sugar Plant, so, they made this fun little movie poster. Curbed writes: “It’s from the gang at by-encore, apparently no fans of the makeover of the old sugar refinery. To be fair, the Williamsburg waterfront has been well on its way to becoming […]

Brooklyn Boondoggle

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Brooklyn Boondoggle is a short documentary by my friends at Meerkat Media detailing and humanizing the eminent domain issues that the gargantuan Atlantic Yards development brings up. I caught the flick at a small screening at a bar that would have to be bulldozed for the Atlantic Yards (although not without a fight) and thought […]

Machete To Become Real Film

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We can’t wait to see it: Certainly you’ll recall the big cool quotient around Machete, that famously fake trailer by Robert Rodriguez from Grindhouse. It was considered the single best thing about that Weinstein Co double-feature flop that also included Quentin Tarantino’s pic. Rodriguez’ fake trailer hinted at a good story (Mexican day laborer is […]

The December 2009 Movie Preview

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by Dave Thomas Brothers While nothing this month stands out as an awards season frontrunner, there’s lots of potential Oscar suitors to choose from, and isn’t it more interesting that way? DECEMBER 4 Wide ARMORED WHAT’S THE PITCH? Armored truck guard (Columbus Short) agrees to inside heist with his co-workers (Matt Dillon, Laurence Fishburne, Jean […]

The Ten Most Dubious Films included in the Criterion Collection

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I just wrote a snarky little listicle for Vice: To be released by Criterion is the benchmark of excellence. Their 25-year-old catalog includes indispensable work from masters including Cocteau, Renoir, Maysles, Kubrick, Cronenberg, Godard, Kurosawa, Bergman, Tarkovsky, Hitchcock, Sturges, and, of course, Fellini. It’s an impressive list of talent, which is why you can imagine […]

The October 2009 Movie Preview

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by Dave Thomas A Serious Man Is it wrong of me to be more psyched about Black Dynamite than Where the Wild Things Are? October 2 ZOMBIELAND WHAT’S THE PITCH? Jesse Eisenberg of the Dead WILL IT SUCK? Early buzz is good. Also starring Woody Harrelson, Mila Kunis and Abigail Breslin. Don’t know much about […]

Tonight: "Wildwood, NJ" at Union Pool

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Union Pool is screening Ruthless Films’ “Wildwood, NJ” – a 1994 documentary and unintentional precursor to MTV’s “True Life: I’m a Jersey Shore Girl” – at 9pm tonight. @UnionPool also announced that Maker’s Mark will be providing cocktails.There’s probably no better way to bid adieu to summer than by sipping whiskey and laughing at beach-folk’s […]