Brilliant poster for the highly anticipated new film by Charlie Kaufman – writing and directing this time around – Synecdoche New York.
David Ehrenstein had this to say about the film:
“This film is a masterpeice. I am in awe. Charlie Kaufman’s previous screenplays indicated a very original and eccentric talent. Now directing his own screnplay for the first time he has upped the ante. It’s three times the size of all his other films put together and infinitely more complex. Imagine a jam session between Philp K. Dick and Raul Ruiz. …

“Working in the early 1960s with wide strips of cellophane packing tape, Brakhage captured fleeting things — among them, blades of grass, pieces of flower petals, dust, dirt and the diaphanous, decapitated wings from insects. His process revolved around using the tape to produce a series of facsimile filmstrips: wider than the elegant Super-8 that was his hallmark medium (Mothlight, a mere three minutes in length, was actually shot on 16mm) but long and geometric: they’re a suite of attenuated rectangular portraits. The idea of using adhesive tape as a …

The word “redux” is Latin meaning “brought back”. In cinema this has come to mean a reworking of a previously released film, as in the case of Francis Ford Coppola’s 2001 “Apocalypse Now Redux”. By creating a “redux” of a film, the director is in essence overwriting the original version, the new cut becoming the definitive cut. It is moreover a second chance to get it right, regardless of whether or not your audience agrees.
This is, of course, different than a “Director’s Cut” which is the way that a film …

Brilliant looking trailer for McG directed Terminator: Salvation

Trailer for Alex Gibney’s (The Smartest Guys in the Room, Who Killed the Electric Car) Gonzo.

For Philips Aurea.
For Lacoste.
For BMW (starring Clive Owen, Mickey Rourke, Adriana Lima and Forest Whitaker).
For Lancome (again starring Clive Owen).
For Dior (starring *cough* Eva Green).
For Softbank (starring Brad Pitt) here, here and here.

I was quite taken tonight by the cover of Criterion’s re-issue of Paul Schrader’s Mishima. Interestingly, from what I’ve found online, not everyone approves, my favourite pan being “this thing reminds me of the make-up gun that Homer invented in that Simpsons episode.”
The design is by Tadanori Yokoo, a Japanese graphic designer, illustrator, printmaker and painter who was not just a contemporary of Mishima’s but also a friend and collaborator (he actually makes a brief appearance in the movie). All of which makes his contribution of the DVD art appropriate …

What: In the Realms of the UnrealWhere: Gallery GachetWhen: March 28th, 7:30pm

This month’s Hollywood Issue of Vanity Fair features modern day actors, including Seth Rogan and Charlize Theron, photographically recreating classic moments from the films of Alfred Hitchcock. Note the Saul Bass influence on the typography. Super cool.

The video for “Alice”, the first release from Moby’s forthcoming album ‘Last Night’, is directed by Andreas Nilsson, whose seemingly prolific, eclectic and often disturbing oeuvre includes work with The Knife, Soundtrack of Our Lives and Love is All.