Films

BBC: Steve Jobs – Billion Dollar Hippy

December 17, 2011Tech18 comments11855 Views
After his death from cancer in October, the BBC Two started crafting a nearly one-hour documentary examining how Jobs propelled the company from his parents’ garage to global supremacy. While key figures in both Jobs's personal and professional life didn't participate, the BBC...

COLOR. by Tom Sachs

December 16, 2011Arts1 comment2188 Views
Although his work is at times received with conflicting emotions, one thing for sure is that the otherworldly American artist Tom Sachs will always bring about constructive debate. Seen through the eyes of Van Neistat, from the film-making duo Neistat Brothers, Sachs presents a...

BLK DNM: Arabia Terra Video

December 13, 2011Arts2 comments313 Views
On November 30th BLK DMN hosted a private event at fashion boutique The Webster Miami to commemorate the launch of its first unisex fragrance, Perfume 11, featuring scents of black pepper, cedar, amber and more. For the launch party, BLK DMN featured a one-of-a-kind audio and...

Films & Things: La Mer de Pianos

December 12, 2011Arts1 comment2324 Views
Marc Manceaux is the owner of the oldest piano shop in Paris. With his primary duties to purchase spare piano parts abroad or to make them himself, he has developed quite the respected following for his passionate craft. The film titled "La Mer de Pianos," which translates "The...

Ryan&Heidi: Rivers & Roads One Bryant Park New York Video

December 12, 2011Arts1 comment1778 Views
Filmed entirely from the 51st floor of the Bank of America Tower at One Bryant Park, the short film "Rivers & Roads" is a visual reminder that we live in a fast-paced world, and it's nice to stop and smell the roses every once in awhile. Crafted by his and her duo, Ryan&Heidi,...

Bones Brigade: An Autobiography – Interview with Stacy Peralta

December 10, 2011Arts1 comment3347 Views
Monday marked the announcement that skateboard legend Stacy Peralta's film, Bones Brigade: An Autobiography, would be one of eight out-of-competition documentaries to be screened at the venerable Sundance Film Festival. The film reunites the Powell-Peralta Bones Brigade...

NOWNESS: Molloy & Sons “Heritage Tweed” Short Film

December 7, 2011Arts4 comments1644 Views
Filmmakers Jamie Delaney and Keith Nally’s beautiful short, made in collaboration with heritage enthusiast and Acne Paper Editor Charlotte Rey, profile one of the last surviving weaving mills, Molloy & Sons. Based in the windswept County Donegal, Ireland, current father and...

Here Comes the Neighborhood Vol. 5 – Sego & Saner

December 7, 2011HBTV4 comments7897 Views
In the most recent installment of Here Comes the Neighborhood, a focus turns to the Hispanic pairing of Sego and Saner. With their creative contributions to the illustrious Wynwood Walls, the duo aimed at portraying the power of art in a positive light, as well as highlighting...

Here Comes the Neighborhood Vol. 4 – Intercambio

December 6, 2011HBTV1 comment2361 Views
For its fourth episode entitled “Intercambio,” Here Comes the Neighborhood turns its lens to the intercultural aspects and underpinnings of its ongoing Wynwood Walls street art project in Miami, Florida. The community-centric project extended a broad-reaching invite to a...

Here Comes the Neighborhood Vol. 3 – Kenny Scharf

December 5, 2011HBTV3 comments2429 Views
In Volume 3 of the riveting art series Here Comes the Neighborhood, the spotlight falls on Los Angeles-based artist Kenny Scharf as he expands on a piece he started in 2009. Having seen street art evolve from the New York City graffiti scene in the 1980s, to its status today as...

Streets is Talking Teaser Video

December 1, 2011Arts9 comments3536 Views
Filmmaker/skateboarder extraordinaire, Ian Reid, who in the past has released gems like Sex, Hood, Skate, and Videotape is back at it again with his latest, Streets is Talking. Borrowing from Ghostface, this teaser is "rugged and raw," featuring motorcycle crashes, skate...

Brush With Death by Corridor Digital

December 1, 2011Arts1 comment1821 Views
“Brush With Death” by Corridor Digital is a clever short film that combines art and action into one singular world. Pairing a painter against his creation, watch as the protagonist attempts to craft and paint his way out of the jam. The visual effects are quite stunning when...

Surfing and Sharks Film Trailer

November 30, 2011Arts2 comments5439 Views
Premiering December 15 at the Wavescape Film Festival in Capetown, have a peak at the documentary trailer for Surfing and Sharks. Watch as some of the more passionate surfers in South Africa pursue their passions of water conquest as some of the most misunderstood animals known...

Marco Brambilla “RPM” Ferrari Short Film

November 29, 2011Arts2 comments1982 Views
Video artist Marco Brambilla shares his densely hypnotic and kaleidoscopic 3D film "RPM," commissioned by Ferrari in celebration of their latest auto masterpiece, the 458 Spider, and premiering at Art Basel Miami tonight. Using footage shot at a Formula One event in Monza, this...

Montblanc – The Beauty of a Second Challenge

November 29, 2011Arts4 comments2163 Views
There's utter beauty in merely a second of time. Montblanc has put people to the task of capturing just that, and is now available in a minute-long video compilation of some of the more breathtaking submissions from the first round. The Beauty of a Second is a contest curated by...