Everybody Street
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Posted by Calum Sager on 22 May 2013
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'Everybody Street' illuminates the lives and work of New York’s iconic street photographers and the incomparable city that has inspired them for decades. The documentary pays tribute to the spirit of street photography through a cinematic exploration of New York City, and captures the visceral rush, singular perseverance and at times immediate danger customary to these artists.

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Sample This + Q&A with Dan Forrer
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Posted by Calum Sager on 20 May 2013
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'Sample This' is a forthcoming documentary that we posted about a little while ago and with it now beginning to make its way across the Atlantic to British shores we figured you should give you guys another heads up. Set against the backdrop of social and political turbulence in the USA of the late 1960s, Sample This tells the amazing story of the creation of one of the most influential albums in popular music.

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The Photography Of Joseph Szabo
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Posted by Calum Sager on 14 May 2013
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Here is a collection of black and white photographs taken by Joseph Szabo, perhaps best known for his iconic image of a young girl smoking on the beach which was later used as the front cover for Dinosaur Jr's 'Green Mind' album. Most of his subjects are american teens and he possesses the charming ability of highlighting and celebrating the undeniable awkwardness of adolescence in many of his shots.

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London In 1927
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Posted by Calum Sager on 13 May 2013
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Here is some incredible colour footage of London, shot in 1927. Filmed by an early British pioneer of film, Claude Frisse-Greene made a number of travelogues using the colour process his father William - a noted cinematographer - was experimenting with.

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The Harder They Come
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Posted by Calum Sager on 10 May 2013
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'The Harder They Come' is a 1972 Jamaican film directed by Perry Henzell and co-written by Trevor D. Rhone. The film stars the one and only Jimmy Cliff who plays Ivanhoe Martin, a character based on Rhyging, a real-life Jamaican criminal who achieved infamy in the 1940s.

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Taylor Mead R.I.P
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Posted by Calum Sager on 9 May 2013
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The sad news has just reached us that Warhol star, writer, and poet Taylor Mead died yesterday at the age of 88. Born and raised
in Detroit Michigan, he began his silver screen acting career in Ron Rice's classic 'The Flower Thief' before appearing in several of Andy Warhol's underground films including 'Tarzan' and 'Jane Regained... Sort of' (1963) and 'Taylor Mead's Ass' (1964).

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Tallest Heights
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Posted by Calum Sager on 8 May 2013
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Inspired by the drawn-on-film pieces by Norman Mclaren, Len Lye, and Man Ray, Becky & Joe collaborated with musician Delicate Steve to create the charming and beautiful “Tallest Heights.” The animation is made from a combination of ink, paint, bleach, and scratching into different film sizes. The final images are high-resolution scans of super 8, 16, and 35mm film strips and acetate sheets.

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12 O'Clock Boys
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Posted by Calum Sager on 25 April 2013
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Pug, a thirteen year old boy living on a dangerous Westside block, has one goal in mind: to join the 12 O’Clock Boys; the notorious urban dirt-bike gang of Baltimore. Converging from all parts of the inner city, they invade the streets and clash with police, who are forbidden to chase the bikes for fear of endangering the public.

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The Photography Of Margaret Durow
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Posted by Calum Sager on 24 April 2013
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Beautiful and eclectic analog photography from the young American artist Margaret Durrow.

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Edible Cinema Presents: This Is Spinal Tap
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Posted by Calum Sager on 23 April 2013
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Edible Cinema is a unique viewing experience. When you enter the cinema you are given a tray of numbered, packaged items. At set points in the film a number flashes up at the side of the screen and you open & consume the corresponding package.

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