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Cinematic Notes on Baltimore Punks Double Dagger: A Review of “If We Shout Loud Enough”

April 19, 2013 No Comments

I never saw Double Dagger. If I didn’t regret that before, I certainly do now. I’ve just seen Gabriel Deloach and Zach Keifer’s documentary If We Shout Loud Enough, which focuses on the final tour of this Baltimore punk trio. If We Shout Loud Enough, which is being packaged with the group‘s final record 333 for Record Store Day, uses the group’s final string of shows to deliver an intimate portrait of the Baltimore punk scene — and to document the evolution of […]

Books, Film, Television

Nora Ephron Fanclub Unite: A Documentary is Coming

April 5, 2013 No Comments

Nora Ephron’s son, Jacob Bernstein, has lined up some seriously heavy hitters to help produce a HBO documentary on his beloved mother. We’re going to have to host some sort of viewing party for this with Katz’s Deli and lots of kleenex. In other news: HBO loves writers more than just about any network on television. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google +, our Tumblr, and sign up for our mailing list.

Film, Style

Woody Allen Nail Art is an Awesome Thing

March 12, 2013 No Comments

In the event that you need a manicure, you can go to one of those cheap joints that rival churches and Starbucks’ in the things that are on just about every street corner in New York category, or you can call up our friend Miss Pop so she can paint an iconic scene from Woody Allen’s Manhattan on your nails.

Books, Film, The Reading Life, The Reading Life

The Reading Life: Adapted Patricia Highsmith and Steve McQueen in San Francisco

March 5, 2013 No Comments

Knowing where all the movie theaters are in the Bay Area taught me a considerable amount of geography. The Embarcadero Center, spanning five blocks and connected with hypnotic tile, is not just named conveniently for its adjacent landmark. It’s also the home of an excellent art house theater. You can almost see it in The Conversation. There’s Harrison Ford, lying to reporters in the breezeway. Leave San Francisco, and things get less glamorous. You sit in boxy multiplexes, designed with […]

Film

David Lynch and Cinematic Lithography

February 13, 2013 No Comments

We don’t want to be presumptuous, but we’d be willing to bet that more than a few of our readers are fans of the films of David Lynch. Similarly, we also suspect that it’s likely that more than a few of you are fond of well-printed objects — lithographs, for instance. Thus, Lynch’s short film IDEM PARIS may well be of interest to some of you. For those seeking the history of this project, Twitchfilm has more details. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn […]

Books, Film

The Film Adaptation Of Tao Lin’s “Shoplifting From American Apparel” MIGHT Come To New York

November 19, 2012 No Comments

The film version of Tao Lin’s Shoplifting From American Apparel might be coming to New York (and other cities), the catch is that they need to sell enough tickets to make it happen. Go here to read more. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.

Film, reviews

It Never Reigns in Southern California: A Review of Lena Dunham and Ry Russo-Young’s “Nobody Walks”

October 26, 2012 No Comments

Nobody Walks directed by Ry Russo-Young Magnolia Pictures, 2012 Nobody Walks opens beneath a flight pattern, glaring under warm California sun. In the airport parking garage, twenty-three year old Brooklyn émigré Martine (Olivia Thirlby) disinterestedly kisses a man. We presume they’re lovers, but get a small twist, all before opening credits roll over the ride from LAX to Silverlake. It’s an apt start to a film that views Los Angeles as a wood-paneled utopia in perpetual soft focus.

Books, Film

Somebody Please Explain This “Cloud Atlas” Comment To Us

October 23, 2012 No Comments

New York recently featured a discussion between film critic David Edelstein and book critic Kathryn Schulz on the new film adaptation of David Mitchell’s Cloud Atlas. The comments that followed include the one above, which manages to combine snark, utterly misplaced quotation marks, and Republican-bashing in a film that doesn’t in any way, shape, or form address contemporary partisan politics. Perhaps it’s a riddle; something that will ultimately be decoded by future generations. Perhaps those generations will subject it to Talmudic levels […]