December 2011
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Gifts, so many gifts
Look at this. No, look at it.
This is the kind of thing that’s been staring us in the face for the past few weeks, due to the thoughtful inundation of holiday sweets our many friends have sent our way. Thank you friends, thank you. We may now be in dire need of a metabolic miracle, but we regret not a single calorie.
Similarly touching (but infinitely more forgiving re: our collective...
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Two days, so many choices.
If you are anything like me (Rachel), you woke up today and spent the entirety of your 50 minute D train ride being really disappointed in yourself for STILL not being over that stupid Adele song while mulling over the fact that you haven’t purchased a single Christmas present, and then you felt even worse because people (your mom) keep(s) texting you things like “santa is really...
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We've got a new movie! →
We’re so excited to finally be able to share the newest acquisition over here at Zeitgeist - Payback by Jennifer Baichwal. It’s a documentary based on Margaret Atwood’s book by the same name, about how debt and reciprocity govern us - whether or not we realize it.
We’ve previously collaborated with the director on Manufactured Landscapes, a documentary on the work of...
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UPDATE: Paul Goodman's GROWING UP ABSURD coming... →
If you read the whole post, you’ll see that there is a “fucking printed copy” coming out in June 2012.
If you can’t wait til then (and who can blame you), there are also quite a few “fucking printed cop[ies]” on Amazon and Abe Books, available as fast as your fingers can type 2 DAY SHIPPING.
We hope you can all now dog-ear, highlight and annotate to your...
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Daddy Longlegs now on DVD
Put those not-long-for-this-world holiday discounts to good use and pick up a copy of Josh and Benny Safdie’s semi-autobiographical Daddy Longlegs, out TODAY for the first time EVER on DVD.
The film follows Lenny during a rare two weeks with his young sons, who spend most of their time with their mother - the evidently polar opposite to Lenny, who takes his sons on chaotic adventures...
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Vote for Bill Cunningham New York - Audience... →
We’re honored to have been nominated - but it’s up to you to make sure Bill (and filmmakers Richard Press and Philip Gefter) continues to get the recognition he deserves.
Please vote!
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Bill Cunningham and the Culturati Caucus
Bill Cunningham makes a double appearance in this month’s New York Magazine! Among the various subheadings of NYMag’s “Culturati Caucus” are “Movies I Wish I’d Made” and “Best Film Performance”. In the first, Colum McCann (author of the 2009 Booker Prize forLet the Great World Spin) wishes (via arrow infographic) that he’d made Bill...
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Paul Goodman's GROWING UP ABSURD coming soon as an...
Paul Goodman’s seminal book has been out of print for a while—only after scouring Amazon and Abe’s Books was I able to find a used paperback 6 months ago that didn’t break the bank. After opening Jonathan Lee’s documentary Paul Goodman Changed My Life, the Film Forum carried several copies of the book for sale as well. Still, it was shocking at how impossible it was to find...
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PARTY!
Have you seen Daddy Longlegs yet? It’s not too late!
Little synopsis for ya, in case you’re unfamiliar:
“Divorced and alone, Lenny (the perfectly cast Ronald Bronstein) is the father of two young boys he gets to see a couple of weeks a year. He cherishes these days with the kids, being both stern parent and lovable buddy, inventing myths and somehow living them, all while...