When the Madman was not but a wee Mad Grommet, he stumbled across The Search For Animal Chin VHS tape and the world entered another era. That was my introduction to the Bones Brigade, and the Powell Peralta skate universe in general. Featuring all All Star roster of 80s skating talent — including Steve Caballero, […]
20
Feb
The story of Powell Peralta's legendary 1980s skateboard crew
20
May
Romania's Anim'est International Animation Film Festival
While it’s not necessarily capitalism per se when you’re promoting an animation film festival, this still belongs in our odes to well executed commercials. Ogilvy puts together this really clever live action piece to promote the Anim’est International Animation Film Festival in Romania, which goes down the 7th-16th of October in Bucharest…
2
Dec
Sophia Coppola releases a serious cinematic turd
Madman Mundt and the Elf breakdown Sofia Coppola’s latest, Somewhere. The film is out in limited release in the US on December 22nd. The Elf As I write this, there’s a little mantra running through my head: I WILL NOT BE SNARKY. I will not say that Sofia Coppola’s movies get made because her dad […]
1
Oct
Documenting Los Angeles' preeminent architectural photographer
Visual Acoustics is a tribute to a great artist, a world-renowned photographer who managed to define Los Angeles architecture through his lens. Directed by Eric Bricker and narrated by actor Dustin Hoffman, the documentary film follows the career of one of the most famous architectural photographers of all time, Julius Shulman. Working with such upper […]
15
Jan
A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films hits Culver City
Wow this looks awesome. Roberts & Tilton present the Projections film festival starting tomorrow (Saturday, January 16th) — billed as a “A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films”. It begins its run in Los Angeles at their Culver City gallery with an opening reception from 6-9 pm. The festival is curated by Aaron […]
