UPDATE: Miranda July’s second film The Future opens nationwide tomorrow, July 29, so we’re re-posting The Elf’s review plus adding a deleted scene below. It has been about six years since Miranda July’s first feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know, and fans of that oddball love story have been twiddling their thumbs waiting […]

Whether it’s their “Eyes of Fear” Fiberglass Busts, or their False Friends and different Blackout Editions, or PAW! Bust and Jaws Loser, Coarse always puts out vinyl figures and toys that make us want to break the piggybank to go out and acquire. The latest from the toy makers is the beautifully nostalgic Casting Shadows […]

Cats, those arrogant little bastards, already think they run the show. You feed them, give them shelter, and in exchange they do what they want and, if they deem you worthy, maybe let you pet them for a minute before scratching you. It sounds like what dating Naomi Campbell must be like. So I don’t […]

The crew over at Coarse put out some amazing pieces of vinyl toys, including their Jaws Loser, False Friends and Blackout figures which we’ve covered before. Now they take their classic PAW! character and make him into a bust — which isn’t quite as imaginative as some of their earlier pieces. Hand made of high […]

Brought to you by Coarse toys, the artists Mark Landwehr and Sven Waschk have come up with something that gives their toy collectors something new to look forward to, “Eyes of Fear”. We already loved their False Friends, and emptied our coffers for the Blackout Editions, so it’s no surprise we’d love these life-size fiber […]

We’re somewhat addicted to the vinyl junk that Coarse is cooking up these days. That Jaws Loser piece last month was pretty amazing, and remember that False Friends figure they did in the beginning of this year? Well they’re back, only this time the False Friends are totally blacked out for their Blackout edition (fitting […]