THE MODEL :: SEU JORGE & ALMA

Now-Again Records and What Matters Most present two short films based on the recently released Seu Jorge and Almaz album by Brazilian singer and actor Seu Jorge. The films star Jorge and were directed by Kahlil Joseph, who recently directed Stones Throw Records’ Aloe Blacc’s “I Need A Dollar” video.

The second – “The Model: Oshun and the Dream” – delves into Jorge’s psyche as he continues to struggle with this echoing image of “The Model”…





Directed & Edited by Kahlil Joseph
Photography by Bradford Young
Music by Seu Jorge and Almaz
Produced by Omid Fatemi and Daniel Song for What Matters Most
Featuring music from the Now-Again Records album Seu Jorge and Almaz.

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP :: CHRISTMAS GIFT IDEAS

For those of you who are package design fans, last night Banksy released the packaging and extras for the United States version of the DVD release of his acclaimed film, Exit Through The Gift Shop. DVDs will be in stores across the United States starting on December 14th with the film going first to iTunes and Movies-On-Demand channels beginning November 23rd. (You can pre-order the film on iTunes starting today)


Out take from "Exit Through the Gift" Space Invader get's invaded.

DIRTY HANDS

The film will open in San Francisco on Friday, May 21st at the Roxie Theater in the Mission district.

Director Harry Kim spent eight tumultuous years following a young near-schizophrenic street artist, David Choe, who devises numerous criminal schemes that make it possible for him to hitchhike across the globe.

Choe skirts the legal constraints of society to “freely” create his art. His nonchalant law-breaking style lands him in jail several times, leading to his eventual demise in solitary confinement in a Tokyo prison cell. He resurfaces with a radically religious agenda and returns home with hope to overcome his criminal temptations and repair his severed relationships.

The filmmaker (who has been friends with Choe since they met at the Korean-American teenage summer camp in 1990) captures the complexity of David’s life though a collage work of archived childhood home videos, still photographs, intimate artwork, animation, and eight years of footage shot on the road with the artist.

DIRTY HANDS premiered at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival, and it won the Grand Jury Prize at the San Diego Asian Film Festival. The film also screened at the Hawaii International Film Festival and the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival.

LOW & SLOW - LA MISSION

PREMIERE NIGHT SF:

The hometown crowd couldn't have been more excited to see familiar places (and, judging by the hootin' going on, faces) on the Castro's big screen. I agree with Guardian writer Dennis Harvey's take on the film -- its broad emotions and overblown musical cues often lend it a TV movie feel. Also, there's never any doubt that Bratt's tough-guy-with-a-past character, Che, will learn to accept his recently-outed teenage son. But Bratt the director makes clever use of the neighborhood's many murals as street-scene backdrops, and having Che be employed as a Muni driver (naturally, he pilots the 14 Mission) is particularly effective. The film has some overwrought moments, but it never feels truer to life than during scenes featuring Che's longtime group of friends. The men share deeply felt bonds -- frequently masked, of course, by shit-talking and an unyielding obsession with car culture. (In a nifty touch, some of the film's gorgeously detailed lowriders were parked in front of the Castro after the movie.)

BANKSY SPOTTED IN LA

CANT WAIT FOR THE SF VIEWING FRIDAY! SEE YOU AT THE 5 O CLOCK SHOW! ALL THE COOL KIDS WILL BE THERE FOR 9:50 SHOWING.

STILL BILL

IF YOUR CITY IS LUCKY ENOUGH TO SCREEN THIS FILM I HIGHLY RECCOMEND YOU CHECK THIS OUT.

A documentary about the genius behind the rhythm and blues classics "Ain't No Sunshine" and "Just The Two Of Us" is coming to the big screen

For an artist like Withers who started his career at at age 30, it's no surprise that at age 70 he'd catch his second wind. His song "Use Me" helped promote HBO's new series Hung, and he's one of the featured musicians (next to the late great James Brown) in the documentary film Soul Power about the 1974 Ali - Foreman fight in Zaire.

"Still Bill", a look Withers' life is told by himself along side author and civil rights activist Cornell West and includes interviews with Sting, Angelique Kidjo and a host of others.

NOW SHOWING AT RED VIC (SF) 2 DAYS ONLY

The aptly titled Soul Power features incredible footage from a 1974 concert in Zaire, staged just weeks before the famous Ali-Foreman heavy weight-boxing match. Black American artists who flew to Zaire (then ruled by U.S.-backed dictator Mobutu) were clearly thrilled to be performing in the capital city of Kinshasa, and the pleasure of the local crowd is obvious as well. The resultant joyous back and forth captured by an ace camera and sound crew make this a truly great concert film. Performers burning up the screen include James Brown, Celia Cruz and the Fania All-Stars, B. B. King, Miriam Makeba, the Spinners and Bill Withers. (93m)

THE NOBLE BROTHERS

Documentary by Mark A. Escribano entitled The Super Noble Brothers. Chronicles the adventures Andy, Tommy and Davey Noble. Musicians, artists and DJ's from Milwaukee, Wisconsin...

DISTRICT 9

THIS LOOKS DOPE

ALICE IN WONDERLAND MARCH 2010

Stunning new concept art offers a first look at Alice in Wonderland as seen through the eyes of director Tim Burton. The images, released by Disney as Burton works on the remake in London, show Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter (pictured above) and provide a fascinating peek at the fabulist director’s vision for Alice, The Red Queen and the movie’s other central characters.

The pictures hint at an elegant, richly textured fantasy world that honors Lewis Carroll’s 19th-century fairy tale while incorporating bits of Burton’s trademark weirdness (check the grimacing flowers in the picture below).

The images are drawn from the world of Alice in Wonderland, as re-imagined by one of the world’s most visually arresting directors. The movie is scheduled for release March 5, 2010.

BORED SICK

FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS I'VE BEEN ON MY DEATH BED AND I FEELING LIKE SHIT. IT SUMMER TIME (NOT IN SF, 60 DEGREES) AND I HAVE THE FLU. WTF!!!! MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES

DUB ECHOES (THE MOVIE) FROM SOUL JAZZ RECORDS

Artists featured in Dub Echoes DVD:
Kode9, Lee Perry, Congo Natty, King Jammy, Adrian Sherwood, U Roy, 2Many DJs, Bunny Lee, Roots Manuva, Don Letts, Mad Professor, Peter Kruder, Aba Shanti, Howie B, Adam Freeland, Sly & Robbie and many more!

This film marks both the 40th anniversary of the invention of Dub and the 20th anniversary of the death of King Tubby, the genius legend of this far-reaching musical revolution.

“Dub Echoes” is an amazing newly produced documentary about Dub and its influence on the development of contemporary electronic music worldwide. Three years in the making and featuring an incredible array of artists – both Jamaican legends (U Roy, King Jammy, Lee Perry, Sly and Robbie, Bunny Lee, to name a few), alongside a similarly awe-inspiring array of artists who have taken Dub into new directions in electronic dance music in the 21st Century (Kode9, Roots Manuva, Howie B, Adrian Sherwood) and many more.

Directed by Bruno Natal and released on Soul Jazz Records, this film has already received many awards throughout the world and is hotly anticipated – a killer film that can be watched again and again. The DVD comes with loads of extras and a limited-edition free poster in first 1000 copies.

BUY THE MOVIE