Director Andrew Bujalski celebrates 10 years of 'Funny Ha Ha' with a big fan, Lena Dunham:
Andrew Bujalski's film Funny Ha Ha celebrated its 10th anniversary last night at Anthology Film Archives, with the director and one of his biggest fans, Lena Dunham, in attendance.
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An audience member asked whether the director was concerned with remaining true to the mumblecore movement. Bujalski rejected that idea, saying he was more concerned with avoiding making a bad movie. “The funny thing to me about the whole movement thing is the idea that this started anything. I kind of more feel like [Funny Ha Ha] is more like the end. This is like, you know, the last indie movie of the '80s. We just got this one in really late.” More
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on December 7th, 2012 12:40pmOrganizers of the Other Israel Film Festival, which kicked off last night with a screening and gala at the Jewish Community Center on the Upper West Side, admit it's difficult. The unifying theme of the festival, now in its sixth year, is to examine unique stories of Arab Israelis, Palestinians, and other minorities in Israel. “Anytime someone says 'This festival is not for me,' and I try to tell them that this festival is for everybody, it’s tough for people to hear," said the festival’s executive director, Isaac Zablocki. "It’s tough for people to hear the other side.” More
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on November 9th, 2012 2:23pm“Obviously, until now, he was up there by himself, alone,” said Tatzu Nishi, the conceptual artist who designed the structure. “So we want to change it into something really homey, warm, [and] domestic feeling.”
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on September 20th, 2012 9:25amFor moment, the only thing standing between older and newer residents of Williamsburg was a dumpster. More
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on July 26th, 2012 9:50amElectric Six frontman Dick Valentine picked a song by Minneapolis-based Mark Mallman’s “True Love.” “I go up to him after the show I say, ‘this is the best song I ever heard in my life. It’s incredible.’ He’s like ‘Yeah yeah, I’ve been hired for weddings and people have made that the dance between the bride and the groom, they like it so much.’ I was like, ‘Yes, I would have done the same thing if I knew about the song when I got married. It’s a perfect song. And then he said, ‘But its so clearly about my obsession with a hooker and stalking her.”
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on July 24th, 2012 2:20pm“It was not unusual for me to get one of our kids running through a settlement house with a note saying ‘out by 3 p.m.,’ said Harry De Rienzo, of his time as a housing activist in 1970s Hunts Point. “What that meant was that the buildings were going to be torched at 3 p.m. and everybody had to get their stuff and get out.” More
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on July 20th, 2012 9:30amAfter winning a relatively hard-fought primary against an opponent who was backed by the Brooklyn Democratic organization, Rep. Nydia Velázquez went to Williamsburg to thank a critical part of her base. More
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on July 17th, 2012 9:29amAt a rally at City Hall this afternoon, State Senator Tony Avella said that hydrofracking could ruin Governor Andrew Cuomo's presidential prospects. More
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on July 10th, 2012 4:00pmAlmost 40 minutes after the start of last Tuesday's meeting of the New York City Board of Elections, Juan Carlos Polanco, one of the board's ten commissioners, decided to address what he called the “elephant in the room.” More
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on July 10th, 2012 10:00amA tour of one of the Manhattan's last remaining industrial districts. More
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on July 9th, 2012 10:45am
