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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Four or five photographers were hanging out across the street in front of the Chelsea Gourmet Deli; a few reporters were taking turns on camp chairs that had been set up near the building entrance. Next to one was a stack of magazines (The New Yorker was on top) and in another, a reporter was thumbing through a paperback copy of White Noise by Don Delillo. More
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on July 2nd, 2012 3:11pmAfter his congressional candidacy came to an end this week, Charles Barron eased back into his more familiar role as the City Council’s most prominent dissenter, casting the sole "no" vote on the budget. More
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on June 29th, 2012 2:04pmAmid what Council Speaker Christine Quinn called “a bit of a hat trick of overrides,” the City Council last night approved a $68.5 billion budget and easily passed three bills that were vetoed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. More
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on June 29th, 2012 10:06amAnnouncing $10 million dollars in federal money for the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market, two congressmen with districts in the Bronx, José E. Serrano and Joseph Crowley, said the cash infusion might be a small step to modernizing the market and keeping its namesake location. More
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on June 25th, 2012 5:30pmTom Jarmusch, brother of Jim, joined this spring. He praised what he said were “50 years of people making what they want to make and not being concerned with commercial constraints and not being concerned with the art world and the gallery world. You can put things on YouTube or Vimeo or this so-called video-on-demand platforms, but it’s a tricky thing to exploit, and it’s just a funny time. Like, I think in some ways more and more is possible and in some ways, less is. And I think for that reason, the Film Coop is more important and relevant.” More
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on June 22nd, 2012 10:59amAt yesterday's Make Music New York festival, people gathered all over town to create sounds with voices, buildings, harmonicas, and more
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on June 22nd, 2012 10:51am“It doesn’t have to be in a gallery, which can be kind of alienating for a lot of people,” he said. “It can be fun, it can by dynamic and it can be very public. And the experience of the actual seeing of art can be fun and intriguing and all the ways that the austerity of a gallery kind of loses. That’s not to say that galleries are bad—they’re not mutually exclusive—but there’s another way to do it that can include a lot more people in a bigger, louder, more dynamic way.” More
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on June 19th, 2012 12:11pmOn Sunday, the eight-day Northside Festival capped off its last day of music and art programs with daytime open studios and several night shows. The festival's film portion kicks off today. Here, some scenes from yesterday and last night. More
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on June 17th, 2012 11:26pmStanding at City Hall today with anti-horse-carriage activists, including two dressed in horse costumes, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio assailed the Bloomberg administration and the mayor's frequent ally, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, for the city's oversight of the industry. More
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on June 15th, 2012 4:25pmTom Sanford spoke to me Thursday morning while standing across the street from where the works are installed, in front of a dormant rowhouse. All seven "saints" are drawn in Christian-iconography-influenced poses bearing personal symbols that resemble familiar iconography. Weegee holds a cigar and a camera, surrounded by police tape. Nearby, Charlie Parker resembles the Christ Pantocrator, substituting a saxophone for a bible and wearing a poppy to symbolize his addictions. More
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on June 15th, 2012 3:44pm
