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Come Watch Good Movies for Once with VICE and the Film Foundation

Movies used to be things you had to leave your house to watch. Martin Scorsese remembers that time, and he actually misses it. He and his company, the Film Foundation, have been restoring 35mm prints of classic movies. VICE and the Film Foundation will be screening the prints every month at the Nitehawk Cinema. Full story

Beware the Lizzies

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VICE Shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Food'

In 1992, crazy Czech filmmaker Jan Svankmajer completed his three-part short film entitled 'Food,' which tells gastronomic allegorical tales of "Breakfast," "Lunch," and "Dinner" in his trademark comedic surrealist style. Watch this short after you eat, or else you might lose you… Full story

Terrence Malick’s Crisis of Faith

What Terrence Malick film would be complete without a dreamlike sequence of an ethereal woman running through a field, her limbs flailing unencumbered, her white clothing catching the wind and drinking in the sun? 'To the Wonder,' the existentialist director's latest effort, is n… Full story

The Creators Project

Creating the Post-Apocalyptic Sky World of 'Oblivion'

While CGI undeniably allows for scenes which might be impossible to film, there's another way of doing FX. And that's using in-camera special effects, which are essentially created in front of the camera rather than added in post. A recent example of this is the effects created f… Full story

VICE Shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Tastes Like Chicken'

'Tastes Like Chicken' is Quico Meirelles's riveting short, which tells the story of a chicken living in a factory farm who miraculously becomes self-aware. As the chicken achieves lucidity, she desperately searches for meaning in her life and struggles with the harsh realities of… Full story

VICE Shorts

I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents:
'Flotsam/Jetsam'

The Zellners' films are idiosyncratic, aggravating, and contain a subtle wit and intelligence that makes them rewatchable. 'Flotsam/Jetsam,' their short film from 2005, encapsulates the brothers’ vast knowledge of cinema and comedy, its rules, and how to break them. Full story

Kill the Engine

I Finally Watched 'Hardflip'

I will watch any movie that has something to do with skateboarding. They're all terrible, but the 80s kid in me still thinks there's something cool about watching a flick that has dudes Thrashin' in it. That being said, this Sunday I sat down to watch 'Hardflip,' what might be th… Full story

We Spoke to the Guy Who Wrote the Real Screenplay for 'Argo'

Contrary to how Affleck's film portrays it, the script for 'Argo' wasn't just some jokey, throwaway nonsense a hack writer shat out. It was the opening salvo for a dream that would change the world written by Barry Ira Geller. Full story

Living Inside 'The Canyons'

No one has seen 'The Canyons' yet, but it's gotten a wave of bad publicity thanks to the involvement of Lindsay Lohan and a popular 'New York Times' magazine article about what a disaster the filming was. I talked to writer Bret Easton Ellis and producer Braxton Pope to see how t… Full story