cinema
George Gage's Cult Classic 'Skateboard' Is Coming to BAMcinématek
For this week's Mahal, I talked to director George Gage about his film 'Skateboard.' Released in 1978, the film tells the tale of a semi-bald loser who decides to manage a team of skateboarding teens in hopes of covering some unsettled debts with his...
Go See Federico Fellini's 'La Dolce Vita' Tonight
For the third feature in VICE's screening series with Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation at Nitehawk Cinema, we present Frederico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita: the Italian maestro’s grandiose satire of Roman nightlife in the 60s. To get you prepped...
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I, an Actress'
In 'I, an Actress,' legendary cult filmmaker George Kuchar takes over an aspiring actress's real screen test to show her how to do it right—groping his chest and groaning out her lines like, "I’m on my knees, Harold, haven’t you seen women on their...
Brazilian Trash-Mouth Cinema Is Alive and Well in the Caxias do Sul Penitentiary
Sady Baby is an infamous Brazilian actor and filmmaker who blew up during the country's 'boca do lixo' ["trash-mouth"] era of cinema. The productions from that time were devoted to explicit sex, and in a twisted way, he represented an expression of...
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'Bydlo'
'Bydlo' is an animated nightmare, where man becomes a slave driver and ultimately drives himself into the ground. Director Patrick Bouchard’s animation steals the show, as he breathes life into everything from water droplets forming and arid earth...
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...
I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I Love Sarah Jane'
'I Love Sarah Jane' opens with a beautiful tracking shot that follows timid young Jimbo, played by Brad Ashby, as he rides his bicycle through a zombie-infested world while brandishing a bow and arrow. But as apocalyptic and gruesome as it begins, the...
The Sordid Secrets of Babylon
Filmmaker Kenneth Anger—the guy who literally wrote the book on Hollywood debauchery—talks with us about the strange and dark realms of celebrity.
Our Two Favorite Cinematographers Speak - Part 1
Anthony Dod Mantle is an English-born cinematographer who has lived in Denmark for more than 20 years. He recently won an Academy Award for his work on Slumdog Millionaire, a movie he shot in Mumbai, India.
David Lynch
I am a big-time David Lynch nut. I remember having to steal a copy of Blue Velvet and watch it at a friend’s house because my parents thought it was too sketchy for me to see at 12. I watched each episode of Twin Peaks the night...