Psychedelia in the Movies
As someone who took LSD whilst training as a film student, I was often struck by the notion that the sheer magnitude and pan-dimensionality of the acid experience could never be even remotely contained within the circumscribed parameters of film – but at the same time I understood the irresistible urge to try nevertheless.
Ghosts And Gadgets : Communicating with the Spirits
My latest film explores Brandon Hodge’s collection of Planchettes and other devices used to communicate with the spirit world.
Aluna: A Message to Little Brother
Destroying a forest here, draining a swamp there might have dire consequences across the globe. The Kogi shamans cannot perform their work of maintaining the balance of nature much longer in the face of our depredations.
Ex Machina: Are Homo Sapiens Failing the Turing Test? A Dialogue with Alex Garland
This dialogue with writer/director Alex Garland is meant for people who have already seen Ex Machina (plot spoilers abound). The conversation ranges from looking at the film as a Turing Test directed at the human species to a discussion of psychopathy, evolution, and the illusory nature of perception.
Time is the Most Precious Commodity in the Universe
Jupiter Ascending takes Lana and Andy Wachowski’s unparalleled talent for world-building to new heights; this galactic fairytale is a parable about Disclosure.
At Home in the Dark: Interview with Director Charles Shaw
This is a conversation with Director, Author and Activist Charles Shaw about his current project, “At Home in the Dark: a film about trauma and PTSD” which relates personal journeys towards healing as shared by individuals from New York, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, London, Madrid, Berlin, Copenhagen, and Ibiza.
Imagine a 3-D World
Film, television, and video games pack in as much fast-paced, loud, intense action in a minute as real life does in a week. The nervous system, conditioned to such intense stimuli, becomes uncomfortable in the presence of the slow, the quiet, and the natural. As Lao-tau said, “Colors blind the eyes, sounds deafen the ears, flavors spoil the palate.”
Drone’s eye view of Burning Man 2013
A drone’s eye view of the Playa gives you a new perspective of the sheer size, scope, and creative works that made up 2013’s Burning Man.
America is a Place Where Nothing Ever Happens
Richard Linklater’s latest film, Boyhood, follows the character of Mason from the age of six until he arrives at college. This movie is unique in that we see the kids grow up and the parents enter middle age over the 12 years it took shoot the film.
Review of John Alan Simon’s Radio Free Albemuth
This expose on John Simon’s Radio Free Albemuth comes after watching the film at the Museum of the Moving Image.