FLUX AND NIKE SPORTSWEAR HOSTS: A CROSS THE UNIVERSE
The Montalban Theatre - Hollywood, CA
10/31/08
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Busy P invites you to start your Halloween with the West Coast premiere of the JUSTICE film A CROSS THE UNIVERSE on Friday October 31st at The Montalbán. The film will be introduced in person by the band and then followed by the official launch of the Busy P x Nike Air Force 1 collaboration →

CMJ ‘08: Music Marathon & Film Festival
NYC, New York
Event: 10/21/08 - 10/25/08
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After a week of trying not to pass out amidst the dizzying lists of musicians passing through the city, furious scheduling, and getting home at 4 a.m., our CMJ boots are hung up for another year. We dropped by a couple parties to see what was going on, and once we got past some seriously Draconian security, we found that things are looking pretty damn good →

THE CINEFAMILY PRESENTS DON HERTZFELDT
The Silent Theatre - Los Angeles
11/30/08
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At the young age of 32, Don Hertzfeldt has amassed a body a of work unparalleled in modern animation. His meticulously crafted hand-drawn and -animated shorts, produced without the use of computers, continues to amaze and inspire audiences globally, and on Nov. 30th, Hertzfeldt will be in-person at the Cinefamily to introduce the L.A. premiere of his latest short, I Am So Proud Of You →

CINEMA TUESDAYS: PART OF THE WEEKEND NEVER DIES
Montalban - Hollywood, CA
10/28/08
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This special evening is part of Cinema Tuesdays, a weekly series hosted by Nike Sportswear and curated by Flux celebrating innovative film at The Montalbán. This Tuesday, the premiere for PART OF THE WEEKEND NEVER DIES will feature special guest DJ sets from Jason Bentley and C-Town plus a special performance by Daedalus →

Check out this visually pleasing video of the Kansas songstress, DRI directed by Neil Krug.  In the song “Two are One,” her delicate, echoing vocals delivers this bittersweet love ballad; vascillating between cool detachment and soaring emotions with ease and grace. Her album, Smoke Rings Deluxe Edition →

An Evening with Michel Gondry: The Be Kind Rewind Protocol
The Hammer Museum - Santa Monica, CA
10/21/08
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The world would not be quite as lively and colorful, had Michel Gondry not graced us with his innovative filmmaking.  His singular dreamscape is one occupied by rainbow colored hues, stop-motion animation, fiber-ops and clever temporal shifts. Gondry went on to create groundbreaking music videos, feature-length films, and won the French Academy Award.  At the Hammer Museum, he will discuss with the audience his own technical and conceptual process →

You are viewing an exclusive trailer of Special, a film written and directed by Hal Haberman.  Les Franken (MICHAEL RAPAPORT) is a kind-hearted and soft-spoken man who loves reading comic books. He’s the type of guy who most people walk by on the street without even noticing.  However everything changes for Les, the day he is accepted into an experimental drug study for a new and exciting anti-depressant, Specioprin Hydrochloride. As Les begins to take the drugs an unexpected side effect occurs – he begins to develop special powers →

FLUX and NIKE SPORTSWEAR PRESENTS Cinema Tuesdays
The Montalban - Hollywood, CA
10/21/08
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This Tuesday, October 21st, come and experience Charlie Kaufman’s SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK.  As he did with his groundbreaking scripts for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Charlie Kaufman twists and subverts form and language as he delves into the mind →

Wide-eyed Bostonians, Passion Pit premieres their first music video of their single, "Sleepyhead." This photographic stop-motion animation directed by The Wilderness, perfectly accompanies the wonderment spontaneously produced by this helium-induced dream pop track.  The band is fairly new to the indie rock scene and just released their debut EP, Chunk Of Change →

Featured on EM is the premier of the music video, “Doomed” the bonus track from the forthcoming expanded UK release of Violens’ debut EP. Directed by Mateo Ramirez and Produced by Cantora Creative.  Violens will be making their rounds during the CMJ showcase and then in November will be touring as main support for MGMT in the UK and Ireland.  Those European gigs have expanded with a second Sold Out show at Dublin’s Ambassador Theatre →