The Pleasure of Being Robbed is the debut feature by young filmmaker Josh Safdie. Beautifully shot on 16 mm in the late night/early morning streets of New York, it tells the story of Eleonore (played by Eleonore Hendricks, who also co-wrote the film with Safdie), a kleptomaniac wandering the city — stealing wallets, purses, and [...]
Author Archives: Philip Watts
Chris Johanson at Deitch Projects
Well, you’ve got just under a month to get to Deitch Projects to take in the current Chris Johanson show Totalities, which closes October 25th. The timing couldn’t be more perfect: It just clouded over, we’re being told it’s now officially fall, and what we want to do most is to look at bright colors [...]
Chris Duncan: The Faith Void Split
Chris Duncan’s second solo show, opening this Thursday at the Jeff Bailey Gallery, explores the artist’s obsession with a split LP released on Dischord Records in 1982. “Faith Void Split” featured 12 songs by each band, Faith and the Void, and its contradictions in message and tone made a huge impact on Duncan.
Huge Magazine
It’s possible that Huge is the best men’s fashion magazine currently in circulation. Launched in Japan in 2004, the monthly is everything that’s been missing in men’s fashion journalism for the last decade. The only problem: Unless you can read Japanese, you’re stuck looking at pictures.
