After touring his stunning 2005 Carpark North music video and his subsequent videos around the world with RESFEST, I had an affinity for Martin de Thurah, but we had never met. This week, that changed…

Saturday night at the 4th Annual Protoclip, independent music video festival, the Jury announced the Palmares or awards for best music videos. The event took place in Sèvres, a southwestern suburb of Paris, France.

After initially being quite upset that all the shops I planned to visit were shut on Sunday, I had the pleasure of stumbling upon the Marché Richard-Lenoir this morning. In California we like to brag about our Farmer’s Markets, but we have nothing on this.

[ 18 Nov 2008; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Nacho Vigalondo’s TIMECRIMES screens as part of Cinema Tuesdays, a series curated by Flux celebrating innovative film at The Montalbán, Nike Sportswear’s unique retail and special events theatre in Hollywood

Everyone has heard of raves, but a silent rave?
On urbandictionary.com, a silent rave is defined as: “Rave” or form of wild dancing party where all of the members listen to music through headphones on separate portable music players. The players are all synchronized so everyone is hearing the same thing, but no outsiders hear […]

[ 11 Nov 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm. ]

Psychedelic rock band the Flaming Lips present CHRISTMAS ON MARS: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips, a glorious science fiction film that marks the directorial debut of the Lips’ visionary frontman Wayne Coyne. Seven years in the making, CHRISTMAS ON MARS features original music by the Flaming Lips with acting performances by all […]

[ 20 Nov 2008; 8:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ] The November screening will the U.S. Premiere of Young Man Falling, the award-winning short film from Danish filmmaker (and acclaimed music video director) Martin de Thurah. De Thurah will be on hand to discuss his film.

“The good thing about being a director is that you’re in the back seat, and you can observe,” he told Flux in a rare talkative moment. “You’re not in the light.” Well, metaphorically speaking, at least. We caught up with Gavras at the Los Angeles screening of his latest project, Justice: A Cross The Universe.

The polls are open, get out and vote.

Todd’s wood sculptures and graphics have long been beautiful works of art we already know and love. His latest series of innovations is not only timely after 6 years of process, it also reflects a certain existential yet organic quality.