The White Stripes Under Great White Northern Lights, LA

5 Mar 2010

[ 15 Mar 2010; 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm. ]

“A magical, compelling and perfectly musical document.”
- Jim Jarmusch

In the summer of 2007, The White Stripes embarked on a cross-country Canadian tour to accomplish their goal of performing in every province and territory across the expansive northern nation. The Emmett Malloy-directed documentary film, Under Great White Northern Lights, captured that incredible journey. On March 15th […]

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SXSW, Austin

22 Feb 2010

[ 12 Mar 2010 to 21 Mar 2010. ] Photo by Jeff PicardAustin’s 6th Street during SXSW Music 2009

From its start in 1987, SXSW quickly established itself as one of the most important music festivals in the country. Its Film and pioneering Interactive festivals are no longer overshadowed by the Music section.

Flux is excited to be participating in this year’s SXSW Interactive. Jonathan Wells […]

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Chris Cairns’ Holographic Performance

Filmmaker Chris Cairns has created a performance version his awesome film, Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. We screened the original film back in September as part of the Flux Screening Series, when Chris mentioned he was cooking up a live performance version.
To bring his film to life Chris collaborated with holographic house Musion, best known for […]

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Who is Mia Doi Todd

3 Feb 2010

Photo by Marla Aufmuth

Name: Mia Doi Todd
Created on: 1975-June-30
Location: Los Angeles, California
Homepage: www.miadoitodd.com, myspace.com/miadoitodd
Domain: Universe

Mia Doi Todd is a singer, songwriter, artist, dancer, creator and on occassion, a master seamstress of rainbow colored garments. Last December at our Flux Screening Series at the Hammer Museum, we premiered her brand new video, Open Your […]

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Earth Intruding: The Other Worldliness of Björk and the calling of Voltaic

21 Jun 2009

The inimitable Björk All photos by Bernhard Kristinn
If you haven’t been in the alternative music scene within the past 20 years, hearing the accolades of someone simply named “Björk”, may leave you a bit confused. The name evokes images of imaginary shapes, colors, and extraterrestrial life. This may not be too far […]

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Cinema Tuesdays: Voltaic, Los Angeles

5 Jun 2009

[ 23 Jun 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

Our June Cinema Tuesdays at The Montalbán will celebrate the release of Björk’s Voltaic. Voltaic: The Volta Tour Live is a remarkable, multi-media document of Björk’s visually dazzling Volta tour. Full of on-your-feet moments, the film features performances of songs from Volta as well as earlier tracks including Hunter, Joga, Army of Me, and […]

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An Evening with Michel Gondry and Friends

16 Apr 2009

All photos by Marla Aufmuth Michel Gondry with friends, bassist Sebastian Steinberg and musician Jon Brion

Name: Michel Gondry 2 DVD Premiere
Date: Tuesday April 14, 2009
Location: The Montalbán
Who was there: Filmmaker Michel Gondry, Musician Jon Brion, Bassist Sebastian Steinberg, Seth Rogen, Patricia Arquette, Melonie Diaz, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emile Hirsch, Ace Norton, China Chow, Andy […]

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Cinema Tuesdays: An Evening with Michel Gondry and Friends, Los Angeles

3 Apr 2009

[ 14 Apr 2009; 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm. ]

Please join us for this one-of-a-kind special event at The Montalbán to launch the release of Michel Gondry’s highly-anticipated new DVD Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before & After DVD 1).

“An Evening with Michel Gondry and Friends” will feature music, art, film and surprise guests, celebrating one of cinema’s most groundbreaking filmmakers. Gondry will […]

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Cinema Tuesdays: The Present, Hollywood

2 Mar 2009

[ 10 Mar 2009; 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ]

Artist/photographer/filmmaker Thomas Campbell’s new film, THE PRESENT is a colorful and artistic exploration of the beautiful environment surfers play in everyday. Through his uniquely artistic style of filmmaking and intimate city-by-city screenings, Campbell hopes to help keep alive the nearly dead tradition of surfers gathering at a local theater to view a new independent surf […]

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Holiday in the USA: Metronomy Arrives

13 Jan 2009

Metronomy is Gabriel Stebbing, Joseph Mount, and Oscar Cash
Electro Pop Rock trio Metronomy make their debut appearance on the West Coast this January, promoting their second album Nights Out, a cinematic and symphonious narration vocalized and “electro-fied” by the talents of Joseph Mount, Oscar Cash, and Gabriel Stebbing. Often characterized as wonky pop and amiable […]

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