http://www.plexifilm.com/blog Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:21:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Plexifilm staffer Gary Hustwit is finishing a new documentary, OBJECTIFIED, a follow-up of sorts to his 2007 graphic design film HELVETICA. OBJECTIFIED about our relationship with manufactured objects and, by extension, the people who design them. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=46 In December, Plexifilm helped organize a New York theatrical run for our friend Stephen Kijak's documentary SCOTT WALKER: 30 CENTURY MAN. We're pleased to announce that the SW30 DVD will be released later this year through Beastie Boy Adam Yauch's film company, Oscilloscope Laboratories. Congrats to Stephen and Oscilloscope, and ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=45 Dear Plexifans, Next month, we planned to release a high-definition Blu-ray edition of Sam Jones' acclaimed 2002 documentary about the band Wilco, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart. Earlier this week, Wilco sent a message to their fans telling them not to buy the Blu-ray disc, saying that they ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=43 We've just announced the first ever authorized DVD release of Andy Warhol’s films: 13 Most Beautiful… Songs for Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests. The DVD includes 13 of Warhol’s classic screen tests, including Nico, Edie Sedgwick, Dennis Hopper, Lou Reed, and more, paired with new soundtracks by Dean Wareham and Britta ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=42 Yesterday, The New York Times published another profile of Beastie Boy Adam Yauch and his new film distribution company, Oscilloscope Pictures: "Oscilloscope Pictures will operate in a model similar to an independent record label, Mr. Yauch, 44, said over green tea in a de facto conference room at his TriBeCa office." Hmmm... ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=38 Plexifilm's digital distribution rollout continues... You can now download the Wilco documentary I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, and the Death Cab for Cutie film Drive Well, Sleep Carefully, on iTunes. Stay tuned as we add more films in the upcoming months. http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=37 Wild Combination premieres September 26 in New York at the IFC Center, and in London at the ICA Cinemas. Be there! PS: Posters available soon... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=35 http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=34 WILD COMBINATION: A PORTRAIT OF ARTHUR RUSSELL Plexifilm is pleased to announce the forthcoming release of Wild Combination, Matt Wolf's acclaimed documentary on seminal avant-garde composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer Arthur Russell. Before his death from AIDS in 1992, Arthur created music that spanned both pop and the transcendent possibilities ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=33 After this Thursday's (July 10th) screening of You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story at the Silent Movie Theater in L.A. as part of the Don't Knock The Rock Film and Music Festival, Ariel Pink will be joining Gary Wilson for live performance that will surely blow ... http://www.plexifilm.com/blog/?p=32