Moments after being released by the Capitol police on Wednesday afternoon, Oscar-nominated Gasland director Josh Fox told POLITICO that by arresting him at a committee hearing, Congress made it clear he is persona non grata on Capitol Hill.
Sometimes you have to put a dog in Joan Didion's name.
Head over to The Film Experience as Kurt Osenlund joins Ali Arikan, Mark Harris, Nick Davis, and Nathaniel Rogers to discuss the Oscar race for a few days.
NYPD arrest for marijuana soar in 2011, second highest on record.
Activists are demanding that a series of killings of gays, lesbians and transgenders in Puerto Rico be treated as possible hate crimes.
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A guy goes to a farmers market and busy a copy of Alexander Payne's Election and it turns out to be an original cut of the film with an alternate ending, which he subsequently uploads to the Internets, available for everyone to watch here.
A gay-rights activist showers Newt Gingrich…in glitter. The video below:
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Tomorrow at the 92nd Street Y, Elaine May will make a rare appearance at a screening of the director's cut of Ishtar, curated by Miriam Bale. For for information, including ticketing, click here.
Salon's Joan Walsh sees racism in Newt Gingrich calling Barack Obama "the food stamp president."
Filmmaker Ira Sachs recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to try and raise the last chuck of funds needed to get his next film, Keep the Lights On, into production. Keep really good queer cinema alive and donate here.
Check out this cool video from our friend Sergio LoDolce:
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Ashton Kutcher to replace what's-his-name on Two and a Half Men.
Facebook has been busted in clumsy smear attempt on Google.
Next Sunday, UnionDocs will screen Abbas Kiarostami's ABC Africa, curated and presented by our own Keith Uhlich and Aaron Cutler. For more information, click here.
Björk has relaunched www.bjork.com as a brand new website to tie in with the start of her groundbreaking "Biophilia" campaign, her forthcoming exploration of music, nature, and technology.
Twenty-six horror director to createThe ABCs of Death for Magnet Releasing.
Confirmed: Lars Von Trier and Martin Scorsese are teaming up.
From Cannes, Manohla Dargis files her first dispatch.
Newt Gingrich was more supportive of individual mandates than Mitt Romney.
Back to Cannes, where Quentin Tarantino reveals he wants Lady Gaga for his new movie, which will come as a shock to no one who's seen the singer's "Telephone" video.
And here's a super cool video for Battles' "Ice Cream":
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