Kirsten Lepore – Sweet Dreams

Last night, I attended LACMA Muse’s Young Directors Night, where six short films competed for Best in Show. 

This was the standout:

Sweet Dreams from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Created almost entirely with real food, Sweet Dreams is a stop-motion animation film about a stalwart cupcake yearning to find something beyond his world of sugar-cube skyscrapers and frosting-covered friends. When his makeshift boat crashes on foreign shores, he makes a shocking discovery that changes him forever. Director Kirsten Lepore’s immense talent for stop-motion storytelling shines in this endearing tale of friendship and community.

Despite the rain, the event was pretty fun. There was an eclectic crowd and open bar afterwards. Appropriately, the post-screening reception also featured Sprinkles cupcakes.

Links:
Kirsten Lepore
LACMA Muse

Aziz Ansari – Hilarious!!

Spent a portion of Sunday watching Intimate Moments for a Sensual Evening. Non-stop Funny. Good times.
Here’s the bit with him kicking it with Kanye West.

Link:
Aziz Ansari

Ed Templeton – The Seconds Pass

Stopped by Roberts and Tilton Gallery for the opening of Ed Templeton’s latest photo exhibit.

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The Radiant Child – Jean-Michel Basquiat

documentary. i want to see.

Strictly Sexual

romantic comedy. fun movie. 

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Connie Francis – Siboney

the girl who made this is so cool that i made her one of my top friends on myspace

FLOORED

Movie on Chicago Trading

Link: Floored

Koudlam – See You All

Part of Cyprien Gaillard’s film, Desniansky Raion: Massive street fight between two hooligan gangs in St. Petersburg, Russia. Awesome!

Amazing 3D Reconstruction of US Airways Emergency Landing in Hudson

Remember this?

Well, the ultra talented folks at Exosphere 3D created this cool reconstruction of the incident, using actual tape recordings and data of the flight from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Links:
Exosphere 3D – Cactus Flight 1549 Accident Reconstruction (US Airways)
Tracking US Airways Flight 1549, New York Times, 1/15/2009.

Ninja Assassin – Mindless Entertainment

DH, EM, JS, and I watched Ninja Assassin. We’re like the last people to see it in the theatres. Oh well.

Here is my 2-sentences review: Acting wasn’t very good, some of the lines were pretty cheesy, it had a predictable storyline, but damn, lots of fighting. Mindless entertainment. =)

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