Kind of Freaking Out – and other WMC Fest 2012 Updates

Things have been crazy past few days. I haven’t had a chance to post a new blog or review any movies I’ve seen. I’ve seen some good ones lately (Jeff Who Lives at Home, Senna, and others). But I needed to get some stuff off my chest and talk to you guys.

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The Freebie

I found out Katie Aselton was directing films when I read about her most recent film called Black Rock. She’s the wife of one of my favorite directors Mark Duplass (The Puffy Chair, Baghead). I couldn’t see Black Rock yet, so I saw that her directorial debut The Freebie was avaiable on Netflix so I [...]

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Project Nim

I saw Project Nim last night, which I had heard a lot about. It kept coming up in many top ten documentary lists this year and it didn’t disappoint. It’s a fascinating look into the 1970′s experiment where they tried to raise a chimp as a human and see if they could teach it sign [...]

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Life in a Day

Kim and I watched the documentary Life in a Day, which was comprised of user submitted clips from around the world. It was actually really good! I felt so many different emotions from joy, grief, and fear. Some disturbing images of animals getting killed was hard to watch, but it was real. It was real [...]

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Cold Weather

I had the pleasure of seeing Aaron Katz‘s new film Cold Weather the other night. It was lovely! Aaron was one of the original “mumblecore” directors I got into when I saw Dance Party USA and Quiet City. He doesn’t make nearly as many films as some of the others (looking at you Joe Swanberg), [...]

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Bellflower

Wow this was a weird movie. I like weird, so I recommend it. I was impressed by the visuals and the tone of the film. At first I thought the dirty lenses were trying too hard to be hip/retro, but it grew on me. I didn’t really like the characters at all and the story [...]

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Is Drawing Ability Important?

One of my favorite quotes is from Milton Glaser, he says: And people spend their entire life trying to learn how to draw. And then, after years and years of effort, they discover that they can successfully replicate what’s in front of them. It’s a kind of drawing that appears in all the art classes [...]

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Featured in Quint Magazine

Recently I did an interview with Quint Magazine, a online digital arts publication. Issue 12 is the music issue, so naturally I talk mostly about my music related design work. There are also some other rad artists in the issue too if you want to check it out. You can view it onlineĀ or just flip [...]

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2011 Updates to the Finley Home

My wife Kim posted about all the updates we’ve done to our home in 2011. If you’re a homeowner, it’s always interesting to see what others are doing. Check it out!

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Parachute Journalists – Heroes

It’s been a long time coming, but my band has put out a new song. Well, to most people’s it’s new. It’s called Heroes. It’s a very personal song to me. I wrote and composed this about 3-4 years ago after the singer of one of my favorite bands treated me like a complete asshole. [...]

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