Louis Vuitton
Recent ad campaigns from Louis Vuitton have been stellar. Louis Vuitton: Word Yasiin Bey, aka Mos Def, Ogilvy Paris and director Stuart McIntyre of Steam Films pay tribute to Muhammad Ali in two beautiful films for Louis Vuitton, the fashion brand’s first film campaign ever. Bey recites two poetic speeches (made famous by the boxer) [...]
Daido Moriyama
Check out Phaidon’s book release of contemporary Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama (b.1938). His monochromatic photography captures an essence of what neo-toyko would be like. I brush aside words and ideas, and focus on photography as a means of expressing a message that is both physiological and phenomenological. Without that framework, my approach is very [...]
Movie Trailers
Jor-El Johnathan Kent I saw the Man of Steel teaser during the Dark Knight Returns, apparently there are two versions narrated by some heavy hitters, Jor-El(Russell Crowe) and Johnathan Kent (Kevin Costner). With the use of B-Roll and The Lord of The Rings score reviews were mixed, but as teaser I liked it. Superman breaking [...]
Aline Riscado
It all started with this pic found by the internet Indiana Jones. We didn’t know who she was and had to do some investigating. She’s Brazilian dancer Aline Riscado. For the rest of her pics
Art: Reza-ilyasa
Prolific put me on to the amazing artwork of Reza Ilyasa, be warned you’ll be spending a lot of time on his deviant art page. Also check out his livestream
Michelle Jenneke
Michelle Jenneke from Losse Veter on Vimeo. Really? I thought this was a hoax until I saw her run. The Australian Hurdler is for real and she’s taking the internet by storm. I can’t imagine why though and what’s up with the continuous girly bounce? The perfect explanation, she’s only 19. -Via the Internet [...]
ONUINU/Happy Home
ONUINU / Happy Home from Andrew Sloan on Vimeo. Follows Dorian (ONUINU) through his bizarre life before transcending time and space. The official music video for “Happy Home” off of Onuinu’s debut album, Mirror Gazer. Bladen County Records / Bad Cop Bad Cop 2012. Conceptualized, directed, shot, edited, colored, and specially effected by Andrew Sloan. [...]
HPRIZM-City of On
HPrizm is known for “Evoking images of Sun Ra and Africa Bambatta at once” (Jesse Sewer XLR8R). As the founding member of the critically acclaimed Antipop Consortium, Prizm has consistently challenged the boundaries of traditional hip-hop, winning the praise of taste makers across the globe. In the course of his career, spanning nearly a decade, [...]
Dirty Laundry NSFW
“What’s the difference between justice and punishment?” Thomas Jane may have your answer I wanted to make a fan film for a character I’ve always loved and believed in – a love letter to Frank Castle & his fans. It was an incredible experience with everyone on the project throwing in their time just for [...]
Sigourney Weaver Plays Clinton in USA Political Drama
Hello Blacren-eites, it’s Big June from B’klyn and on July 15th I watched the debut of a new series on the USA network called “Political Animals”. USA has been notorious in the past few years for grinding out TV series that have characters with… well… character.
Nan Goldin To Be Awarded The MacDowell Medal
The American photographer Nan Goldin has been awarded one of the country’s most prestigious arts awards. The Edward MacDowell medal is given by the artist residency program The MacDowell Colony to an individual artist who has made an outstanding contribution in his or her field. It is rotated among different artistic disciplines and has only [...]
ESPN The Bodies We Want Issue 2012
Maya Gabeira Candace Parker THE ESPN BODY ISSUE 2012 Once again ESPN continues to amaze us with these awesome speciwomens. For the rest go to ESPN.com
Justice New Lands Music Video
Justice pays homage to Rollerball with their new music video New Lands directed by Canada
Who Is The Imposter ?
The buzz for the Imposter’s at a fevered pitch, The documentary style/Mystery thriller opens this Friday. A gripping thriller straight out of real life, THE IMPOSTER is an original film experience that walks the razor’s edge between true-crime documentary and stylish noir mystery. The twisting, turning tale begins with an unsettling disappearance — that of [...]
The Amazing Spider-Man Movie Review
< Big June from B’klyn here to let you Blacren-dians know the scoop about the Latest comic book movie The Amazing Spider-Man. If you’ve been following me then you know that I’ve been waiting to see this movie since sept 2011. The cynical new Yorker in me wants to say what I even heard some of [...]
Trailers Taken 2, Judge Dredd and Alex Cross
Liam Neeson returns in Taken 2 Karl Urban takes on the role of Judge Dredd once played by Sylvester Stallone Tyler Perry puts away the wig and gets into character for Alex Cross, peep Matthew Fox looking straight Psychotic
Kate Upton for GQ Mag
We can’t even front Kate Upton shot by Terry Richardson for GQ magazine( You think Terry hitting that?) Cover Photo Via faystyle.com
