Tweet If you’ve never heard of Lena Dunham, you’re excused. Dunham’s first theatrically released feature, Tiny Furniture, is this year’s critical darling in DIY cinema (last year was Humpday, the year before Medicine for Melancholy). As with most DIY films, these films saw very limited releases and, if they’re blockbusters, gross in the low six-figures. [...]
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Rising Indie Director Shows Us A Rare Romance
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on September 15th, 2009
Tweet Original at Ronebreak. Let’s just say this: if Bloomingdale’s offered me money to make a short film, I’d say, “sign me up!” Rising indie filmmaker Barry Jenkins, whose first feature Medicine for Melancholy (my thoughts on it here, and here) made a small critical splash last year in the indie film community, not to [...]
Love, in 24 Hours
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on August 19th, 2008
Tweet Love, in 24 Hours Some of the best recent onscreen romances take place within a calendar day. Aymar Jean Christian From Medicine for Melancholy Love, in 24 Hours Recipe: 1 Boy, depressed, perhaps cynical 1 Girl, slightly neurotic 1 City, stunning, lyrical, preferably in black and white 2 Pairs of Shoes, for walking, cycling [...]
We are a generation of hustlers
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on August 8th, 2008
Tweet New piece for Splice. http://www.splicetoday.com/moving-pictures/hustlin-not-mumbling Hustlin’, Not Mumbling Aymar Jean Christian There’s a lot to like about mumblecore, except that its depiction of today’s 20-somethings couldn’t be more wrong. Youth, wasted on the fictitious young. A still from Andrew Bujalski’s Mutual Appreciation. If you’ve never thrown a small object at a movie screen, perhaps [...]
‘Medicine for Melancholy’
Posted by Aymar Jean Christian on April 26th, 2008
Tweet UPDATE: 9/15/09: Since writing this, Medicine got the attention it deserved, including nominations at the Independent Spirit Awards, a small bit of distribution and a DVD deal (purchase here). ORIGINAL: This movie was so good I thought it needed it’s own post. I already posted this on Facebook, but here it is again. The [...]
