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Blank City Opens

Blank City Official Trailer from Celine Danhier on Vimeo. Last night in New York was the wild party for the premiere of Blank City. All the old-school New Yorkers were out in full effect for... More »
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Graphic of the Day: Cannes 2011

It’s Official. The Cannes Film Festival is coming around the bend. Dates are May 11-22. Here’s the new poster in all its chic glory. Take a look at the films playing this year at the... More »
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Graphic of the Day: Sixteen Candles

Todays graphic is a special design created by the Criterion collection for the re-release of Sixteen Candles. We’re digging the creativity. Also, we’re thrilled the movie has made it... More »
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Legs Legs Legs

Photographer/Filmmaker KT Auleta is a friend of The Standard family, so when she first rang to borrow a room in order to film a crazy sexy concept, we said “why not”? The... More »
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Live from SXSW

Hark! Where have all the music business friends in New York gone? They are in Austin at South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival. Come to think of it, all the marketing, and some film friends are gone... More »
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Best Actress

A hearty congratulations to our modern day Audrey Hepburn for her most awe-inspiring role to date… and yes, Natalie, you were perfect! Image by thehipsterkids More »
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Graphic of the Day: Movie Titles

We love it when movie titles read like their own little narrative. Get your betting pools together, the big show is tonight — Oscar.com More »
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The Academy Awards (Which I Didn't Win)

First of all, I would like to thank the Academy for giving me this blog with which to touch daily all of your souls out there.  I also have to thank Papa and Mama D’arde, (and that... More »
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Ricky Saiz's New Video

Ricky Saiz is a lover not a fighter. More importantly, he’s a lovely spirit we all adore having seen him grow up in the creative circles of New York City. His main gig is serving as one of... More »
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Black Swan Tricks

When you watched Black Swan, did you spend the entire time thinking “how the hell did they do that?”. We hesitate to post this video because we love maintaining the mystery of it... More »
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80's Babes + Tunes

Ahhhhh, the 80’s! A time for decadence, and silly T&A movies. Somehow, nudity seemed less offensive, and the films of the decade were just full of dirty high school jokes and harmless... More »
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Graphic of the Day: Nolan Doodle

Today’s graphic is a sketch created by Director Christopher Nolan. It’s a map of the Dream Layers in his film Inception, but more importantly, it’s a peek into the process of... More »
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Rinko is Back

Remember Rinko Kikuchi? The naughty schoolgirl from the 2006 film Babel? The film garnered several Oscar nominations, including an Academy nomination for Rinko herself for the intense... More »
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New York Street Photography

One our great creative contributors to The Standard, Cheryl Dunn, has completed a powerful documentary on the elusive spirit of New York photography. Cheryl was commissioned by... More »
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Bernie Madoff Slippers

Bernie Madoff. The ultimate hoodwink man. On Dec. 11, 2008, Bernard L. Madoff confessed that his vaunted investment business was all “one big lie,” a Ponzi scheme colossal in volume... More »
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Sofia's Movie

It’s finally here. The New York Premiere of Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere happened last night, Sunday (Dec 12th), in New York’s Tribeca. Here’s a cute website she has... More »
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Margaret Hamilton

One of our favorite Tumblr’s called Old Hollywood shares a piece of insight on the integrity-keeping Margaret Hamilton, the actress famous for playing the original witch in Wizard of Oz.... More »
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AIDS is Still Here

Last week marked the 23rd commemoration of Worlds AIDS Day. It’s something we don’t really talk about much anymore. Do you remember what the actual words AIDS and HIV stand for?... More »
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"Ascent" by Rad Hourani Screening at The Spa

‘Ascent’ By Rad Hourani (Six Scents: Series Three) from Six Scents Parfums on Vimeo. To kick off Six Scents: Series Three, Rad Hourani’s “Ascent” screened in... More »
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Graphic of the Day: Twilight Zone

We’ve noticed an interesting trend among Tumblr bloggers who tend to grab movie stills, create a screenshot, and transform certain film stills into post-modern-art. This one was spotted on... More »
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DIRTY OLD TOWN

If you’re in London around the 27th and 28th don’t miss the screenings of Captured and Dirty Old Town by director Dan Levin. Both films are beautifully made and both are true DIY... More »