Earlier this month, we got a sneak peek at the Spike Jonze-directed music video for the new Beastie Boys single "Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win," and today it drops in its entire, epic form. Prepare to have your mind blown. more ›

Exciting news from the Beastie camp today: the trio is reuniting with their "Sabotage" music video (and Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation, and about a dozen other awesome music videos) director Spike Jonze for the video for their next single, "Don’t Play No Game That I Can’t Win." more ›

At the beginning of 2008, Brooklyn-born musician and filmmaker Adam Yauch (famous for his work with a little hip-hop trio called the Beastie Boys) launched a movie distribution company called Oscilloscope Laboratories with ThinkFilm vice president David Fenkel. They hit the ground running, snatching up fresh narrative and documentary features from festivals and bringing a consistently provocative roster of movies to theaters and DVD (made without plastic and printed on FSC Certified 80% post-consumer waste paper and produced in a carbon neutral, hydroelectric, ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 certified plant!) more ›

Director Spike Jonze, actress Catherine Keener and third grade students from P.S. 41 temporarily renamed the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Christopher Street "Maurice Sendak Way" and "Wild Things Way" earlier this afternoon. Marketing is alive and well in Greenwich Village! The movie comes out this weekend, and the wild rumpus has already begun as it's Wild Things Week in the city. more ›

For whatever reason, Vice Magazine is totally in bed with director Spike Jonze, and last night they invited some people to an advance screening of Where the Wild Things Are. Before it started, we told a friend that we'd heard the film was "unwatchable" and, afterward, we heard a bewildered audience member gripe, "What the hell did I just watch?" But earlier our friend had declared, "I have faith in Spike Jonze," and he was absolutely right. We never doubted you Spike, and those suits at Warner Bros. can go play in traffic. more ›

From Brooklyn to the big screen! Finally, the Where the Wild Things Are trailer has premiered, and October can't get here soon enough, right? Let's just hope the Spike Jonze-directed adaptation of Maurice Sendak's classic '60s children's story gets the IMAX treatment. more ›

A 37-year-old man ended his train trip atop a Metro-North car at the Pelham station, where he fell or was pulled from the train's roof, while on fire and suffering from burns after coming into contact with a high voltage power cable. Accounts of the incident differ, but do agree on the fact that the adventurer was named Eric Chavez, he suffered burns on his body, and that it was somewhat of a miracle that he was alive. more ›

My first experience with a famous musician in my cab was unpleasant at best. I was a fan of Bjork’s “It’s Oh So Quiet” Spike Jonze video, because I’m a sucker for a dancing mail box. So I was excited when I saw she was hailing me out front of Lombardi’s Pizzeria (she hadn't eaten there, it was 2 a.m.). more ›

READINGS: Sebastian Junger (co-owner of the Half King) will be reading there tonight from his latest book, A Death in Belmont. The book ties into Junger's own life eerily - back in 1963 when Junger was a small boy growing up in Belmont, Massachusetts, Bessie Goldberg was murdered down the street from his home. Following the stories of the two different men suspected of committing the crime (and one of them working at Junger's family home the very day of the murder), Junger brings his inquisitive eye to the story, and its unsolved ending. Junger is a fascinating writer and the Half King is fast becoming one of the city's best reading venues, so it should be a great night. - Krissa Corbett Cavouras more ›

- Finally, a good tour of Greenwood Cemetery from Forgotten-NY. more ›

After years of teasing, the film adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are is finally moving forward. The NYTimes reports that Being John Malkovich's Spike Jonze (called “the strangest little bird” by author Maurice Sendak), is set to direct the “odd” screenplay he wrote with Dave Eggers for Tom Hanks’ production company. So far, the film will extend beyond the children’s classic simple plot to delve into Max’s journey home (semi-minor change: Max escapes with the "wild things" in hot pursuit instead of the island king's beastly subjects begging him to stay). While Gothamist usually cringes about childhood-favorites desecrated on the big screen, we remain quite hopeful with this film -- especially considering Sendak’s tight grip on the script/production, his love for Jonze, and his loathing of movies based on children's books as well as most children's books, which he describes as “all vulgar. It's all Madonna." Asked about the film versions of Cat in the Hat or How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Sendak replied: "What is the purpose of this debauchery? Money! Only a seriously sick or brainless person could like them." Indeed. more ›

For more on great things to do in the city, Gothamist Arts & Events. And last year, RESFEST had a program of Spike Jonze's work.
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The enigmatic Charlie Kaufman could be one of our most exciting American screenwriters working today, especially in regards to his collaborations with directors Spike Jonze and Michel Gondry. His nebbish charm and wit to spare surely must impress in person, as they do on screen and in interviews. Though knowing Charlie as Gothamist feels we do from his mocking self-portrayals, he'd probably hate to have that much attention and expectation honed in on him by the public. more ›

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Look out, Max, you may have met your match: Variety's Michael Fleming reports that Spike Jonze will adapt a live-action version of the beloved Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. "Published in 1963, 'Wild Things' is the Caldecott Medal-winning story of Max, a mischievous boy who is sent to bed without supper. In his room, Max uses his imagination to conjure up a forest populated by the wild things, exotic monsters who embrace Max as their ruler." That sounds just like Spike and Hollywood. more ›

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The distinctive, inventive, [insert overused but highly appropriate adjective here] flair of skateboard-magazine-editor-turned-music-video-director-turned-Hollywood's-new-guard Spike Jonze will be on display this year at Resfest. When it rolls into town on October 11, there will be a program called Spike Jonze Rarities, including a number of unseen videos and short films, including 1995's "The Oasis Video that Never Happened" and a Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" video with audio commentary from Christopher Walken. Jonze, along with Michel Gondry and Chris Cunningham, are at the fore of more visually engaging and cutting-edge videos; a DVD of Jonze's work will be released on October 28. more ›

So far, the work of Charlie Kaufman has only been adapted by two directors: Spike Jonze, with Being John Malkovich and Adaptation, and Michel Gondry, whose Human Nature was tepidly received but has directed the eagerly awaited 2004 release, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Eternal Sunshine stars Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, Tom Wilkinson, Kirsten Dunst, Elijah Wood, and Mark Ruffalo, with Carrey as a man trying to erase memories of ex-girlfriend Winslet from his mind. And by the looks of the trailer, it looks like vintage Kaufman AND Gondry, with tiny human bodies in normal size enviroments.
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. The more recent one, "(Boy) I Need You" has so many elements: more ›