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Where the Dirty Hipsters Are: A Spike Jonze Parody

By Stelios Phili on

Okay, we get it. “Hipsters” like American Apparel, Pabst, going to underground venues, wearing vintage clothing, being apathetic blah, blah, blah. We’ve seen it all before in the Hipster Olympics, we’ve looked at it endlessly in Look at the this F*cking Hipster, we’ve even criticized hipster criticism! Alas, the joke just won’t… Read More

News

The Morning’s Top 5 Pop Culture Stories

By Caroline Stanley on

1. This morning the US filed papers asking the Swiss authorities to hand over Roman Polanski so that he can be tried in LA. [via WaPo]
2. Julian Casablancas says there is a “disagreement” among the Strokes over whether the new songs for their upcoming album are complete. [via NME]
3.… Read More

Giveaway

Win a Copy of “Heads on and We Shoot” Signed by Jonze and Eggers

By Caroline Stanley on

How do you turn a 10-sentence story into a feature-length film? Heads on and We Shoot gives readers a behind-the-scenes look at work that went into Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s classic kid’s book. There are forewords from Jonze and Dave Eggers, interviews with the cast and crew that delve into the creative process, and even early drafts of the… Read More

Music

Balloon Boy Songs: Download the MP3s

By Spencer Lund on

The Balloon Boy transfixed a nation yesterday, even after little Falcon was found hiding in the attic. Why? The story brought the imaginative adventure of Where the Wild Things Are to life. And as the New York Press reports, it has even inspired the creation of two new songs by Paul Holmes of Brooklyn-based band Paul and the… Read More

Film

Early Critical Buzz: Where the Wild Things Are

By Adrian Muniz on

In five days it will finally be upon us; what everyone in Williamsburg, Silver Lake, and every hipster-laden urban neighborhood in between will probably hail as the second-coming of movie making. Do we even need mention it by name? You’ve cried during the trailer, ordered your copy of the book on Amazon for the kid you plan on naming Max, and you spent a half a month’s rent on a Halloween costume you can’t afford. You’re ready, and now, the early reviews are in. It’s a mixed… Read More

Boldtype

Review: The Wild Things by Dave Eggers

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The Wild Things is easily the best book ever adapted from a movie that was adapted from a picture book — but it also succeeds in its own right. Dave Eggers has written a novel that is deeply imaginative, slightly strange, occasionally dark, and ultimately touching. Keep reading for our take and a chance to win a furry copy of the… Read More

Art

Pic of the Day: 25 Artists Inspired by Where The Wild Things Are

By Caroline Stanley on

Vice just launched a cool online art project where 25 of their contributors (Ben Jones, Benjamin Marra, Dan Zettwoch, Esther Pearl Watson, Frédéric Fleury, Hellen Jo, Jordan Crane, Josh Simmons, La Merde, Lisa Hanawalt, Mark Todd, Martin Ontiveros, Matt Furie, Matthew Thurber, Nick Gazin, Ray Sohn, Ron Rege Jr, Sakabashira, Sammy Harkham, Shintaro Kago, Skinner, Ted May, Tony Millionaire, and Vanessa Davis) will create new work inspired by Where The Wild Things… Read More

Music

Stream The Where The Wild Things Are Soundtrack

By Caroline Stanley on

Holy hell: You can now stream the Where The Wild Things Are soundtrack online, which comes out tomorrow via DGC/Interscope. After our emo reaction to Karen O’s “All Is Love” — a dreamy song that we’re convinced is genetically-engineered to make you weep over your lost youth — we’re a tad nervous about listening to the entire thing. (We blame “The Kids,” and their angelic yet spunky “oohs” and “aahs.”) Who knows what repressed Max-like childhood memories this will dredge up? A full-blown quarterlife crisis?

“Worried Shoes,” a Daniel Johnston cover, is an early favorite here at Flavorpill HQ. Which tracks do you like? … Read More

Film

Where the Wild Things Are: In Designer Geoff McFetridge’s Studio

By Kelsey Keith on

Chances are you know designer Geoff McFetridge, even if you don’t know you know him. Think back on Spike Jonze’s brand of skater-influenced, low-fi, desaturated work. Most of the typographic elements— type being a factor that sets the tone for the entire scope of a project — was created by McFetridge, founder and principal of Champion Graphics. When he’s not working side-by-side with Spike, McFetridge pursues his own fine art projects as well as two commercial lines, one for quirky, print-heavy wallpaper and the other for thoughtfully crafted skateboards. As the entire universe continues its countdown to the release of Where the Wild Things Are on October 16, we checked in with Geoff from his studio in… Read More

Design

Where the Wild Things Are: The Pop-Up Shop

By Erin Magner on

Where the Wild Things Are is starting to feel like an impossibly cool Six Degrees of Separation game, as new collaborators enter the film’s fray on what seems like a weekly basis. This became ever clearer last Saturday, when the soon-to-be-released flick was honored with a pop-up shop and gallery exhibition at Urban Outfitters’ Space 15 Twenty concept store in… Read More