The L Magazine

Greener Gadgets Conference

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 02:58:53 +0000

"Greening" the planet and consumer consumption. Can the two work hand in hand or is one completely exclusive from the other?

Interviews by Robert Tumas. Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

The L Magazine's First Annual Mardi Gras Party

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 01:02:07 +0000

The L Magazine celebrates Fat Tuesday with its inaugural Mardi Gras parade and ensuing party at Brooklyn Bowl.

Featuring musical acts Total Slacker, MNDR and Wavves.

Sponsored by Southern Comfort.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Best Wings in Brooklyn

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:55:38 +0000

Wings are a staple of American cuisine and Brooklyn demanded to know who makes the best.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

This Video Will Get You Laid

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:17:38 +0000

In this video essay for The L Magazine, Matt Zoller Seitz presents, well... there's no skipping the kissing parts on this one. Movies being the most romantic medium in the world, and all.

No Pants for NYC!

Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:03:29 +0000

One early Sunday morning, hundreds of New Yorkers awoke, put on a fresh shirt, bundled up in their jackets and walked right out the front door... without pants.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Rambo Solo: Flooding with Love for the Kid

Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:19:35 +0000

Matt Zoller Seitz's latest L Magazine video essay salutes cinematic one-man-band Zachary Oberzan, who remade First Blood in his own apartment for $95.

10 Years, 138 Movies, 29 Minutes: Part Two

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:19:42 +0000

The second half of Matt Zoller Seitz and The L Magazine's end-of-the-aughties clip party covers 2005-2009 in cinema.

10 Years, 138 Movies, 29 Minutes: Part 1

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 06:47:44 +0000

It's the end, the end of the aughties—time for a clip party! Matt Zoller Seitz's latest L Magazine video essay looks back at the decade in movies. Part One covers 2000-2004.

Clean Up Bhopal!

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 04:45:14 +0000

Twenty-five years after the Bhopal gas incident, students protest Dow Chemical's refusal to accept responsibility for the continual fallout resulting from water contamination.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

K&K Gallery

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:15:51 +0000

Keeping art local, the Brooklyn way.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Holiday Wishes

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:45:02 +0000

Dear New York,

What do you want for the holidays?

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Crowning Miss G Train

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:34:52 +0000

Elizabeth Kuchta, the only finalist representing Queens (her stop is Court Square), is the first Miss G Train.

Number 27

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:57:38 +0000

Two million baseball fans converged upon City Hall to celebrate the 27th Yankees World Series victory.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

350: International Day of Climate Action

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:05:37 +0000

350 parts per million carbon dioxide.

Discover how you can help to maintain humanity's sustainability within the environment.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Greenpoint/McCarren Park Greenmarket

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:39:31 +0000

From the park to the street, the farmers adapt and the community bands together.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Unreal Estate

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:28:21 +0000

Trick or Treat? In this video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz for The L Magazine, we approach the most iconic locations in horror films: old dark houses, vancant motels, mansions on hills, bell towers, torture chambers and spaceships. Enter at your own risk.

6th Annual Chef One Dumpling Eating Contest

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:03:15 +0000

St Trinians Cover Wrap

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:19:03 +0000

Cover Wrap Promotion with The

VOL.1 BROOKLYN presents: Battle of the New York Nerds

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:55:29 +0000

The Electric Literature Soapbox Reading Series

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:43:12 +0000

Cask Ale Festival

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:36:20 +0000

Forty casks poured over the course of a chilly autumn weekend at Chelsea Brewing Company's Cask Ale Festival.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

What's your biggest guilty pleasure?

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:51:39 +0000

Whip It Cover Wrap Promotion

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:47:22 +0000

Cover Wrap promotion for Whip It with The L Magazine

Urban Fable: The Message(s) of On the Waterfront

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 01:17:01 +0000

Elia Kazan's On the Waterfront is often dismissed as the self-justification of a men who named names during the Red Scare. But in this L Magazine video essay, Matt Zoller Seitz wonders if it's really that simple.

New York Art Book Fair 2009

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:54:17 +0000

Printed Matter, the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to publications made by artists, presents the fourth annual New York Art Book Fair.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

City Meditation Crew

Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:31:00 +0000

In the city that never sleeps, every so often it helps to take a breath.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Heroes and Villains

Sun, 27 Sep 2009 00:25:49 +0000

Dear New York,

Who are your heroes and villains?

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Rock and Roll High School: Freaks and Geeks

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:13:07 +0000

Ten years ago, NBC premiered (and subsequently dumped) the most important high school TV show of our time. In this video essay for The L Magazine, Matt Zoller Seitz leafs through our old yearbook and remember the spot-on pop culture references, honestly and cringe-worthy adolescent embarrassment, and upwardly mobile cast and crew.

Cult of Michael Jackson

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:50:08 +0000

September 11, 2009

The opening reception of the eclectic Rusel Parish's "Cult of Michael Jackson" exhibit at Figureworks.

Camera, direction, editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Disco Carnival at Bird

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:08:46 +0000

September 10, 2009

Fashion's Night Out

Jen Mankins and her staff at Bird hosted a "Disco Carnival" to encourage fun in fashion through a truly unique customer experience, open to the entire community.

Interviews by Loret Gamboa.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Fashion Inspiration

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:40:33 +0000

Dear New York,

Tell us about your style.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

Trends You Hate

Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:38:45 +0000

In New York, fashion is a statement. Not all statements are universal.

Interviews by Loret Gamboa.

Camera, direction and editing by Emmanuel Cruz.

The End

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:53:25 +0000

With apologies to Susan Sontag, this video essay examines the imagination of disaster, from gaping to fleeing to the deployment of the military to the bandaging of wounds to the woozy walk through the rubble, in films from Japanese monster flicks to 50s sci-fi and modern blockbusters. By Matt Zoller Seitz and Richard Seitz.

A Tale of Two Summers: 1989, Part 3

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 16:28:42 +0000

The conclusion of The L Magazine's five-part series continues to trace the evolution of the modern blockbuster through the summer movies of '84 and '89. This focuses on the long road to sincerity in the three epochal teen movies Heathers, Dead Poets Society and Say Anything.

A Tale of Two Summers: 1989, Part 2

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:02:06 +0000

Part four of The L Magazine's five-part series continues to trace the evolution of the modern blockbuster through the summer movies of '84 and '89. This segment features feel-good sequels aping the spirit of '84 while the heroes of Lethal Weapon II and The Abyss flip out, and the unprecedented Batman taps into the decayed American city.

A Tale of Two Summers: 1989, Part 1

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:30:45 +0000

Part three of The L Magazine's five-part series continues to trace the evolution of the modern blockbuster through the summer movies of '84 and '89. This segment features

A Tale of Two Summers: 1984, Part 2

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:13:32 +0000

Part two of The L Magazine's five-part series continues to trace the evolution of the modern blockbuster through the summer movies of '84 and '89. This segment features Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Dreamscape, Red Dawn, Gremlins, the society of the spectacle, and the PG-13 rating.

A Tale of Two Summers: 1984, Part 1

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:56:07 +0000

The L Magazine's five-part series continues to trace the evolution of the modern blockbuster through the summer movies of '84 and '89.

Quentin Tarantino: Words in Action

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:48:15 +0000

Looking at QT by listening to his copious, exacting dialogue: A study of verbal sparrings, reframings, clarifications, and all the other ways his characters use words to get on top of one another. An L Magazine video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz and Keith Uhlich.

Bad Seeds: Creepy Kids on Film

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 16:59:54 +0000

A history of creeeepy children in the movies, from The Bad Seed and The Innocents, to The Exorcist and The Omen, to Joshua and Orphan. An L Magazine video essay by Nicolas Rapold and Matt Zoller Seitz.

500 Days of Summer

Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:27:29 +0000

Cover Wrap-stravaganza! With The L Magazine

Dash Snow

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:12:03 +0000

Who is Dash Snow?

David Arquette's Hunger Strike: Day 2

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 20:21:05 +0000

In a Lonely Place

Wed, 15 Jul 2009 18:56:47 +0000

Doomed love, noir fatalism and Humphrey Bogart's best performance in Nicholas Ray's 1950 masterpiece. A video essay by Kim Morgan and Matt Zoller Seitz, for The L Magazine.

The L Magazine's Annual SummerScreen (Reality Bites)

Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:08:40 +0000

Reality Bites. 07.08.09

Wild Yaks @ The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN 2

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:54:53 +0000

Wild Yaks @ The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN Part 2

Wild Yaks @ The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 19:40:58 +0000

Wild Yaks @ The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN

Northside Festival 2009

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:56:05 +0000

Kittens Ablaze at The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN

Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:38:03 +0000

Kittens Ablaze at The L Magazine's Annual SUMMERSCREEN. 07.08.09

EODUB Open Mic

Wed, 08 Jul 2009 18:16:55 +0000

The L Magazine interviews EODUB

Right Hand/Left Hand: Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:28:52 +0000

On the twentieth anniversary of its release, a look at the high tension and human understanding of Spike's American masterpiece. A video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz for The L Magazine.

Away We Go - Cover Wrap Promotion

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:32:13 +0000

Cover Wrap Promotion with Focus Features

Literary Upstart (Adam Lefton)

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:19:28 +0000

"Strays" by Adam Lefton. The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi Final. Slipper Room. 06.22.09

Literary Upstart (Finale)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:36:41 +0000

And the Winners are...

Literary Upstart (Elizabeth Stephenson)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:33:43 +0000

"They Were Not Ours" by Elizabeth Stephenson. The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi-Final. Slipper Room. 06.22.09

Literary Upstart (Christian Rose)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:30:10 +0000

"A Good Place to Get Drunk" by Christian Rose. The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi-Final. Slipper Room. 06.22.09

Literary Upstart (Lauren Belski)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:24:26 +0000

"Fat Man's Coat" by Lauren Belski. The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi-Final. Slipper Room. 06.22.09

Literary Upstart (Deenah Vollmer)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:15:15 +0000

"Trevor's Balls" by Deenah Volmer. The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi-Final. Slipper Room. 06.22.09

Literary Upstart (Intro)

Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:09:58 +0000

The L Magazine's Literary Upstart. 3rd Semi-Final. Jonny Diamond's introduction. 06.22.09. Slipper Room.

Shilpa Ray and Her Happy Hookers4

Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:14:05 +0000