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2.1.08

Building a Broken Mousetrap is now available on DVD through Touch & Go. A PAL version is also available through the band's website: The Ex.

9.13.07

A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument was recently selected for the upcoming IFP Market in NY. The film will have an exclusive, industry only, screening at the Angelika Sept. 19th, 1:15pm in Theater 1.

7.20.07

Building a Broken Mousetrap is having its New York premiere Tuesday July 24 at the IFC Center. It will screen with two shorts by Jem Cohen. For more info:

Tuesday, July 24 at 7:30pm
at the IFC Center, 6th Ave. at 3rd st.
please come to the New York premiere of:

BUILDING A BROKEN MOUSETRAP
The Ex in New York
a film by Jem Cohen and Matt Boyd
16mm/dv 62 min.

Concert film. City film. Protest film.

Shown in An Evening with Jem Cohen
(Filmmaker Magazine and IFC Center present 'Dialogues on Film')

Screening will include recent short films and discussion; advance tickets recommended: http://www.ifccenter.com/event?eventid=999831

Furiously intense... the most poetic and unexpectedly political concert film I’ve seen in some time. Noah Cowan, co-director, Toronto Film Festival

5.31.07

Following a successful festival run across the globe, Building a Broken Mousetrap is screening at the upcoming Silverdocs Fest. The film will screen alongside two shorts by Jem Cohen on June 16 at 11:00pm.

FP is currently in post-production on a film portrait on indie songstress Rosie Thomas. Thomas recently released a record with friends and fellow songwriters, Denison Witmer and Sufjan Stevens. The film focuses on Thomas's balancing of art, humor and her personal life; it will include performances with both Witmer and Stevens during their recent tour of the Northeast. Stay tuned for more news, sneak peeks and a release date in the near future.

2.6.07

Congrats to Amir Bar-Lev on his recent success at Sundance with My Kid Could Paint That. Already garnering favorable reviews, the film has been bought by Sony Pictures Classics. Hopefully it will soon reside in a theater near you. Here's what the Hollywood Reporter had to say:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/film/reviews/article_display.jsp?&rid=8682

1.27.07

Upcoming screenings for Building a Broken Mousetrap, a film by Jem Cohen and Matt Boyd are as follows:

Rotterdam Film Festival
Lantaren 1 - 1.29.07 at 10:00 PM
Zaal De Unie - 1.31.07 at 12:00 PM

for more info:

http://www.filmfestivalrotterdam.com

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
YBCA Screening Room - 2.22.07 at 7:30 PM
701 Mission St. at Third
San Francisco, CA

for more info:

http://www.ybca.org/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=2703

1.11.07

If you happen to be in Park City for Sundance in the coming weeks check out Amir Bar-Lev's latest documentary feature:

"A 4-year-old girl whose paintings are compared to Kandinsky, Pollock and even Picasso, has sold $300,000 dollars worth of paintings. Is she a genius of abstract expressionism, a tiny charlatan, or an exploited child whose parents have sold her out for the glare of the media and the lure of the almighty dollar? Documentary filmmaker Amir Bar-Lev examines the young artist, her work and the controversy behind it in his film My Kid Could Paint That".

Producer : Amir Bar-Lev
Executive Producer : John Battsek
Coexecutive Producer : Andrew Ruhemann
Coproducer : Stephen Dunn
Cinematographers : Matt Boyd, Nelson Hume, Bill Turnley
Editors : John Walter, Michael Levine

Screening Times
-Sunday , Jan 21; 11:30 AM at Prospector Square Theatre
-Monday , Jan 22; 9:30 PM at Holiday Village Cinema IV
-Tuesday , Jan 23; 9:45 PM at Broadway Centre Cinemas V, SLC
-Thursday , Jan 25; 2:30 PM at Holiday Village Cinema II
-Friday , Jan 26; 10:00 AM at Holiday Village Cinema IV

For more info: http://festival.sundance.org/filmguide

Also of note:
Check out some recent Sonic Youth videos by fellow filmmaker Braden King here.

9.1.06

Upon finishing, Building a Broken Mousetrap: The Ex in New York has just been selected to screen at the Toronto International Film Fest. Building a Broken Mousetrap is a concert film by Jem Cohen and Matt Boyd that interweaves a live performance at NY's Knitting Factory with interstitial footage of both NYC and the band's homebase, Amsterdam. Cohen directed the film with shooting by Boyd, Cohen and NY filmmaker Pete Sillen. Boyd and Cohen edited the film at Truckstop Media with big thanks to fellow filmmaker Braden King. The film will screen in Toronto on Sept. 8th and 10th. Stay tuned for future screenings.

8.9.06

It's been a busy summer! Just finished another short documentary for publishing giant Hachette Filipacchi Media. Currently spread over multiple projects... editing duties on Braden King's tour film 1000 Miles: The Dirty Three Live; a meditation on time, space, landscape and the up / down process of touring. Also pitched in on the edit for King's Sonic Youth video for the song Reena from their latest release Rather Ripped. The video was cut from the recent shoot of the band's performance at the ill-fated CBGB's. Stay tuned for upcoming screenings / broadcasts.

Currently in final stages of post on the concert film, Building a Broken Mousetrap on the Dutch band, The Ex, with filmmaker Jem Cohen. More news to follow.

In addition to recent collaborations, currently in production, shooting / directing the feature film A Rubberband is An Unlikely Instrument, about an eccentric musician in Brooklyn, NY.

3.17.06

The recent Josh Rouse video Quiet Town is premiering this Sunday, March 19th on MTV2's Subterranean at 12 midnight ET. The new record is due in stores Tuesday, March 21st worldwide.

2.27.06

The site has been neglected for quite some time due to a very busy schedule, but working towards renovations in the coming months giving the film + video page more attention. Lots of news to report in the meantime:

Recently tapped by Nettwerk Records and the Weinstein Company to direct a lip sync video for Dolly Parton's Oscar nominated song Travelin Thru. The song was cut specifically for the soundtrack to the Weinstein's indie hit film Transamerica featuring Felicity Huffman. The video was shot in Nashville where local production house RuckusFilm teamed with Found Pictures to co-produce the video with DP Roger Pistole behind the lens. Now airing on various networks.

Added another Josh Rouse project to the list this fall after travelling to Spain to shoot a video for Quiet Town, the first single to his upcoming record Subtitulo out sometime in March. Finishing touches were done at Truckstop Media NYC. Airplay should start in the coming weeks in both Europe and the Americas. For more info on Rouse check out the link above or go to Nettwerk. Stay tuned as there might be a film to follow based on the time spent in Spain; Rouse may appear as a character though don't expect the usual music documentary.

The Rocket Fuel guys are busy putting final touches on the DVD package for their ode to D. Boon and The Minutemen We Jam Econo. I pitched in and grabbed a couple more interviews for the project here in NY including multifaceted artist and longstanding Sonic Youth member Lee Ranaldo and filmmaker Jem Cohen (Chain, Benjamin Smoke, Instrument).

Currently in post-production at Truckstop on a live film of the Amsterdam band The Ex with filmmaker Jem Cohen.

Filmmaker Braden King (Dutch Harbor) recently directed a music video for Great Waves, the new single from The Dirty Three's recent release Cinder. The video features an appearance and vocals by Chan Marshall (Cat Power) along with live footage myself, Jem Cohen and King shot of the band's performance at the Bowery Ballroom. Check it out here.

Tapped by The Molecule in NYC to lens a live performance video for up and coming emocore band The Autumn LIfe in a quaint little Deerhunter kinda town in central Pennsylvania.

Filmmaker Matt Kohn (Call it Democracy) wrote an improvisational short film around the massive peace protests in D.C back in September and brought me on to assume DP duties. Currently in post-production.

Director Jeffrey Winograd came to NY in early fall to finish his documentary on multi-talented playwright, screenwriter, guitarist, performer and singer-songwriter Stew. We finished shooting with interviews including Public Enemy's Chuck D and LIving Color's Vernon Reed. Currently in post-production.

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