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A Record of Streetwear & Urban Art — 2006–2014

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Movies

FM–2007–02190 February 11, 2007
CAT: INTRODUCING

Top 10 Influential Video Games

Video games have come along away since their conception. They’ve gone from niche to cliché, cliché to niche and now are bubbling harder than ever. The…

Top 10 Influential Video Games
FM–2007–01864 January 14, 2007
CAT: INTRODUCING

Kung-Fu Movies

While Hollywood has latched onto recent films like Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Jet Li’s Hero—trying to profit off of Hong Kong’s unique style…

Kung-Fu Movies
FM–2006–01415 December 24, 2006
CAT: CLASSIC RELEASES

Style Wars

Style Wars is the Star Wars of the hip-hop generation. Just as Star Wars ushered in the era of the special-effects blockbuster, Style Wars is the…

Style Wars
FM–2006–01433
CAT: INTRODUCING

Top Five Black Comedies

Comedy has always been part of the black community and with the revolution of the 60s, blacks were finally given a chance to shine in the…

Top Five Black Comedies
FM–2006–01187 December 10, 2006
CAT: CLASSIC RELEASES

Basquiat

Back in ’79, in New York City, graffiti was starting to get noticed by those other than the scribblers of late-night alleyways. Pieces tagged with the…

Basquiat
FM–2006–01193
CAT: INTRODUCING

Blaxploitation Films

Almost everyone knows that “the man that would risk his neck for his brother man” is John Shaft, the title character of one of the most…

Blaxploitation Films
FM–2006–00609 November 12, 2006
CAT: CLASSIC RELEASES

Just for Kicks

In their documentary Just for Kicks, executive producers Thierry Daher and Come Chantrel examine the origins of the sneaker culture. If you ever wondered how the…

Just for Kicks
FM–2006–00378 October 29, 2006
CAT: INTRODUCING

Horror Movies and Gothic Fiction

The horror film has had a major presence in the world of film almost since the inception of the cinematic form. While it has been through…

Horror Movies and Gothic Fiction
FM–2006–00264 October 15, 2006
CAT: CLASSIC RELEASES

Krush Groove

If you still wear your Adidas, pull your Kangol cap below your eyes, and ponder about the length of Rick Rubin’s beard, then Krush Groove is…

Krush Groove
FM–2006–00269
CAT: INTRODUCING

Takashi Miike

Never before have our delicate sensibilities been so rattled and questioned by the radical vision of a filmmaker—one whose films we can’t seem to stop admiring…

Takashi Miike