Fine Print Pictures
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Recent films include D.W. Young's THE BOOKSELLERS (2019), DANCING ON THE SILK RAZOR (2023) and UNCROPPED (2024), a portrait of Village Voice photographer James Hamilton and the heyday of alternative print media.
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“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
The Last Video Rental Store Is Your Public Library
Audio-visual librarians are quietly amassing large physical media collections amid the IP disputes threatening select availability.
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December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
“'Librarians out in our branches are seeing a lot of young people who are really excited by these collections,' Langlais told 404 Media. 'Folks who are coming in just for the games are picking up program flyers and coming back for something like that.'"
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A literate film or film as a form of literature?
D.W. Young: "I've taken to calling this a multiform work, as I feel it can be equally a written piece and a film."
D.W. Young: "I've taken to calling this a multiform work, as I feel it can be equally a written piece and a film."
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 PM
A literate film or film as a form of literature?
D.W. Young: "I've taken to calling this a multiform work, as I feel it can be equally a written piece and a film."
D.W. Young: "I've taken to calling this a multiform work, as I feel it can be equally a written piece and a film."
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Showing now on @thearsonista.bsky.social, D.W. Young's short 35mm film, Dancing on the Silk Razor, produced by New York-based @fineprintpictures.bsky.social, features a narration by Wallace Shawn.
Dancing On The Silk Razor, a film by D.W. Young
Dancing on the Silk Razor was born out of a discussion I had with my friend Dan Wechsler. We were contemplating various writing work we’d done when younger, and he mentioned there was a first…
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November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Showing now on @thearsonista.bsky.social, D.W. Young's short 35mm film, Dancing on the Silk Razor, produced by New York-based @fineprintpictures.bsky.social, features a narration by Wallace Shawn.
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Today we're releasing our short film Round Three, which was shot on election day one year ago. The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day.
vimeo.com/1132288351
vimeo.com/1132288351
Round Three
The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day. The weather…
vimeo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today we're releasing our short film Round Three, which was shot on election day one year ago. The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day.
vimeo.com/1132288351
vimeo.com/1132288351
Today we're releasing our short film Round Three, which was shot on election day one year ago. The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day.
vimeo.com/1132288351
vimeo.com/1132288351
Round Three
The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day. The weather…
vimeo.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Today we're releasing our short film Round Three, which was shot on election day one year ago. The third installment of our trilogy (so far!) chronicling the Trump elections in NYC, Round Three is a roaming portrait of Brooklyn on that fateful day.
vimeo.com/1132288351
vimeo.com/1132288351
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One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years
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November 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
One Bookstore, 3 Sisters and 100 Years www.nytimes.com/2025/11/01/n...
Diane Keaton’s Shadows and Light
The actress’s nuanced ambivalence.
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October 15, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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I wrote about Sylvia Plachy back in 2008. "That’s my sense of Sylvia Plachy and her photography. It’s a constant, consistent expression of gratitude for simple, honest things."
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Sylvia Plachy – Sunday Salon
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October 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I wrote about Sylvia Plachy back in 2008. "That’s my sense of Sylvia Plachy and her photography. It’s a constant, consistent expression of gratitude for simple, honest things."
salon.utata.org/2008/06/29/s...
salon.utata.org/2008/06/29/s...
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Beguiling pubtones of southern Ichikawa
October 12, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Beguiling pubtones of southern Ichikawa
Reposting in celebration of the #ShadowTicket release
When the goin' gets tough,
And that crooked old they
Want to put you in hovel,
Along comes a new Pynchon novel.
Neither it, nor the Chums of Chance,
Can quite save the day,
But - and sing along if you fanc-ay,
Maybe, for today, it's just enough.
When the goin' gets tough,
And that crooked old they
Want to put you in hovel,
Along comes a new Pynchon novel.
Neither it, nor the Chums of Chance,
Can quite save the day,
But - and sing along if you fanc-ay,
Maybe, for today, it's just enough.
October 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Reposting in celebration of the #ShadowTicket release
When the goin' gets tough,
And that crooked old they
Want to put you in hovel,
Along comes a new Pynchon novel.
Neither it, nor the Chums of Chance,
Can quite save the day,
But - and sing along if you fanc-ay,
Maybe, for today, it's just enough.
When the goin' gets tough,
And that crooked old they
Want to put you in hovel,
Along comes a new Pynchon novel.
Neither it, nor the Chums of Chance,
Can quite save the day,
But - and sing along if you fanc-ay,
Maybe, for today, it's just enough.
ATMs only get slower and slower.
October 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
ATMs only get slower and slower.
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One of James Hamilton's many awesome photos working as the stills photographer on Knightriders.
September 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
One of James Hamilton's many awesome photos working as the stills photographer on Knightriders.
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*Back when there was a Fourth Estate press, there was often something like "news." Nowadays, by contrast, there's highly-significant stuff that's Not Allowed to Be News, along with Vast Fake-Newsy Rumors which command public attention but are as insubstantial as meme-stocks. #TwentyTwenties
August 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
*Back when there was a Fourth Estate press, there was often something like "news." Nowadays, by contrast, there's highly-significant stuff that's Not Allowed to Be News, along with Vast Fake-Newsy Rumors which command public attention but are as insubstantial as meme-stocks. #TwentyTwenties
All American Food
August 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
All American Food
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SHADOW TICKET cover reveal!
July 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
SHADOW TICKET cover reveal!
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Happy Birthday Ms. Butler...
portrait by artist Bisa Butler based on a photo by Alice Arnold
---Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler: crimereads.com/black-star-t...
portrait by artist Bisa Butler based on a photo by Alice Arnold
---Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler: crimereads.com/black-star-t...
June 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Happy Birthday Ms. Butler...
portrait by artist Bisa Butler based on a photo by Alice Arnold
---Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler: crimereads.com/black-star-t...
portrait by artist Bisa Butler based on a photo by Alice Arnold
---Black Star: The Life and Work of Octavia Butler: crimereads.com/black-star-t...
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A new documentary titled "Maintenance Artist" highlights Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ radical, caring approach to public art. It premieres this weekend at Tribeca Film Festival.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/mier...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/mier...
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 PM
A new documentary titled "Maintenance Artist" highlights Mierle Laderman Ukeles’ radical, caring approach to public art. It premieres this weekend at Tribeca Film Festival.
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/mier...
www.thisiscolossal.com/2025/06/mier...
Nothing's real
June 9, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Nothing's real
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Rediscover the work of legendary photographer James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of US cultural history.
A compelling deep dive into Hamilton's work and a visually rich chronicle of New York’s zeitgeist over the last 50 years, Uncropped shows from 20 Jun. 📸 bit.ly/Uncpt
A compelling deep dive into Hamilton's work and a visually rich chronicle of New York’s zeitgeist over the last 50 years, Uncropped shows from 20 Jun. 📸 bit.ly/Uncpt
June 4, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Rediscover the work of legendary photographer James Hamilton, one of the great chroniclers of US cultural history.
A compelling deep dive into Hamilton's work and a visually rich chronicle of New York’s zeitgeist over the last 50 years, Uncropped shows from 20 Jun. 📸 bit.ly/Uncpt
A compelling deep dive into Hamilton's work and a visually rich chronicle of New York’s zeitgeist over the last 50 years, Uncropped shows from 20 Jun. 📸 bit.ly/Uncpt
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Zohran is Mira Nair's SON??
#donotrankcuomo
#donotrankcuomo
In addition to all of his legislative experience and good ideas, and his demonstrated ability to work with people, Zohran Mamdani is the son of the woman who brought us this piece of indie cinematic beauty. Good genes 😉
May 31, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Zohran is Mira Nair's SON??
#donotrankcuomo
#donotrankcuomo
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En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
May 23, 2025 at 2:35 PM
En banc Fifth Circuit overrules decades of precedent and holds that there is no First Amendment right to receive information in a public library.
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“When I first heard Elvis Presley’s voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.” – Bob Dylan #BOTD
"nobody was going to be my boss" is imo the #1 quote about EP's impact.
"nobody was going to be my boss" is imo the #1 quote about EP's impact.
May 24, 2025 at 1:01 PM
“When I first heard Elvis Presley’s voice I just knew that I wasn’t going to work for anybody and nobody was going to be my boss. Hearing him for the first time was like busting out of jail.” – Bob Dylan #BOTD
"nobody was going to be my boss" is imo the #1 quote about EP's impact.
"nobody was going to be my boss" is imo the #1 quote about EP's impact.
