LITTLE MEN

Posted on 2016-08-01

When 13-year-old Jake’s (Theo Taplitz) grandfather dies, his family moves from Manhattan back into his father’s old Brooklyn home. There, Jake befriends the charismatic Tony (Michael Barbieri), whose single mother Leonor (Paulina Garcia), a dressmaker from Chile, runs the shop downstairs. Soon, Jake’s parents Brian (Greg Kinnear) and Kathy (Jennifer Ehle) — one, a struggling actor, the other, a psychotherapist — ask Leonor to sign a new, steeper lease on her store. For Leonor, the proposed new rent is untenable, and a feud ignites between the adults. At first, Jake and Tony don’t seem to notice; the two boys, so different on the surface, begin to develop a formative kinship as they discover the pleasures of being young in Brooklyn.

In theatres August 5th, 2016

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NHK YX KOYXEN – DOOM STEPPY REVERB

Posted on 2016-08-01

NHK yx Koyxen brings his unique dance classics style garage techno to Diagonal for a second round following the Hallucinogenic Doom Steppy Verbs 12″ and three recent LP’s for PAN.

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FRONT COVER

Posted on 2016-08-01

Front Cover is about handsome, openly gay New York City fashion stylist Ryan (Jake Choi), who rejects his traditional Asian upbringing. Ryan is given an assignment to style Ning (James Chen), a famous Chinese actor, for an important photo shoot. After a rocky start, an unlikely friendship develops between them, leading Ryan to examine his identity and consider an enticing new path for his life and career. A tender, funny look at clashing cultures and love, FRONT COVER is a delight for the urban fashionista in us all.

In theatres August 5th, 2016

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ERIKA YOSHINO – NEROLI

Posted on 2016-08-01

Yoshino sees the photography, which she has kept facing, in relation to the complex scents that are extracted from certain moments and environments and evoke something specific inside ourselves through their diffusions. Based on this concept, she has organized the exhibition’s works under the keyword “NEROLI.”
“Neroli” is an oil made from the flowers of a bitter orange tree. Sometimes, it is also referred to as “Neroli Bigarade.” “Bigarade” means bitter orange in French. Its scientific name is “Citrus aurantium.” Extracted from flowers of trees over 20 years old immediately after they bloom, Neroli has a complex scent that is a mixture of flower nectar, tree bark, and leaf. When I photograph, I release the shutter of my camera, at times impulsively, focusing on the subjects and also on my own emotions. The image appears on the photographic paper and makes a fleeting moment permanent. Neroli is like a collection of time. In aromatherapy, it colors the air with its distinct scent which evokes the image of a beautiful white bitter orange flower. I would like to capture moments of chance, passion, and ineffable, irreplaceable importance in photographs.

Erika Yoshino, May 2016

Opposite – Untitled, 2013

Exhibition runs through to August 6th, 2016

Taka Ishii Gallery New York
23 East 67th Street, 3rd Floor
New York
NY 10065

www.takaishiigallery.com