When I speak with Eleanor Friedberger she’s in her old neighborhood, Greenpoint Brooklyn, where she lived for 14 years. Exactly two years ago she moved to upstate New York to spend most of her free time “up, in the middle nowhere.” Which feels fitting, considering in January she’ll release her third solo album, appropriately entitled New View. “The most different […]
Eleanor Friedberger
Slow Machine with Chloe Sevigny Looking for Crowdfunders
Chloe Sevigny’s latest project, a “screwball thriller about performance and surveillance,” is looking for backers. Called Slow Machine, it is reportedly “bleak but funny.” The film’s makers are looking to crowdfund the creation of the ultra low-budget movie—its total reported budget is a modest $30,000—via Kickstarter. Who’s behind it? Filmmaker Paul Felten and musician Joe Denardo (of Growing) will direct, and the movie […]