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May 2013

Comme des Warhol

Just in time for warm weather urban grazing, Comme des Garçons launches its Andy Warhol X Comme des Garçons capsule collection today.

Go West

This month, Swedish denim peddler, fashion home, and multimedia collective Acne heads west with the book Rodeo (Acne Studios).

Accessories

Tommy Hilfiger and the artist Richard Phillips catch the limited-edition swell, transforming the surfboard into an objet d'art that offers a one-of-a-kind way to hang 10.

Angel Olsen Starts a Band

After releasing her debut EP, Strange Cacti, as a small run cassette on Bathetic Records in 2010, Angel Olsen soon found herself playing with Will Oldham, both in Oldham’s cover band The Babblers, and as a recording and touring member with Bonnie "Prince" Billy’s Cairo Gang.

 

Soundclouds of the Underground:Daft Punk

If you've been frequenting the World Wide Web this week and last (and why wouldn't you), it comes as no surprise that the new Daft Punk album Random Access Memories is getting a great deal of attention.

The Track
Of The Week

Exclusive Song Premiere and Interview: 'fallingforyou,' The 1975

The Source Family

Their vibe was groovy, their sprouts were fresh, and their spirits were free: A new documentary delves into the rise and fall of the high-rolling, mind-altering, essence-transforming '70s spiritual love cult of Father Yod and the Source Family.

Casting Call: Elliot Allagash

Elliot Allagash tells the story of Seymour Herson, a pathetic and unpopular eighth-grader who's taken under the wing of the title character, an eccentric teenage billionaire who's recently transferred to his private school in Manhattan and who teaches Seymour everything there is to know about manipulation—while transforming him completely.

Noah Baumbachs Graduate Dance

"Tell me the story of us,” Frances (Greta Gerwig) asks her roommate, Sophie (Mickey Sumner), in the opening scenes of Frances Ha.

 

Lake Bell's Survival Tactics

Don't go into the woods. As any steadfast urban dweller will tell you, bad things can happen when you leave the city to interact with nature.

Mickey Sumner

Chatting over coffee at a West Village café, 29-year-old Mickey Sumner could easily pass for a young, English Cate Blanchett: She's soft-spoken, with the subtlest accent, and possesses none of the manic "Look at me!" energy prevalent among so many young actresses with slews of films on the horizon.

Other Features

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

After two novels chronicling familial and political upheaval in her native Nigeria, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie goes abroad for her new book, Americanah (Knopf). The author's fiercely clever stand-in, Ifemelu, follows the racial indignities she encounters as a college-educated African immigrant in the US with an uneasy return to Nigeria.

Other Features

Bed Stuys Food Star

Chef and television host Justin Warner endearingly refers to Do or Dine, his almost two-year-old Brooklyn eatery, as his baby restaurant.

Lisa Giffen at Great GoogaMooga

Should you visit Brooklyn's Maison Premiere, chef Lisa Giffen just might surprise you.

Good Taste

Despite the pervading machismo often found in the culinary world, the women behind the new biannual food publication Cherry Bombe are sharpening their proverbial knives to provide sustenance for the eyes and mind—as well as the palate.

Armchair Traveler: Male Gaze

The art world too global for you? Each week, Interview highlights in pictures the shows you'd want to see if you could jetset from one international art hub to the next.

Slice Up Your Life

Blurring the lines between architecture and art, Brooklyn-based collaborative Snarkitecture designs furniture and installations that defy gravity and physics. Most recently, the collective turned its focus to an object whose value is traditionally recreational rather than aesthetic: the ping-pong table.

Troy Brauntuch's Dark Matter

When Interview sat down with artist Troy Brauntuch in 1983, he described, concretely, the thinking that has come to be a defining characteristic of his oeuvre. "It's the dilemma of consciousness trying to decide what to make us see," Brauntuch said.

How Los Carpinteros Construct

The latest exhibition from Cuban art collective Los Carpinteros, "Irreversible," opening this Saturday at Sean Kelly Gallery, presents a series of new work rooted in the semiotics of public art.

Under the Stars with Laurel Nakadate

Is blood really that thick? Artist Laurel Nakadate, whose body of work explores relations with strangers, decided to investigate. Curious about her genetic link to others, she took a DNA test to track down distant relatives on her mother's side.

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Angelina Jolie

With her bold first film as a writer-director, In The Land of Blood and Honey, Angelina Jolie steps behind the camera to tell a story about the search for humanity--and hope--in the face of war.

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