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Talkhouse

Shannon Plumb has shot over 200 short films, which have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and on international screens. She started by shooting herself as various characters, acting out three-minute situations using humor and silence as her vehicles for storytelling. In 2013, her first feature film, Towheads, premiered at MoMA as part of New Directors / New Films; it is now streaming on the <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/towheads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Criterion Channel</a>. You can see her short films at <a href="http://shannonplumb.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shannonplumb.com</a> and Towheads is available on Netflix and iTunes. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, director Derek Cianfrance, and their two sons.

Shannon Plumb

Film

“Godard Sucks!”

Zawe Ashton is a British actress, playwright, author and director who is currently starring in the period romantic dramedy <a href="https://bleeckerstreetmedia.com/mr-malcolms-list/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Malcolm’s List</a>, opposite Freida Pinto and Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù. Ashton’s portrayal of Vod in Channel 4’s Fresh Meat won her a cult following, and her other credits include the BBC/Netflix series Wanderlust and the feature Velvet Buzzsaw, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal, Toni Collette and Rene Russo. She recently wrapped production on Nia DaCosta’s The Marvels, opposite Brie Larson and Teyonah Parris. Ashton recently starred in both the West End and on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Betrayal, with Tom Hiddleston and Charlie Cox. In addition to being an accomplished actress, Ashton has also established herself as an award-winning writer, producer and director. She was the youngest winner of the London Poetry Slam Championship in 2000. Her debut play, Harm’s Way, was nominated for a Verity Bargate Award in 2007 and her directorial debut, Happy Toys, was nominated for Best British Short at the Raindance Film Festival in 2014. Ashton’s play For All the Women Who Thought They Were Mad was produced in London at the Hackney Showroom and at Soho Rep in New York. Her novel Character Breakdown was published by Penguin Books in 2019.

Zawe Ashton

Three Great Things: Zawe Ashton

Michael Grace Jr. is the founding member of cult indie bands My Favorite and The Secret History. He is also a visual artist, writer, and Adjunct Professor of Art in the SUNY system. Based in NY, he is currently working on new music with My Favorite, in addition to just finishing his first novel, The Lesser Saints.

Michael Grace Jr.

Remembering Anna Karina

Russell Banks is the internationally acclaimed author of 18 works of fiction, including the novels Continental Drift, Rule of the Bone, The Book of Jamaica and Lost Memory of Skin, six short story collections, and several works of non-fiction, most recently Voyager: Travel Writings. Two of his novels, The Sweet Hereafter and Affliction, have been adapted into award-winning films. Banks has been a Pulitzer Prize finalist (Continental Drift, Cloudsplitter) and a PEN/Faulkner finalist (Affliction, Cloudsplitter, Lost Memory of Skin). He served as New York State Author (2004-2008), and in 2014 was inducted into the New York State Writers Hall of Fame. Banks lives in upstate New York with his wife, the poet Chase Twichell.

Russell Banks

What I Saw at the Pictures

Rob Grote lives in a house whose foyer has wallpaper of pretty pink flowers. His room is on the third floor. When not in Philadelphia, he lives in a Ford E350 with the rest of the Districts, pretending it is made of stained glass. You can follow the Districts on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/TheDistrictsPa" target="_blank">here</a>.

Rob Grote

Music

Rob Grote (the Districts) Talks the Brian Jonestown Massacre’s Musique de Film Imaginé

French New Wave