L for Leisure

L FOR LEISURE: Arthouse comedy set in 1992-3 following awkward graduate students on vacations all around the world. Find out what happens when people stop being real...and start being polite. Official website for the feature film by Lev Kalman and Whit Horn, Special Affects Films. Contact: [email protected] Facebook   /   Twitter   /   IMDB About Video Soundtrack Screenings Photos Press Credits

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L for Leisure is now available to stream or download! http://www.lforleisure.com

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Lev Kalman and Sohrab Mohebbi in discussion at 356 Mission on July 9, 2015. This discussion took place in conjunction with the Los Angeles premiere of L for Leisure (2014), directed by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn.

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L for Leisure (2014, 74 min) A film by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn

screening at 356 S. Mission Road plus an ambient set by John Atkinson followed by a discussion with the filmmakers and Sohrab Mohebbi

Thursday, July 9 at 7 PM

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LA Premiere!

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If you missed it at the IFP Made in New York Media Center, here is the video of John Atkinson and our performance NBA jAams!

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Will this screen in Los Angeles? Looks hella chill

Yes! And soon. Details to come.

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We had a blast talking to Blackbook about 8 Inspirations for L for Leisure.

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L FOR LEISURE WEEK A whole week of events + screenings at the IFP: Made in New York Theater in DUMBO! Here's the schedule as of now: TICKETS FACEBOOK Friday, May 15th: OPENING NIGHT 7:30pm Film introduced by co-writer/director Whitney Horn. After the screening, Q&A with co-writer/director Lev Kalman and L for Leisure cast members, moderated by Nellie Killian, Programmer, BAMcinématek. Saturday, May 16th 1:30pm Screening preceded by “Come as You Are” a video by artist Erica Magrey. Followed by Q&A with Erica and L for Leisure co-writer/director Lev Kalman. Sat. 4:00pm L for Leisure Lecture Series - Jonathan Basile. Jonathan Basile is a fiction writer, amateur philosopher, and creator of an online universal library, libraryofbabel.info. He will discuss time & nostalgia in the interrelated layers of L for Leisure's narrative, its editing, and its medium. Q&A with Jonathan and co-writer/director Lev Kalman. Sunday, May 17th 2pm Film introduced by co-writer/director Whitney Horn. Following the screening, a Q&A with Scott Cummings (director, Buffalo Juggalos) and co-writer/director Lev Kalman. Monday, May 18th 7:30pm L for Leisure Lecture Series - Jeanette Samyn. Jeanette Samyn just finished her PhD in Victorian Literature at Indiana University, and will be a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for the Humanities at Wesleyan University starting in the fall. Her lecture will consider L for Leisure's relationship to parasitic thought. Tuesday, May 19th 2:00pm Matinee Tue. 7:30pm Before the screening, “NBA jAams,” a live performance of a new basketball-themed collaboration by John Atkinson (Big A litle a, composer L for Leisure soundtrack), Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn (filmmakers L for Leisure). Q&A after the screening with Lev Kalman and John Atkinson. Wednesday, May 20th 7:30pm Film introduced by co-writer/director Whitney Horn. Following the screening, a Q&A with Sophie Cavoulacos (Curatorial Assistant, Department of Film, MoMA) and co-writer/director Lev Kalman. Thursday, May 21st 2:00pm Matinee Thurs. 7:30pm: CLOSING NIGHT L for Leisure Lecture Series - Danilo Correale. Danilo Correale is an Italian artist and researcher. His last project no more sleep no more is a 3 hour sensorial documentary on the condition of wakefulness in postmodernity. His lecture “L for Laziness” represents a collection of thoughts about the relationship between laziness and leisure and how these "practices" are perceived under different class privileges. Closing night party at the café! Featuring live soundtrack remixes by John Atkinson (Big A litle a, composer L for Leisure soundtrack) with video projections by Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn (filmmakers L for Leisure).

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Our 2009 film BLONDES IN THE JUNGLE is now streaming on MUBI! Check it out.

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Another shot from the set of High Maintenance,  the out-of-this-godforsaken-world-Awesome web series. This is from the just-released episode “Esme” that I production designed. Go ch-ch-ch-ch-check it out!

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Marianna McClellan looking fly as hell on the set of High Maintenance.

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This discussion took place on December 7, 2014 as part of a screening of Blondes in the Jungle (dir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2009, 48 min.). This screening was held in conjunction with the exhibition SOLUTIONS TO COMPOUND PROBLEMS by Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda held at 356 S. Mission Road.

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http://www.thelmagazine.com/2015/01/heart-90s-l-leisure/

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More here

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Berlin!! We're happy to be part of the UNKNOWN PLEASURES film festival, which focuses on cutting edge US films. L FOR LEISURE screens Monday January 5 at 21:30 (pm?)

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Attention: L for Leisure is Modern Art!

Come see it at the MoMA Sat 12/13 at 8:00pm Sun 12/14 at 4:15pm

http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/22808

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Blondes in the Jungle (dir. Lev Kalman & Whitney Horn, 2009, 48 min.) Screening and discussion with Jay Chung and filmmaker Lev Kalman

Sunday December 7 / 7 PM 356 S. Mission Rd. Los Angeles 90033 FREE!

    Held in conjunction with  Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda  SOLUTIONS TO COMPOUND PROBLEMS 

on view at 356 S. Mission Rd. December 3 - January 18

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Jay Chung & Q Takeki Maeda SOLUTIONS TO COMPOUND PROBLEMS 356 S. Mission Road December 3, 2014 - January 18, 2015 SOLUTIONS TO COMPOUND PROBLEMS depicts two site-specific works at Galerie Isabella Bortolozzi, Berlin. The interior architectural features of the gallery, located in a Gründerzeit-era apartment, formed the basis of the first work, Toter Winkel (2010). The second work, Untitled (2014), portrays three gallerists of matrilineal descent, Monika Schmela, Ulrike Schmela-Brüning, and Lena Brüning, who operated her gallery from 2012-2013 in the apartment directly above Galerie Bortolozzi. Exhibition-related events: Opening Reception Wednesday, December 3 at 7 PM Reading with Jay Chung Saturday, December 6 at 2 PM Blondes in the Jungle (2009, 48 min) Screening and discussion with Jay Chung and filmmaker Lev Kalman Sunday December 7 at 7 PM