Another screening of No Other Land—an Oscar-winning documentary directed by both Palestinian and Israeli filmmakers—is set for Friday, March 28, at 4 p.m. at The Byrd Theatre. Recently winning for Best Documentary Feature at the 97th Academy Awards, the film has been...
Before he would direct his later career epics like Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, director David Lean ended his string of play adaptations with perhaps the most celebrated romance movie ever. Before he would direct his later career epics like Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago, director David Lean ended his string of play adaptations...
Set in late 1970s in South Africa, Free State is writer-director Salmon de Jager’s attempt to inject some Romeo and Juliet flair with outlawed racial love and cultural family tension. Set in late 1970s in South Africa, Free State is writer-director Salmon de Jager’s attempt to inject some Romeo and Juliet flair with outlawed racial love and...
If by any chance you yearn for somebody who could wax poetic for a few hours about the new Super V Batman movie, Kevin Smith is pro If by any chance you yearn for somebody who could wax poetic for a few hours about the new Super V Batman movie, Kevin Smith is probably your man. Bringing his one-man talking extravaganza to our fair city of...
Certainly better late than never. Certainly better late than never. Chinese filmmaker Edward Yang’s often-cited A Brighter Summer Day is to many the holy grail of Eastern films that tragically haven’t seen the light of day in America outside of film festivals or piracy. Leaving a large footprint as part of the New Taiwan Cinema movement during...
The opening query of provocateur Nagasa Oshima’s political Death by Hanging is the question of “…have you actually seen an execution or an execution chamber”? The opening query of provocateur Nagasa Oshima’s political Death by Hanging is the question of “…have you actually seen an execution or an execution chamber”? Beginning like a documentary...
Different shades of tragedy always seem to expound from filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. Different shades of tragedy always seem to expound from filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen. For 30 years they’ve been enticing us with their strange but strikingly great movies that seem to run the gamut of eccentrics being surrounded by oddballs, creeps, and...
1949’s Bitter Rice is a provocative pulp disguised as a crime drama through an Italian neorealism lens. 1949’s Bitter Rice is a provocative pulp disguised as a crime drama through an Italian neorealism lens. Infused specifically American pulp and light noir, it still feels dangerous, lurid, gritty, and socially aware within all its sexy,...
Jellyfish Eyes is a new live-action psychedelic children’s adventure that tells the story of a young boy who relocates with his recently widowed mother. Jellyfish Eyes is a new live-action psychedelic children’s adventure that tells the story of a young boy who relocates with his recently widowed mother. He is haunted in a dream after losing his...
The beginning two minutes of D.A. Pennebaker’s legendary 16mm documentary Dont Look Back is about as iconic and memorable as they come. The beginning two minutes of D.A. Pennebaker’s legendary 16mm documentary Dont Look Back is about as iconic and memorable as they come. When you imagine the genesis of music videos (called “promotion films” way...
