Now that Sam Mendes will direct the next James Bond movie, nobody would be very surprised to hear that Wes Anderson will direct the next Spiderman. Some guys made an attempt to get Anderson’s attention on that subject by shooting a spoof in the typical quirky Anderson look and feel. It probably won’t happen but [...]
Kaleidoscope magazine have invited Adam Szymczyk, curator of the Kunsthalle Basel and the Berlin Biennial in 2008 as well as staunch supporter of mono.kultur, to curate a one week film program at their project space in Milan, ‘addressing the present urban condition and reality of built environment, contemporary artists mine the mythos of modern architecture, [...]
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The Illusionist is the latest animation from Sylvain Chomet, the man who directed The Triplets of Belleville. It premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival last week.
Some notes:
1. It is based on a screenplay that Jacques Tati wrote 54 years ago. The screenplay is believed to have been written as a message to the daughter [...]
Monday, February 22, 2010
Last night, I stopped by the opening of 177 Livingston, a terrific new space in downtown Brooklyn. This long-empty storefront will house three wonderful organizations: the online magazine Triple Canopy, the electronic arts gallery Light Industry, and the New York incarnation of the Public School, a “a school with no curriculum” with chapters in Los [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
We were asked by our colleagues at the excellent art magazine Kaleidoscope to submit a short review on the current German film scene, which has just been published – so in the spirit of the Berlin film festival, we focused on one of the most talented among a new and very exciting generation of young [...]
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
I rarely manage to take advantage of Berlin’s brilliant film festival Berlinale as much as I’d like to, but accidentally stumbled onto a real cinematic gem last night: Debra Granik’s independent feature Winter’s Bone was everything one could hope for when going to a screening based on the four line-description of the festival guide. A [...]
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Monday, February 15, 2010
‘Collapse’ is a documentary that describes our civilisation on the verge of destruction. It follows the course of a single interview conducted over a few days in a basement somewhere in LA, during which Michael Ruppert – a former LA police officer and investigative journalist – sets out a bleak vision for [...]
Saturday, February 6, 2010
The Best Documentary Feature category is one of the few redeeming elements of the commercial publicity machine that is the Academy Awards. Unlike the rest of the circus, this category usually gives due attention to deserving talent, and helps draw attention to burning issues.
Last week, the nominations for this year’s prize were announced. They included [...]
Director Spike Jonze’s new 30 minute short film titled I’m Here (financed by ABSOLUT VODKA) recently premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. The director of Where the Wild Things Are has created a robot love story celebrating a life enriched by creativity. The movie is set in contemporary L.A., where life moves at a seemingly regular pace with the [...]
Can’t wait to see the concert of The Swell Season in Berlin – their Winter Tour will bring them to the Admiralspalast on February 13. If you weren’t quick enough to get tickets, enjoy their Oscar winning song Falling Slowly from the beautiful film Once!
