It’s a great time to be a Wong Kar Wai fan. Not only is the Hong Kong auteur at work on a new directorial project (“Blossoms,” see more information about the dramatic series here) and planning a mysterious sequel to his 1994 classic “Chungking Express,” but seven of Wong’s best films have gotten brand new 4K restorations courtesy of The Criterion … [Read more...]
Without Palm Springs Film Festival in 2021, Santa Barbara Picks Up the Awards Season Slack
Oscar campaigners love the early-year film festivals in Palm Springs and Santa Barbara that are awards-attention honeytraps. As with everything else, COVID threw a wrench in the works. Palm Springs pulled the plug on its film festival, although the lucrative and starry annual Palm Springs Awards Gala will go forward in a virtual format February … [Read more...]
‘Nationtime’ Trailer: Long-Lost Film About 1972 National Black Political Convention Resurfaces
Best known for his avant-garde meta-documentary “Symbiopsychotaxiplasm,” pioneering award-winning documentarian of Black history, culture, and politics, the late William Greaves directed over 100 films. However, his library of work still remains largely undiscovered in the mainstream, partly due to availability and access. One such film is … [Read more...]
Alfonso Cuarón on ‘Disappointing’ Oscar Inclusion Rules and Supporting a Rising Indian Filmmaker
As a Mexican filmmaker who makes movies with Hollywood money, Alfonso Cuarón is no stranger to conversations about diversity. However, the “Roma” director has mixed feelings about the Academy’s recent inclusion standards for Best Picture, two years after his own movie was nominated in the category. “Everybody is trying to figure out ways of making … [Read more...]
75 Years Later, the World’s Never Recovered from Hiroshima and Nagasaki — Cinema Proves It
It’s difficult to quantify the breadth of the effects of Hiroshima and Nagasaki; but since those pivotal August days in 1945 when World War II suddenly became a nuclear war, many filmmakers have attempted to capture the uncertainty that nuclear weapons have unleashed. You know that feeling of uncertainty. Anyone who saw that mushroom cloud … [Read more...]
True/False Film Fest Gains New Leadership as the Future Remains Uncertain
Three women are taking charge of the Ragtag Film Society, which runs one of the most respected documentary festivals in the country. Read more:https://www.indiewire.com/2020/06/ragtag-true-false-film-fest-future-1234569847/ … [Read more...]
