The easy freedom of this medium allowed the artist to range over subjects as diverse as Tarot, male nudes at Fire Island and a friend’s flat – and offer clues to his more public feature films...
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Name a film you've seen that left you with the thought, "This is art." If you want to explain why it made you feel that way, that would be pretty cool of you.
The Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, which always has an exceptional line-up, announced its competition selection and, as expected, it looks great! Including Payal Kapadia's "A Night of Knowing Nothing" (2021) and new films by Zhang Mengqi and Trinh T. Minh-ha.
Iranian director Rouzbeh Rashidi has released his new film, "Elpis" (2023). I had the pleasure to see it and I wrote down a few thoughts for EFS Publications.
It's been several days that I have this very image of Michael Haneke's "The White Ribbon" (2009) in my head. I don't know why, but I have the feeling that I should rewatch the film.
“The pain doesn’t make you want to live. How many lives I have? Nine!”
Wang Bing's "Til madness do us part" (2013) is an exceptional document on China's mental asylums, and the sometimes arbitrary reasons for people's detention. It's not an easy watch but essential.
A new Apichatpong Weerasethakul! Albeit only a short film...
"There are demonstrations in Bangkok but the insects on the white bed linen have other concerns, if they have any at all. In his short film hovering on the border between dream and wakefulness Apichatpong Weerasethakul again blends familiar banality with the realm of the dead."
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul invites you to his PlayLab!
"The Apichatpong Weerasethakul Lab offers 12 days of immersive learning, meditation, shared meals, and walks, providing a nurturing environment for diverse, creative minds to unlearn and reimagine the art of filmmaking."
"That Emilija Škarnulytė’s uses a snake as one of her documentary’s protagonists is perhaps not surprising. It is the snake that links the apple of knowledge and the brink of disaster, the abyss we have been staring at since 1945, more intensely during some periods, less concerned in others. It was a toxic trade we accepted."
Standing stones, urban hellscapes and male nudes: Derek Jarman’s glorious Super 8 short films (www.theguardian.com)
The easy freedom of this medium allowed the artist to range over subjects as diverse as Tarot, male nudes at Fire Island and a friend’s flat – and offer clues to his more public feature films...
Short film What do You Want Now of This Metaphysical Love? (dir. Luc DeHaan 2024) - Trailer (m.youtube.com)
Found this Arthouse film trailer via @lookluc who is the film's director. I really like the oversaturation, it's lush....