Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI, and sign up for our weekly email newsletter by clicking here.NEWSThe Cannes Classics lineup was announced last week, and with it comes news of the premiere of Jean-Luc Godard’s posthumous, 20-minute-long short Phony Wars. Dubbed “a trailer of the film that will never exist,” the film has a short teaser courtesy of Saint Laurent Productions.Adèle Haenel (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) wrote a letter to the magazine Telerama about her decision to retire from acting. In an English-language excerpt, via the Guardian, she writes: “I decided to politicize my retirement from cinema to denounce the general complacency of the profession towards sexual aggressors and more generally the way in which this sphere collaborates with the mortal, ecocidal, racist order of the world such as it is.”Harmony Korine will receive the Pardo d’onore Manor,...
- 5/10/2023
- MUBI
After his debut feature “Green Fish” (1997) South-Korean director Lee Chang-dong made what is possibly one of his most commercially and critically acclaimed films, “Peppermint Candy”. Especially with the success of his latest film “Burning”, Chang-dong’s body of work has to be regarded as one of the most interesting focusing on topics such as his home country’s history, masculinity, human relations and art. Similar to his work as a novelist previous to his film career, art, as the director explains in an interview with writer Andrew Chan, is a way “to communicate with all those certain somebodies out there […] whose names and faces I didn’t know” and to explore new worlds and environments.
Over the course of 130 minutes, the film accompanies the events which led to the suicide of Kim Yong-ho (Sol Kyung-gu). Starting with him standing on a railway bridge facing an oncoming train,...
Over the course of 130 minutes, the film accompanies the events which led to the suicide of Kim Yong-ho (Sol Kyung-gu). Starting with him standing on a railway bridge facing an oncoming train,...
- 4/12/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
After four years Martin Scorsese is back with another six filmic gems from all corners of the Earth. Love struggles in the slums of Thailand and the economic boom town of Taipei; underdog heroes undertake troubled missions in Turkey and Kazakhstan, a Malay storyteller plays cinematic games with basic narrative, and a vintage Brazilian art film is pure visual poetry. They’ve all been rescued by the World Cinema Project.
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2
Blu-ray + DVD
The Criterion Collection 873-879
1931 – 2000 / Color + B&W / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date May 30, 2017 / 124.95
Directed by Lino Brocka, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ermek Shinarbaev, Mário Peixoto, Lütfi Ö. Akad, Edward Yang
I readily confess that in my patchy history of film festival attendance, I gravitated not toward the really obscure foreign films, unless they promise to be as entertaining as things I’m more familiar with. Based on the results, one of...
Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2
Blu-ray + DVD
The Criterion Collection 873-879
1931 – 2000 / Color + B&W / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date May 30, 2017 / 124.95
Directed by Lino Brocka, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ermek Shinarbaev, Mário Peixoto, Lütfi Ö. Akad, Edward Yang
I readily confess that in my patchy history of film festival attendance, I gravitated not toward the really obscure foreign films, unless they promise to be as entertaining as things I’m more familiar with. Based on the results, one of...
- 5/23/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Maya Newell's Gayby Baby, a Good Pitch Australia alumnus.
Good Pitch Australia has announced the selection of six new feature documentaries for its next event at the Sydney Opera House in November.
Hosted by Ian Darling.s Shark Island Institute in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation, Good Pitch brings filmmakers together with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, potential corporate and brand partners, broadcasters and media to forge alliances around social impact films.
Darling, who is also chair and moderator, said Good Pitch Australia represented high impact philanthropy at its best, "with all of the key elements of collaboration, scale, partnership, and leverage - using the power of documentary to bring a community together for social change..
Good Pitch was originally devised by Britdoc in partnership with Ford Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and is held in various major cities around the world. Philanthropy Australia and Pro...
Good Pitch Australia has announced the selection of six new feature documentaries for its next event at the Sydney Opera House in November.
Hosted by Ian Darling.s Shark Island Institute in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation, Good Pitch brings filmmakers together with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, potential corporate and brand partners, broadcasters and media to forge alliances around social impact films.
Darling, who is also chair and moderator, said Good Pitch Australia represented high impact philanthropy at its best, "with all of the key elements of collaboration, scale, partnership, and leverage - using the power of documentary to bring a community together for social change..
Good Pitch was originally devised by Britdoc in partnership with Ford Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and is held in various major cities around the world. Philanthropy Australia and Pro...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Gayby Baby, a Good Pitch Australia film in 2014.
Good Pitch Australia has announced the selection of six new feature documentaries for its next event at the Sydney Opera House in November.
Hosted by Ian Darling.s Shark Island Institute in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation, Good Pitch brings filmmakers together with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, potential corporate and brand partners, broadcasters and media to forge alliances around social impact films.
Darling, who is also chair and moderator, said Good Pitch Australia represented high impact philanthropy at its best, "with all of the key elements of collaboration, scale, partnership, and leverage - using the power of documentary to bring a community together for social change..
Good Pitch was originally devised by Britdoc in partnership with Ford Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and is held in various major cities around the world. Philanthropy Australia and Pro Bono Australia...
Good Pitch Australia has announced the selection of six new feature documentaries for its next event at the Sydney Opera House in November.
Hosted by Ian Darling.s Shark Island Institute in partnership with Documentary Australia Foundation, Good Pitch brings filmmakers together with NGOs, foundations, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs, potential corporate and brand partners, broadcasters and media to forge alliances around social impact films.
Darling, who is also chair and moderator, said Good Pitch Australia represented high impact philanthropy at its best, "with all of the key elements of collaboration, scale, partnership, and leverage - using the power of documentary to bring a community together for social change..
Good Pitch was originally devised by Britdoc in partnership with Ford Foundation and the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and is held in various major cities around the world. Philanthropy Australia and Pro Bono Australia...
- 7/25/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
In today's roundup: Jonathan Rosenbaum on Raúl Ruiz, Brad Stevens on Steven Spielberg, Andrew Chan on Judy Garland, Steven Kurutz on Bill Murray, interviews with Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights) and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), reviews of Spike Lee's Chi-raq, early raves for Quentin Taratino's The Hateful Eight, a new restoration of Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod (Destiny, 1921), a book deal for Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, and retrospectives: Im Kwon-taek in Paris, John Cassavetes in Vienna and Dominik Graf in Cologne. Plus: Adam Driver's completed work on Jim Jarmusch's next film. » - David Hudson...
- 12/2/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
In today's roundup: Jonathan Rosenbaum on Raúl Ruiz, Brad Stevens on Steven Spielberg, Andrew Chan on Judy Garland, Steven Kurutz on Bill Murray, interviews with Miguel Gomes (Arabian Nights) and Charlotte Rampling (45 Years), reviews of Spike Lee's Chi-raq, early raves for Quentin Taratino's The Hateful Eight, a new restoration of Fritz Lang's Der müde Tod (Destiny, 1921), a book deal for Mark Duplass and Jay Duplass, and retrospectives: Im Kwon-taek in Paris, John Cassavetes in Vienna and Dominik Graf in Cologne. Plus: Adam Driver's completed work on Jim Jarmusch's next film. » - David Hudson...
- 12/2/2015
- Keyframe
The series "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong" opens tomorrow at New York's Museum of the Moving Image and runs through August 24. Wong Kar-wai is an admirer of Lung's, notes Nick Pinkerton in Artforum, while Andrew Chan argues that Lung's "directorial career (which stands alongside his long filmography as an actor) remains a powerful example of how sociopolitical agendas, commercial impulses, and aesthetic ambitions can serve one another." A few quick notes on events on the other coast: An Alec Guiness series, a 15th anniversary screening of Mike Judge's Office Space and a weekend with Alain Resnais's Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968). » - David Hudson...
- 8/14/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
The series "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Cinema of Patrick Lung Kong" opens tomorrow at New York's Museum of the Moving Image and runs through August 24. Wong Kar-wai is an admirer of Lung's, notes Nick Pinkerton in Artforum, while Andrew Chan argues that Lung's "directorial career (which stands alongside his long filmography as an actor) remains a powerful example of how sociopolitical agendas, commercial impulses, and aesthetic ambitions can serve one another." A few quick notes on events on the other coast: An Alec Guiness series, a 15th anniversary screening of Mike Judge's Office Space and a weekend with Alain Resnais's Je t'aime, je t'aime (1968). » - David Hudson...
- 8/14/2014
- Keyframe
The White Storm is the latest action movie from director Benny Chan (New Police Story, Shaolin), which stars Sean Lau, Louis Koo, and Nick Cheung.
The movie is based on a group of cops who must track down a drug lord, from the trailer it looks set to deliver some great action, Ken Lo also stars in the movie.
Synopsis:
The Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau’s Team A, led by Wan (by Sean Lau Ching Wan, successfully arrests the most active international drug dealer, Hak Tsai, following two years of undercover work by detectives Koo (by Louis Koo) and Fai (by Nick Cheung). But Wan, with a desire to perform and a hunger for ambition, tricks and persuades the Thai Police to extradite Hak Tsai back to Thailand in order to set a trap for the legendary drug lord, also known as the last warlord in the Golden Triangle area,...
The movie is based on a group of cops who must track down a drug lord, from the trailer it looks set to deliver some great action, Ken Lo also stars in the movie.
Synopsis:
The Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau’s Team A, led by Wan (by Sean Lau Ching Wan, successfully arrests the most active international drug dealer, Hak Tsai, following two years of undercover work by detectives Koo (by Louis Koo) and Fai (by Nick Cheung). But Wan, with a desire to perform and a hunger for ambition, tricks and persuades the Thai Police to extradite Hak Tsai back to Thailand in order to set a trap for the legendary drug lord, also known as the last warlord in the Golden Triangle area,...
- 10/28/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
The White Storm is the latest action movie from director Benny Chan (New Police Story, Shaolin), which stars Sean Lau, Louis Koo, and Nick Cheung.
The movie is based on a group of cops who must track down a drug lord, from the trailer it looks set to deliver some great action, Ken Lo also stars in the movie.
Synopsis:
The Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau’s Team A, led by Wan (by Sean Lau Ching Wan, successfully arrests the most active international drug dealer, Hak Tsai, following two years of undercover work by detectives Koo (by Louis Koo) and Fai (by Nick Cheung). But Wan, with a desire to perform and a hunger for ambition, tricks and persuades the Thai Police to extradite Hak Tsai back to Thailand in order to set a trap for the legendary drug lord, also known as the last warlord in the Golden Triangle area,...
The movie is based on a group of cops who must track down a drug lord, from the trailer it looks set to deliver some great action, Ken Lo also stars in the movie.
Synopsis:
The Hong Kong Narcotics Bureau’s Team A, led by Wan (by Sean Lau Ching Wan, successfully arrests the most active international drug dealer, Hak Tsai, following two years of undercover work by detectives Koo (by Louis Koo) and Fai (by Nick Cheung). But Wan, with a desire to perform and a hunger for ambition, tricks and persuades the Thai Police to extradite Hak Tsai back to Thailand in order to set a trap for the legendary drug lord, also known as the last warlord in the Golden Triangle area,...
- 10/28/2013
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Still without a proper U.S. release date (Annapurna Pictures has the rights, but hasn't paired with a distributor yet), we're taking what we can get from Wong Kar-Wai's "The Grandmasters," even if it means watching a behind-the-scenes documentary on the film without any subtitles. But thankfully, someone has come to the rescue and at least given us a better understanding of the full length trailer. Andrew Chan over at Film Comment (via The Film Stage) has translated the spot and kindly reupped an edit to the interwebs, and so now we have a least a sense of the story. As you know Tony Leung plays Ip Man, and it seems the story will track his ascension to head of the Chinese martial arts ascension, and his battle to prove his worth. Kick! Punch! Slow motion! We kid....this thing looks typically beautifully for Wong Kar-Wai (who else could...
- 11/20/2012
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Acquarello
Notes on Rendez-vous with French Cinema 2010
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Trousering the Ghost
The Forgotten: Vessel of Wrath
The Forgotten: Is My Face Red
The Forgotten: Lock-Up
Zach Campbell
Some Kind of Realism: Rossellini's War Trilogy
Andrew Chan
Sinophilic Cinephilia: Asia Society's "China’s Past Present, Future on Film"
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: "Cold Weather"
Movie Poster of the Week: "Glory to the Filmmaker" or: Kitano in Posters
Movie Poster of the Week: "Feeder" and the SXSW Poster Award Winners
Movie Poster of the Week: "Everyone Else"
David Hudson
Berlinale. Cons and Ex-Cons
Daniel Kasman
Image of the Day: Unrequited Love #1
The Potential of the Mobile Film Festival: Rotterdam@Bam
Images of the Day: Joan Alone: Joan Bennett in Fritz Lang's "Secret Beyond the Door..."
At the Cinematheque: "The Prowler" (Joseph Losey, 1951)
Jean-Luc Godard's Homage to Eric Rohmer
Now in Theaters: "Shutter Island" (Martin Scorsese,...
Notes on Rendez-vous with French Cinema 2010
David Cairns
The Forgotten: Trousering the Ghost
The Forgotten: Vessel of Wrath
The Forgotten: Is My Face Red
The Forgotten: Lock-Up
Zach Campbell
Some Kind of Realism: Rossellini's War Trilogy
Andrew Chan
Sinophilic Cinephilia: Asia Society's "China’s Past Present, Future on Film"
Adrian Curry
Movie Poster of the Week: "Cold Weather"
Movie Poster of the Week: "Glory to the Filmmaker" or: Kitano in Posters
Movie Poster of the Week: "Feeder" and the SXSW Poster Award Winners
Movie Poster of the Week: "Everyone Else"
David Hudson
Berlinale. Cons and Ex-Cons
Daniel Kasman
Image of the Day: Unrequited Love #1
The Potential of the Mobile Film Festival: Rotterdam@Bam
Images of the Day: Joan Alone: Joan Bennett in Fritz Lang's "Secret Beyond the Door..."
At the Cinematheque: "The Prowler" (Joseph Losey, 1951)
Jean-Luc Godard's Homage to Eric Rohmer
Now in Theaters: "Shutter Island" (Martin Scorsese,...
- 4/1/2010
- MUBI
Updated through 11/23.
Like Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun (see yesterday's entry), John Woo's Red Cliff opens in New York today before traveling on to other Us cities. "This $80 million epic - which is being touted as the most expensive Chinese-funded production to date, despite drawing investors from all across Asia - streamlines the classic 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a text of imposing narrative complexity that has nevertheless maintained its central place in national mythology and pop culture," writes Andrew Chan in the L Magazine.
Like Aleksandr Sokurov's The Sun (see yesterday's entry), John Woo's Red Cliff opens in New York today before traveling on to other Us cities. "This $80 million epic - which is being touted as the most expensive Chinese-funded production to date, despite drawing investors from all across Asia - streamlines the classic 14th century novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, a text of imposing narrative complexity that has nevertheless maintained its central place in national mythology and pop culture," writes Andrew Chan in the L Magazine.
- 11/23/2009
- MUBI
"In its quest to reconcile the life of imagination and primal desire with the physical realities that close in around us, [João Pedro] Rodrigues's cinema sets his characters off sniffing, licking, and rubbing up against this implacable world in hopes it will respond," writes Andrew Chan in Reverse Shot. "In To Die Like a Man, it does. Despite its fair share of dreary, seedy interiors, this story of a Lisbon drag icon named Tonia (Fernando Santos) is a retreat into the natural world and, briefly, into the cosmos.... With echoes of Jacques Nolot's Before I Forget, the film is also a tough portrait of aging queer, of the trials of living in a body torn between persistent desires and a growing rejection of itself. Where Rodrigues's earlier works are built around urgent expressions of youthful, hormonal lust, To Die Like a Man questions what desire means for someone preparing to leave his body - and,...
- 10/5/2009
- MUBI
Universal Music Group recently announced its expansion of South East Asia's Digital and Business Development operations in a 10-country region.
The plans call for the appointment of four new regional Heads of Digital and Business Development.
Loo Yew Ming, former Director of Digital for Umsea, will head the Asean region, based in Kuala Lumpur and travelling across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines.
Andrew Chan, former CEO of Golden Dynamic, will head Greater China, based in Beijing and travelling across Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan.
The plans call for the appointment of four new regional Heads of Digital and Business Development.
Loo Yew Ming, former Director of Digital for Umsea, will head the Asean region, based in Kuala Lumpur and travelling across Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines.
Andrew Chan, former CEO of Golden Dynamic, will head Greater China, based in Beijing and travelling across Hong Kong, Mainland China and Taiwan.
- 7/1/2009
- icelebz.com
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