ExtinctionThe Frames of Representation (FoR) film festival, celebrating its third edition this year at the end of April at London’s Institute for Contemporary Art, is chiefly concerned in showcasing new works of independent cinema that operate within a field of seeming polarities: between fiction and non-fiction, the real and the imagined, the periphery and the center. They are films that exist at the edges of documentary and fiction—that murky territory where one form bleeds into the other, thus opening up spaces that are both aesthetic and political by posing questions about the practices of representation. This year the festival is framed by its theme ‘Landscape,’ a fruitful topic capable of activating multiple meanings and for being perennially relevant: after all, we all live bounded by landscapes. They are the air we breathe, the houses we live in, the neighborhoods, cities and countries we call home. Landscape, in this sense,...
- 4/17/2018
- MUBI
Damned SummerL.A.’s cinematic landscape finally feels boundless with the addition of Locarno in Los Angeles, now in their second year. For its second edition, beginning Thursday at the Downtown Independent, the festival—curated by Acropolis Cinema founder Jordan Cronk and co-artistic director Robert Koehler—is focusing on award-winning films from Switzerland’s 70th Locarno Festival. The program includes opening night selection Ilian Metev’s 3/4 (Filmmakers of the Present Golden Leopard), Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ Cocote (Signs of Life Award), and Wang Bing’s Mrs. Fang (International Competition Golden Leopard). Locarno in L.A. includes 14 nonfiction and narrative films and 5 shorts, including this year’s centerpiece film, Ben Russell’s Good Luck. Shot on 16mm film, the documentary follows two mining communities: one, a government-owned copper mine in Bor, Serbia, operating 400m underground where dank darkness pervades. At the other, in the Brokopondo district of Suriname, laborers...
- 4/3/2018
- MUBI
For its second edition, Locarno in Los Angeles is doing things a little differently: This year’s festival, which runs April 5—8 at the Downtown Independent, will focus on award-winning titles from the vaunted Swiss fest. That includes Wang Bing’s “Mrs. Fang” (International Competition Golden Leopard), Metev’s “3/4,” (Filmmakers of the Present Golden Leopard), and Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias’ “Cocote” (Signs of Life Award).
“Locarno Festival has always paid great attention to U.S. cinema, bringing to Europe some of the best examples of a truly independent cinematic spirit; now having the opportunity to showcase our selection in the city of cinema is a great counterpoint to that,” said Locarno Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian in a statement. “Therefore I’m happy that, after a successful first edition, Locarno in Los Angeles is back with an expanded program, including last edition’s major winners. I salute the work...
“Locarno Festival has always paid great attention to U.S. cinema, bringing to Europe some of the best examples of a truly independent cinematic spirit; now having the opportunity to showcase our selection in the city of cinema is a great counterpoint to that,” said Locarno Festival artistic director Carlo Chatrian in a statement. “Therefore I’m happy that, after a successful first edition, Locarno in Los Angeles is back with an expanded program, including last edition’s major winners. I salute the work...
- 2/8/2018
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
I have reviewed more than a thousand Asian films, but very few have left me as perplexed as “Dragonfly Eyes,” both regarding their quality and regarding what I have just witnessed. One thing that can be said for the film, though, is that it does not lack in originality.\
“Dragonfly Eyes” is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xu Bing, a visual artist, started collecting surveillance videos and footage from the cloud. He collected a huge amount of material, and tailored them together to tell a story. The heroes of the story are Qing Ting and Ke Fan, which are played by different, unsuspected individuals who have been caught on surveillance cameras. Xu Bing added voice acting and, with the help of foley artists, filled the narrative with sounds, since the surveillance cameras rarely record sound, just image.
The rather abstract story shows...
“Dragonfly Eyes” is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, that will be on January 24 until February 4
Xu Bing, a visual artist, started collecting surveillance videos and footage from the cloud. He collected a huge amount of material, and tailored them together to tell a story. The heroes of the story are Qing Ting and Ke Fan, which are played by different, unsuspected individuals who have been caught on surveillance cameras. Xu Bing added voice acting and, with the help of foley artists, filled the narrative with sounds, since the surveillance cameras rarely record sound, just image.
The rather abstract story shows...
- 1/30/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
2017 has been a very interesting year for the Chinese-speaking world (allow me not to dwell on the politics of the matter). The collaborations between China and Hong Kong have resulted in a number of blockbusters, Chinese filmmakers continue to produce unique (original if you prefer) films, Hong Kong is trying to reinstate its former status with the help of governmental initiatives, while Taiwan keeps producing masterpieces of all genres.
Here are ten of the best samples of the aforementioned, with a focus in diversity. Some of the films premiered in 2016, but since they circulated mostly in 2017, I took the liberty of including them. (By clicking on the titles, you can read the full reviews)
10. Wolf Warrior 2 (Wu Jing, China)
Granted, this does feel more of the same of what came before it, but the film’s sense of fun overall makes it a more than worthy effort overall. On the whole,...
Here are ten of the best samples of the aforementioned, with a focus in diversity. Some of the films premiered in 2016, but since they circulated mostly in 2017, I took the liberty of including them. (By clicking on the titles, you can read the full reviews)
10. Wolf Warrior 2 (Wu Jing, China)
Granted, this does feel more of the same of what came before it, but the film’s sense of fun overall makes it a more than worthy effort overall. On the whole,...
- 1/13/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Associated Press The Tribute in Light shines above lower Manhattan, the Statue of Liberty, and One World Trade Center, left, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011 in New York. Sunday will mark the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks on the United States.
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is here, and it’s accompanied by a swirl of news reports and reflections. Which ones should you read?
A look at ten stories that are worth checking out.
1) When The Towers Fell: The New Yorker’s...
The tenth anniversary of 9/11 is here, and it’s accompanied by a swirl of news reports and reflections. Which ones should you read?
A look at ten stories that are worth checking out.
1) When The Towers Fell: The New Yorker’s...
- 9/11/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
A decade ago, Chinese contemporary artist Xu Bing looked out the windows of his Williamsburg, Brooklyn, studio as dust clouds billowed up from the collapsing World Trade Center towers. Two days later, on impulse, he went to the ash-covered heap and collected a bag of dust.
The work of art he eventually made using this fraught material, “Xu Bing: Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?” is now on view at Soho’s Spinning Wheel building as part of a...
The work of art he eventually made using this fraught material, “Xu Bing: Where Does the Dust Itself Collect?” is now on view at Soho’s Spinning Wheel building as part of a...
- 9/10/2011
- by Kelly Crow
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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