Ben Rivers' The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers (2015) is showing on Mubi from September 6 - October 6 and Oliver Laxe's Mimosas (2016) from September 7 - October 7, 2017 in the United Kingdom as part of the series Close-Up on Oliver Laxe.MimosasBoth Mimosas and The Sky Trembles and the Earth Is Afraid and the Two Eyes Are Not Brothers mirror each other in many different ways: they both take place in the same geographical space, the south of Morocco, they were filmed at the same time, have some of the same people in them, and are filmed in 16mm. But these are only apparent similarities that veil deeper discussions between both films. Director Oliver Laxe stands behind the camera in Mimosas, he is observed from the distance in the first part of The Sky Trembles, and finally ends up crossing the invisible wall...
- 9/11/2017
- MUBI
No one can blame a critic for trying to identify an artist’s precursors, but all too often the taxonomical impulse obscures the complexities of influence: a moment’s reflection tells us that one’s relationship with a mentor, like that with a parent, is never simple. The anthropological filmmaker Robert Gardner, who died last month at the age of eighty-eight, makes for an especially interesting case in point. Many of Gardner’s defenders would have us believe that the problematic aspects of his ethnographic films can be cleanly separated from his poetic sensitivity to pattern, texture, and metaphor. But even if this critical operation were possible—and I doubt that it is—it’s worth wondering if it isn’t precisely the inextricability of these attributes that accounts for Gardner’s relevance.
- 8/11/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
No one can blame a critic for trying to identify an artist’s precursors, but all too often the taxonomical impulse obscures the complexities of influence: a moment’s reflection tells us that one’s relationship with a mentor, like that with a parent, is never simple. The anthropological filmmaker Robert Gardner, who died last month at the age of eighty-eight, makes for an especially interesting case in point. Many of Gardner’s defenders would have us believe that the problematic aspects of his ethnographic films can be cleanly separated from his poetic sensitivity to pattern, texture, and metaphor. But even if this critical operation were possible—and I doubt that it is—it’s worth wondering if it isn’t precisely the inextricability of these attributes that accounts for Gardner’s relevance.
- 8/11/2014
- Keyframe
After Cousin Jules took home the Special Prize of the Jury after it’s premiere at the 1973 Locarno Film Festival, Dominique Benicheti’s masterfully constructed observational documentary on the quiet life of his cousin Jules Guiteaux and his wife Félicie amongst the picturesque French countryside seemed to have vanished into the vastly overlooked void of cinema history. Forty years later, the film has returned triumphant, playing the likes of the New York, Berlin and Vienna Film Festivals in all its gorgeous CinemaScope glory. It was Benicheti himself who brought his dormant work out of storage to attempt a full restoration from the original negatives, but the process was stalled when the director suddenly passed on, leaving the project to be finished by his co-workers at the Arane-Gulliver film laboratories, where he was a leading consultant on 70mm and special format film projects.
Benicheti’s debut remains his only credited complete feature,...
Benicheti’s debut remains his only credited complete feature,...
- 6/17/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
April 17
7:30 p.m.
Hokin Hall
Columbia College Chicago
623 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Il 60605
April 20
7:30 p.m.
Chicago Filmmakers
5243 N. Clark St.
Chicago, Il 60640
Hosted by: Chicago Filmmakers
Two chances to see this charming collection of short films!
Official description by the Rural Route Film Festival:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, engaging and melodic films about rural people and places have inspired this New York-based film festival since 2002. In this selection of highlights from 2012-2013 festival, small town life is treated with the same reverence as wonders of the natural world. A variety of genres, regions, and perspectives make this ideal for city slickers and country folk alike. The program includes:
Salt, dir. Robert Gardner
Painting John, dir. Audrey Hall
Crosshairs, dir. Mike Hoath
Compound Eyes #1, dir. Paul Clipson
The Water’s Edge, dir. Chris Thomas
George Thompson: Street Cleaner, prod. Mountain Community Television/Appalshop
Sacha the Bear, dir.
7:30 p.m.
Hokin Hall
Columbia College Chicago
623 S. Wabash Ave.
Chicago, Il 60605
April 20
7:30 p.m.
Chicago Filmmakers
5243 N. Clark St.
Chicago, Il 60640
Hosted by: Chicago Filmmakers
Two chances to see this charming collection of short films!
Official description by the Rural Route Film Festival:
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, engaging and melodic films about rural people and places have inspired this New York-based film festival since 2002. In this selection of highlights from 2012-2013 festival, small town life is treated with the same reverence as wonders of the natural world. A variety of genres, regions, and perspectives make this ideal for city slickers and country folk alike. The program includes:
Salt, dir. Robert Gardner
Painting John, dir. Audrey Hall
Crosshairs, dir. Mike Hoath
Compound Eyes #1, dir. Paul Clipson
The Water’s Edge, dir. Chris Thomas
George Thompson: Street Cleaner, prod. Mountain Community Television/Appalshop
Sacha the Bear, dir.
- 4/10/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
(You can still read Part 1 Here)
With my 45 day evaluation window fast approaching, I am beginning to get that fluttering one gets when nerves approach – I have butterflies in my stomach. There are no projects at all which have been selected for the TV consider list yet. The realist within me says; “as if Brad! They are not going to option your work!” But the writer in me says; “stranger things have happened.” News recently broke that ‘Zombies vs. Gladiators’, an older Amazon Studios film project by Michael Weiss and Gregg Ostrin, has been green lit for development, and now the likes of Clive Barker are attached. This whole prospect of attaining something special is a lot more real that I originally imagined.
Between the time I fist submitted the draft for ‘White Noise’ and now, I took the chance to contribute to Amazon Studios’ ‘opportunities’ section. The film that...
With my 45 day evaluation window fast approaching, I am beginning to get that fluttering one gets when nerves approach – I have butterflies in my stomach. There are no projects at all which have been selected for the TV consider list yet. The realist within me says; “as if Brad! They are not going to option your work!” But the writer in me says; “stranger things have happened.” News recently broke that ‘Zombies vs. Gladiators’, an older Amazon Studios film project by Michael Weiss and Gregg Ostrin, has been green lit for development, and now the likes of Clive Barker are attached. This whole prospect of attaining something special is a lot more real that I originally imagined.
Between the time I fist submitted the draft for ‘White Noise’ and now, I took the chance to contribute to Amazon Studios’ ‘opportunities’ section. The film that...
- 6/18/2012
- by Brad Williams
- Obsessed with Film
Amazon Studios, the open source-inspired studio run by Roy Price with a mission to find new films and screenwriters and offer them first-look deals with Warner Studios, has revealed the winner of its "Best Test" movie and best-script awards. The family musical "12 Princesses," written and directed by Rob Gardner, won the Best Test film award, which carries with it a prize of $1 million. Matthew Gossett won the $100,000 best-script prize for his thriller "Origin of a Species." We wrote about the launching of Amazon Studios back in November 2010, noting the power of Price's idea to solicit feedback from Amazon subscribers on...
- 2/10/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
The 14th annual Antimatter Film Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada is an epic 9-day event of expanded cinema performances, feature-length documentaries an a ton of experimental short films and festivals.
There are seven feature documentaries screening including Marie Losier‘s hit The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, a profile of the pandrogenous entity, Breyer P-Orridge; and Chris Metzler & Lev Kalman’s popular Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, about the legendary ska punk band. Plus, there’s Adele Horne’s And Again and more.
On the expanded cinema front, Antimatter welcomes retrospectives of Kerry Laitala, who will be presenting a selection of her 3D light and motion experiments; and Roger Beebe will screen a series of multi-projector performances.
As for the short films, the real highlight of the fest is a screening of Jaimz Asmundson‘s trippy and powerful The Magus, a fictional/documentary hybrid of his father’s Satanic painting process.
There are seven feature documentaries screening including Marie Losier‘s hit The Ballad of Genesis & Lady Jaye, a profile of the pandrogenous entity, Breyer P-Orridge; and Chris Metzler & Lev Kalman’s popular Everyday Sunshine: The Story of Fishbone, about the legendary ska punk band. Plus, there’s Adele Horne’s And Again and more.
On the expanded cinema front, Antimatter welcomes retrospectives of Kerry Laitala, who will be presenting a selection of her 3D light and motion experiments; and Roger Beebe will screen a series of multi-projector performances.
As for the short films, the real highlight of the fest is a screening of Jaimz Asmundson‘s trippy and powerful The Magus, a fictional/documentary hybrid of his father’s Satanic painting process.
- 10/12/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Axl Rose has waged war against former Guns N' Roses manager Irving Azoff, accusing him of attempting to sabotage the rocker's career after he refused to reunite with the band's original members. Azoff, the CEO of management firm Front Line, originally filed suit against Rose in March, claiming the singer reneged on an oral agreement giving him 15 per cent of his earnings from a big money concert tour - a deal said to be worth $2 million.
But Rose has fired back at Azoff, accusing the music mogul of failing to properly promote the band's 2008 album "Chinese Democracy" in an alleged bid to force him to reform the original Guns N' Roses line-up. In legal papers filed in a Los Angeles court on Monday, May 17, the frontman also takes aim at his one-time manager for allegedly lying about a possible joint tour with fellow rock legends Van Halen and mishandling Guns N' Roses' tour dates,...
But Rose has fired back at Azoff, accusing the music mogul of failing to properly promote the band's 2008 album "Chinese Democracy" in an alleged bid to force him to reform the original Guns N' Roses line-up. In legal papers filed in a Los Angeles court on Monday, May 17, the frontman also takes aim at his one-time manager for allegedly lying about a possible joint tour with fellow rock legends Van Halen and mishandling Guns N' Roses' tour dates,...
- 5/19/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
The Minnesota Shakespeare Company celebrates its fortieth year with William Shakespeare's most celebrated work, Hamlet. Directed by Mikel Clifford and featuring Nick James as Hamlet, and Rob Gardner as Claudius, the show opens Friday, January 8th, 2010, and plays Fridays and Saturdays at 7:00 Pm, and Sundays at 6:00 Pm through January 31st at the Lowry Lab Theatre in the Lowry Building at 350 St. Peter St., St. Paul 55102. There is no performance Friday, January 29th.
- 12/4/2009
- BroadwayWorld.com
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