The Criterion Channel has unveiled their lineup for next month and it’s another strong slate, featuring retrospectives of Carole Lombard, John Waters, Robert Downey Sr., Luis García Berlanga, Jane Russell, and Rob Epstein & Jeffrey Friedman. Also in the lineup is new additions to their Queersighted series, notably Todd Haynes’ early film Poison (Safe is also premiering in a separate presentation), William Friedkin’s Cruising, and Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorama.
The new restorations of Manoel de Oliveira’s stunning Francisca and Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will join the channel, alongside Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor, Bong Joon Ho’s early short film Incoherence, and Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta.
See the lineup below and explore more on criterionchannel.com.
#Blackmendream, Shikeith, 2014
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957
About Tap, George T. Nierenberg, 1985
The AIDS Show, Peter Adair and Rob Epstein, 1986
The Assignation, Curtis Harrington, 1953
Aya of Yop City,...
The new restorations of Manoel de Oliveira’s stunning Francisca and Francesco Rosi’s Christ Stopped at Eboli will join the channel, alongside Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor, Bong Joon Ho’s early short film Incoherence, and Luc Dardenne & Jean-Pierre Dardenne’s Rosetta.
See the lineup below and explore more on criterionchannel.com.
#Blackmendream, Shikeith, 2014
12 Angry Men, Sidney Lumet, 1957
About Tap, George T. Nierenberg, 1985
The AIDS Show, Peter Adair and Rob Epstein, 1986
The Assignation, Curtis Harrington, 1953
Aya of Yop City,...
- 5/24/2021
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Looking back at 2012 on what films moved and impressed us, it is clear that watching old films is a crucial part of making new films meaningful. Thus, the annual tradition of our end of year poll, which calls upon our writers to pick both a new and an old film: they were challenged to choose a new film they saw in 2012—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they also saw in 2012 to create a unique double feature.
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
All the contributors were asked to write a paragraph explaining their 2012 fantasy double feature. What's more, each writer was given the option to list more pairings, with or without explanation, as further imaginative film programming we'd be lucky to catch in that perfect world we know doesn't exist but can keep dreaming of every time we go to the movies.
How would you program some...
- 1/9/2013
- by Daniel Kasman
- MUBI
I've only just now caught wind of a one-time-only event that took place in the Port of Tallinn last Thursday, 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, via Alison Nastasi at Movies.com: "An international collective of directors… contributed their shorts to the single 35mm film anthology that was screened for an audience one time — as part of Estonia's 2011 European Capital of Culture celebration — and then burned to the ground (along with the screen itself). Why, exactly? The project's website describes it as 'flying in the face of the cynicism of marketing, production, business operators, and the moral majority … dedicated to preserving freedom of thought in cinema.'" The roster of participating directors and artists is pretty impressive:
Brian Yuzna (USA), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Aku Louhimies (Finland), Ken Jacobs (USA), Gustav Deutsch (Austria), Tom Tykwer (Germany), Mark Boswell (USA), Malcolm Le Grice (UK), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Bruce McClure (UK), Mika Taanila...
Brian Yuzna (USA), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Aku Louhimies (Finland), Ken Jacobs (USA), Gustav Deutsch (Austria), Tom Tykwer (Germany), Mark Boswell (USA), Malcolm Le Grice (UK), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Bruce McClure (UK), Mika Taanila...
- 12/27/2011
- MUBI
This sounds like the kind of half-brilliant, half-mad kind of film making that rarely happens anymore. It's called 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, and it's an omnibus production organized by the city of Talinn, Estonia, featuring the directing talents from around the world. Screening this August in Talinn, the film will be comprised of 60 one-minute silent shorts which will be projected outdoors on a large screen for one showing only. Because afterwards, the festival organizers will burn the screen and the single existing 35 Mm print of the movie. The current slate of directors includes Mark Boswell, Albert Serra, Mika Taanila, Malcolm Le Grice, Kari Yli-Annala, Ilppo Pohjola, Naomi Kawase, Sogo Ishii, Shinji Aoyama, Joshua and Ben Sadfadie, and Philippe Grandrieux, with...
- 5/18/2011
- Screen Anarchy
NEW YORK -- Tom of Finland died last year at the age of 71, but among the gay community, his pioneering paintings of model-perfect men with exaggerated features has already made him immortal.
Hoping to expose his work to a wider audience, and at the same time explain the phenomenon that was Tom of Finland, filmmaker Ilppo Pohjola pays tribute to Tom with this in-depth documentary on the man and his work.
"Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' is aptly named, as it is also an uninhibited look inside the gay leather world. Wearing leather, among this group, is more of a religion than a fashion statement.
Obviously, this type of film will appeal largely to the gay, specifically male, crowd. Appropriately making its New York theatrical premiere at Film Forum, "Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' is fascinating only if you're interested in this kind of art. From a historical aspect it takes an intricate approach toward understanding this once hidden but now bolder subculture.
There is a sense of humor laced among the seriousness of Tom's fans, and in his own words, but there is also a sense of redundancy that becomes a bit tedious if you're not familiar with or overly interested in his paintings.
Obviously very much influenced by World War II, Tom Early's paintings sported Nazi superman types. Huge, muscular men wearing leather, motorcyle caps and other "manly'' paraphernalia distinguished Tom's work.
Later, he felt the need to exaggerate even further some of the men's features, especially their penises, as a means of competing with actual photographs. The machoness machismo inherent in his work was intentional, designed to encourage gay men who felt like failures because of their sexual preference.
Indeed, Tom's idolizers are many and effusive in their praise and gratitude. In homage they have even formed a Tom of Finland Foundation.
Tom himself is an engaging if enigmatic character. He recalls with relish his first pair of boots and laments the fact that no matter how hard he tries he can't draw attractive women.
The insider look at the leather crowd, as they make themselves up or pump iron, is both explicit and disturbing. One man describes leather as a substitute for a partner. The intensity of these men is overwhelming.
The eerie music by Elliot Sharp, reminiscent of the score from "Rosemary's Baby, '' achieves the proper haunting atmosphere and is quite memorable in its own right.
"Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' plays directly to the gay crowd, but sexual content aside, it also demonstrates the undeniable talent of Tom of Finland. It's not a film for everyone, nor is it meant to be. But it is a fitting tribute to the man who bravely paved the way with his art.
DADDY AND THE MUSCLE ACADEMY
Zeitgeist Films Release
Director-writer Ilppo Pohjola
Cinematographer Kjell Lagerroos
Editor Jorma Hori
Original music Elliot Sharp
Producers Kari Paljakka, Alvaro Pardo
Color
In English and Finnish, with subtitles
Running time -- 55 minutes
No MPAA rating but no one under 18 years of age will be admitted
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
Hoping to expose his work to a wider audience, and at the same time explain the phenomenon that was Tom of Finland, filmmaker Ilppo Pohjola pays tribute to Tom with this in-depth documentary on the man and his work.
"Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' is aptly named, as it is also an uninhibited look inside the gay leather world. Wearing leather, among this group, is more of a religion than a fashion statement.
Obviously, this type of film will appeal largely to the gay, specifically male, crowd. Appropriately making its New York theatrical premiere at Film Forum, "Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' is fascinating only if you're interested in this kind of art. From a historical aspect it takes an intricate approach toward understanding this once hidden but now bolder subculture.
There is a sense of humor laced among the seriousness of Tom's fans, and in his own words, but there is also a sense of redundancy that becomes a bit tedious if you're not familiar with or overly interested in his paintings.
Obviously very much influenced by World War II, Tom Early's paintings sported Nazi superman types. Huge, muscular men wearing leather, motorcyle caps and other "manly'' paraphernalia distinguished Tom's work.
Later, he felt the need to exaggerate even further some of the men's features, especially their penises, as a means of competing with actual photographs. The machoness machismo inherent in his work was intentional, designed to encourage gay men who felt like failures because of their sexual preference.
Indeed, Tom's idolizers are many and effusive in their praise and gratitude. In homage they have even formed a Tom of Finland Foundation.
Tom himself is an engaging if enigmatic character. He recalls with relish his first pair of boots and laments the fact that no matter how hard he tries he can't draw attractive women.
The insider look at the leather crowd, as they make themselves up or pump iron, is both explicit and disturbing. One man describes leather as a substitute for a partner. The intensity of these men is overwhelming.
The eerie music by Elliot Sharp, reminiscent of the score from "Rosemary's Baby, '' achieves the proper haunting atmosphere and is quite memorable in its own right.
"Daddy and the Muscle Academy'' plays directly to the gay crowd, but sexual content aside, it also demonstrates the undeniable talent of Tom of Finland. It's not a film for everyone, nor is it meant to be. But it is a fitting tribute to the man who bravely paved the way with his art.
DADDY AND THE MUSCLE ACADEMY
Zeitgeist Films Release
Director-writer Ilppo Pohjola
Cinematographer Kjell Lagerroos
Editor Jorma Hori
Original music Elliot Sharp
Producers Kari Paljakka, Alvaro Pardo
Color
In English and Finnish, with subtitles
Running time -- 55 minutes
No MPAA rating but no one under 18 years of age will be admitted
(c) The Hollywood Reporter...
- 12/1/1992
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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