Soul (2020) This new animation comes from the creators of Inside Out (2015), and is about a music teacher and aspiring jazz pianist, Joe Gardner (Jamie Foxx) who dies by falling into New York City’s manhole. He begins his journey in the world “beyond” (“The Great Before”) and his reluctant companion becomes a yet-unborn soul […]
Death To 2020 (2020), Cristin Milioti, Netflix My favourite thing about Netflix’s Death to 2020, a comedic retrospective of the year that was 2020 is the phrase ‘Prime Ministerial scarecrow, Boris Johnson.’ I laugh every time I re-read it, because it’s true. There’s certainly a handful of more amusing moments within the show, whether it’s […]
DEATH TO 2020 (2020): The Thing I Liked…
The helium balloon seller, Carl Fredrickson was ordered to move out of his house and into a care home. He was living alone in the home ever since his wife and childhood love, Ellie, passed away. He refused to leave his home, even as skyscrapers towered around his tiny home. […]
Tony is a strong, independent woman with a unique and striking look, but all that is in stark contrast with her position of her power balance between her and her old mom Denise. She is an opinionated, resolute and self-absorbed woman. She’s apparently independent, but when Tony is present, she expresses practical and emotional dependency.Her […]
Short Film: A BROKEN WING, 11min., Israel, Drama/Family
Frustrated by the lack of opportunities for black people he had in France, Mickael has been living in the United States for the past 5 years. Proud of his success, he invited his little brother (Matthieu) to Chicago to convince him to try his luck here. Unfortunately, everything turns into a nightmare when they accidentally […]
Short Film: AMERICAN DREAM, 19min., France, Drama
The experimental documentary shot on the ground by citizen-journalists during the Hong Kong protests of August 2019 to January 2020, it captured the conversations and words appeared during the Hong Kong Movement in 2019, from slogans chanted by the protestors to, speech by advocate, argument between local residents, to graffties on the wall. It tends […]
Short Film: HONG KONG DIALOGUES, 40min., Hong Kong, Experimental Documentary
“…He still considers himself an outlaw, underground street artist, producing art for ordinary people who never buy paintings or visit art museums. His images are simultaneously ironic and iconoclastic, in a way that forces people to question the way society operates” Banksy and the Rise of Outlaw Art Directed by Ello […]
REBEL YELL: Banksy & the Rise of Outlaw Art
HBO has yet to renew “Barry” for a fourth season but that hasn’t stopped the show’s writing staff from staying productive in recent months.
‘Barry’ Season 3 and Season 4 Are Already Written and Waiting to Film
I’ve recently seen this stunning piece of film on YouTube that was posted in November of 2020. Shot in the 1930s, it’s a drive down Market Street from Steuart Street near the Ferry Building to Stockton Street. The filmmakers were obviously inspired by the famous 1906 film ‘A Trip Down Market Street’. It’s been colorized […]
Enjoy this 1930s version of ‘A Trip Down Market Street’ in color
Jerry Rothwell brings Higashida Naoki’s groundbreaking book to the screen with a palpable sense of what it means to be neurodivergent.
‘The Reason I Jump’ Review: A Humble and Humane Documentary Profile of Nonspeaking Autistic People
Jim Marshall’ın Hikayesi (İKSV Özel) İKSV ocak seçkisinde bugün bir belgeselimiz var. Alfred George Bailey yönetmenliğinde müzik tutkusunu fotoğrafçılıkla birleştirip bu dünyaya unutulmaz eserler bırakan Jim Marshall’ın hayatını anlatan belgesel yayınlandı. 2020 Grierson Trust En iyi İngiliz Sanat Belgeseli ve 2019 San Francisco En İyi Belgesel ödüllerine layık görülen belgesel hem bir biyografiyi […]
Fotoğrafı Göster: Jim Marshall’ın Hikayesi (İKSV Özel)
History Of Swear Words [2021] Welcome to “History of Swear Words”, hosted by none other than the legendary Nicolas Cage. I’m serious. This series is real and it’s easily bingeable. So prepare yourself to learn more about your favorite swear words, from “Fuck” to “Shit”. It’s a lot of fun and it’s actually educative. […]
Documentary Series To Stream On Netflix
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists have announced that their pick for the best of 2020 is Nomadland. Just as the AWFJ did with their nominations, they announced the winners in an exclusive for Variety. Fear not, though — my picks for the best of 2020 will be released exclusively to this site. Two can […]
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists Honor Nomadland
They called them “B-Movies:” genre films (westerns, noir, horror, sci-fi, etc.) made on shoestring budgets with leads played by actors, not stars; directors who were journeymen, not auteurs. The 1950s were their heyday, and they played great on a rainy Saturday afternoon. They looked disposable then but watching them now is like discovering a cultural […]
It’s likely that Frida Kahlo’s face is better known than her paintings. Then again, the same could be said of many public figures. Surely more people own some form of paraphernalia with Marilyn Monroe plastered on it than have seen her movies. Images of Ruth Bader Ginsburg are common, but how well known are the […]
Summer comes early this year thanks to Noé and his new, eight-minute film for the fashion house.
Gaspar Noé Directs Charlotte Rampling in a Darkly Chic Short for Saint Laurent — Watch
Every year, the American Legion hosts a thousand 17-year-old boys from Texas and has them build a representative government from the ground up. Every state but Hawaii does the same or similar, but this particular documentary is hanging around Austin, Texas, to witness their particular experience. High schools nominate which students will be sent, ostensibly […]
Cristina Ibarra and Alex Rivera’s recent film The Infiltrators uses a bold mix of film forms to tell the true story of a group of young undocumented activists who intentionally detain themselves in a South Florida immigration detention facility. Styled as a heist film, Ibarra and Rivera weave together verité footage, testimony, and reenactment to produce a compelling argument against immigration detention. In Diana Ruiz’s interview, Ibarra and Rivera discuss the ways in which The Infiltrators problematizes extractive modes of documentary film and how the project’s requisite reenactment brought about unexpected results. They also discuss the creative and political dimensions of “undocumented storytelling,” which relates to the filmmakers’ enduring commitment to depicting fully dimensional representations of immigrants and Latinx experiences.
From the Archives: The Infiltrators
Eugene “Joey” Albin and Julie A. Ward on the parallels between the imagined Viking past of “Midsommar” and the racist, nationalist myths held up by neo-Confederates in the USA.
Midsommar’s Nordic Nationalism and Neo-Confederate Nostalgia
A powerful new short dance film, soundtracked by Gil Scott-Heron’s “Alien (Hold On To Your Dreams),” featuring Jo’Artis “Big Mijo” Ratti protesting via Krumping within feet of the LAPD at a recent Black Lives Matter protest. Says Big Mijo, one of the founders of the South Central-born Krumping movement and a professional dancer for +10 […]
Short Film: HOLD ON, 3min., USA, Dance
