French Avant Gard filmmaker Jean Luc Godard passes away today. The influential filmmaker inspired generations. As a director he broke all the rules becoming a major a reference point in cinema world.
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A Modern Decameron
An interview with artist and film director Rita Hui on her film Decameron. A Your film is about resilience, how would define this? I think after 2019, we (the Hong Kong people) have ben mental prepared about the action from the government. During the time in 2019, one of the slogan which become the most… Continue reading A Modern Decameron
Scorsese on MCU
The battle over the state of modern cinema took a funny twist recently. Director Martin Scorsese weighed in by saying Marvel Cinematic Universe is not cinema. The backlash was swift. Do not attack a cultural movement. Martin, like so many others in Hollywood, has been left wondering what is his place in the new franchise… Continue reading Scorsese on MCU
Did I Say Something Wrong?
A Trapped Artist Inside Dealing with bureaucrats with artistic pretensions is a balancing act. On the one hand they crave the hell with life mentality of Fassbinder, the go your own path of a Bowie, the respectability of Nolan mingled with the steady monthly salary of a state tax officer. Nowhere do I see… Continue reading Did I Say Something Wrong?
Berlinale 2019 Preview
The 69thBerlinale is shaping up. French Academy Award winning actress Juliette Binoche heads the festival jury starting February 7th2019. Danish director Lone Scherfigs “The Kindness of Strangers” opens the winter cinema event. According to the press film’s release, the ensemble work stars Zoe Kazan and Bill Nighy as a group living in New York. Lone,… Continue reading Berlinale 2019 Preview
Auteur Inspired
Berlinale is around the corner, I attended a warm up event, Hellas Filmbox Berlin is an annual Greek Film Festival held to showcase New Greek Cinema. On the program is a series of up and close conversations with filmmakers titled “Box Talks”. I attended the first with German Auteur Volker Schlondoff had an influence on… Continue reading Auteur Inspired
The Inhumans Interview
Inhumans is the latest television series from the Marvel Universe. Created in 1965 by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, Inhumans is the story of ruling family and their court on a distant planet split by intrigue and ambition. King Bolt flees to Hawaii because of a successful upraising on his home world, resulting in Earth’s… Continue reading The Inhumans Interview
Berlinale-Strong Island
Black and Paper interview with Director Yance Ford. “Strong Island” is a documentary that is topical on a social and historical, the shooting of an unharmed African American Man followed by a criminal justice system that vilifies a person of color with a “Guilty Label” regardless of the circumstances and ultimate outcome. The 107 minute… Continue reading Berlinale-Strong Island
Berlinale-An Interview with Director Francis Lee
God’s Own Country Critically acclaimed at Sundance, screening at the 67th Berlinale Panorama Section to great reviews, first time director Francis Lee delivers a poignant story of an emotionally struggling young man coming to grips with his sexuality in Northern England. God’s Own Country is not about a gay relationship but about two people on… Continue reading Berlinale-An Interview with Director Francis Lee
Berlinale Day 7
Berlinale Day 7 On the competition front there was the new Volker Schlondorff film Return to Montauk. I did not see the film but the judging by the level of applause the critical reaction to the film was not so good. I asked two people, a male and a female. The male journalist loathed it… Continue reading Berlinale Day 7