On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts’ producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Limbo and Four Good Days, both you’ll find in theaters, and three new additions to CU-Boulder’s International Film Series’ virtual theater: The County, About … Continue reading
Sometimes a coincidence is too good to ignore, and this weekend we’ve got two new movies, alike in style and substance, ripe for a good old-fashioned double feature. First up, Limbo from Scottish writer/director Ben Sharrock. Set on an unnamed Scottish isle, Limbo centers … Continue reading LIMBO and ABOUT ENDLESSNESS (OM DET OÄNDLIGA)
There’s plenty of cultural baggage in Roy Andersson’s About Endlessness, the latest from the Swedish filmmaker, not to mention stasis. Andersson is the king of static shot tableau filmmaking, and About Endlessness comprises 32 immobile shots, most of them non sequiturs of varying … Continue reading ABOUT ENDLESSNESS
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year. This year, over a hundred writers sent in their picks, giving a pretty comprehensive … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2020 World Cinema Poll
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