Once again, Travis Wilkerson (take a look at the credits) has worked (almost) by himself on his last film. Using the quest for a lost love as an excuse, this extremely generous film casts a wide net over History, from Maïakovsky to a certain L. Schapiro, from Bonnie & Clyde to Ulrike Meinhof, from the 1871 Paris Commune to the here and now. Despite its stunning economy of means, this playful and ironical film with a beautiful soundtrack always remains elegant. FIDMarseille catalogue. Read More »
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Travis Wilkerson – Machine Gun or Typewriter? (2015)
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Claire Denis – Un beau soleil intérieur AKA Let the Sunshine In (2017)
Drama2011-2020Claire DenisFranceRomanceQuote:
The movie begins with a startling, intimate sex scene. A hefty middle-aged man is making love with an attractive middle-aged woman. He is avidly concerned with bringing her to orgasm, each one worries that the other is worried that the other is taking too long—“I feel good. I’m good,” insists one of them— the sex ends in resignation. What’s startling about the scene is not its explicitness, which is not inordinate. It’s the way the characters are framed, in medium closeup, in compositions that emphasis the space between their faces as much if not more than their faces. (One is reminded of Elie Faure’s writing on Velasquez, quoted by Jean-Paul Belmondo in Jean-Luc Godard’s “Pierrot Le Fou.”)Read More » -
Emilie Thérond – Mon maître d’école AKA Farewell My Teacher (2015)
2011-2020DocumentaryEmilie ThérondFranceIn St Just-and-Vacquières, Jean-Michel Burel, a schoolmaster of a multilevel class, begins his last school year before retirement. The teacher teaches tolerance and wisdom in the same way as spelling and mathematics. He leads his program with determination. He strives to support students to give them confidence and elevate them higher. Through the eyes of a former student, now a director, there is a timeless school where rigor is combined with good humor, a school where freedom begins with respect for others. A school that belongs to everyone and to the universal domain of childhood.Read More »
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Sight & Sound – Sight & Sound: January – December 2016 (2016)
2011-2020BooksSight and SoundUnited KingdomAll 12 issues of Sight & Sound published in 2016.
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Lynne Sachs – Carolee, Barbara & Gunvor (2017)
2011-2020ExperimentalLynne SachsShort FilmUSASynopsis
From 2015 to 2017, Lynne visited with Carolee Schneemann, Barbara Hammer and Gunvor Nelson, three multi-faceted artists who have embraced the moving image throughout their lives. Lynne shoots film with each woman in the place where she finds grounding and spark.Read More » -
Bertrand Mandico – La résurrection des natures mortes (Living Still Life) (2012)
2011-2020Bertrand MandicoExperimentalFranceShort FilmFièvre is an enigmatic woman who collects dead animals. She brings them to life through animated films. One day, a man comes to see her: his wife is dead.Read More »
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Adilkhan Yerzhanov – Ukkili kamshat AKA The Owners (2014)
2011-2020Adilkhan YerzhanovArthouseKazakhstanTwo Kazakh brothers are about to lose their ancestral tumbledown house to corruption and nepotism while their little sister loses her capacity to breathe and their mother loses her mind.Read More »
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Maziar Miri – Saadat Abad AKA Felicity Land (2011)
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A look at the lives of 3 well-off Iranian couples who are ostensibly living an idyllic life and are going to have a get-together for a birthday party. Each couple bearing their own sordid secrets attend the party to find out what follows on the hills of the cold welcome of their host.Read More » -
Christopher Thompson & Alper Cagatay – How to Sell a Banksy (2012)
2011-2020AdventureChristopher Thompson and Alper CagatayDocumentaryUnited Kingdom“Banksy’s work now reportedly changes hands for millions.
But he puts up his street art for free. Have you ever wondered
what would happen if you got your hands on one of these?
Does it mean you’ve found a winning lottery ticket or just
scraped some worthless crap off a wall?Going up against the Art Establishment, Critics, Auction Houses,
Gallery Owners and Authentication Boards in a quest for the
elusive meal ticket, two filmmakers unwittingly gatecrash the
murky and protective world of Banksy.Read More »