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- iffr: sudoeste
The most cinematically rewarding film seen so far at the International Film Festival Rotterdam is the Tiger nominated ' Sudoeste ' ('Southwest'), directed by Eduardo Nunes
- idfa doclab: insitu
The Doclab program at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam provides an annual harvest of interactive documentaries from around the world, and is a great w
- dekalog 1: i am ready
Over 20 years old, Krzysztof Kieslowski 's famous modern interpretation of the Ten Commandments in ' The Decalogue ' ('Dekalog', 1989) has lost none of its dramatic power
- ekümenopolis
The closing day of the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam offered a fascinating trip around the metropolises of a globalized world, from the politics of garbage and a un
- the naked city
Ladies and gentlemen, the motion picture you are about to see is called The Naked City. My name is Mark Hellinger . I was in charge of its production. And I may as well te
- like trains in the night
Les films sont plus harmonieux que la vie. Il n'y a pas d'embouteillages dans les films, pas de temps mort. Les films avancent comme des trains, tu comprends, comme des tr
- iffr: illégal
Lots of heavy drama on the closing day of IFFR , with ' Tyrannosaur ', ' Incendies ' and ' Illégal ' in a row. The last one, a furious indictment of the Belgian asylum sys
- iffr: the mill and the cross
Sunday evening at the IFFR saw the European premiere of an interesting cinematic experiment, with Lech Majewski 's ' The Mill and the Cross '. In stunning detail, the film
- iffr: qarantina
After ' Son of Babylon ', another heartfelt and beautifully shot production coming from Iraq is ' Qarantina ', which had its European premiere this weekend at the Internat
- into eternity
The documentary ' Into Eternity ' chronicles the building of a nuclear waste storage facility in Finland. Designed as a "permanent solution" for radioactive material - whi
- holly golightly
Poor cat. Poor slob. Poor slob without a name. The way I see it I haven't got the right to give him one. We don't belong to each other. We just took up one day by the rive
- waltz with bashir & lebanon
Warning: some spoilers ahead. Though, really, all this is history. Two recent films from Israel, ' Waltz with Bashir ' (2008) and ' Lebanon ' (2009), deal with the country
- idfa's doclab: documentary storytelling
An eclectic harvest at this year's DocLab , the new media program of the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam , focusing on new forms of documentary storytell
- bonnie and clyde
Vous avez lu l'histoire De Jesse James Comment il vécu Comment il est mort Ça vous a plus hein Vous en d'mandez encore Et bien Ecoutez l'histoire De Bonnie and Clyde Alors
- dutch light
While on the subject of observing Holland , another interesting documentary is ' Dutch Light ' ('Hollands Licht', 2003), investigating the myth of the unique quality of li
- mirror of holland
This year's Nederlands Film Festival has a program called Mirror of Holland, a retrospective of Dutch cinema of the past 30 years as "cultural-historical documents". The p
- copyclash
' Copyclash ' at Roodkapje , which opened on Sunday, offers some interesting arguments in the copyright vs. copyleft debate. Curated by Trailer, who also published an acco
- rialtoscuro
Rialtoscuro n. disorientation when you step outside a movie theater into unexpected darkness, a twinge of jet lag from two hours of escapist fun which only diverts you fro
- kill the referee
In all the World Cup excitement it's easy to forget there is another, parallel tournament going on, with just as much pressure, politics and sportsmanship - that of the re
- topkapi
Another film shown at the International Istanbul Film Festival that's worth mentioning is ' Topkapi ', Jules Dassin 's classic heist film set in Istanbul. Essentially a 60
- son of babylon
A standout at the International Istanbul Film Festival - which otherwise seemed to be a rather tame affair - was the Iraqi film ' Son of Babylon ', directed by Mohamed Al
- van warmerdam trees
If you're familiar with Alex van Warmerdam 's films and plays, the current exhibition in Stedelijk Museum Schiedam won't offer any big surprises. The majority of the work
- as slow as possible
Though this is a belated post on the short documentary ' Es wird einmal gewesen sein ', which screened at IFFR , there is plenty of time to write about its subject - 630 y
- iffr: time code
On Sunday the IFFR offered a chance to revisit a classic of digital filmmaking with Mike Figgis ' ' Time Code ' (2000). A decade later, its formal innovation is still insp
- iffr: no one knows about persian cats
Iranian-Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi returns to the IFFR with ' No One Knows About Persian Cats ', a rare and exciting look into the underground music scene of Teheran.
- iffr: hadewijch
Modern mysticism at the International Film Festival Rotterdam , with Bruno Dumont 's new film ' Hadewijch ', a thoughtful meditation as austere and introspective as its tr
- landscapes with oil
For over 10 years, Edward Burtynsky has been photographing the global influence of oil. From the vast industrial landscapes of oil fields, oil sands and refineries, to the
- easy riders, raging bulls
In response to Billy Wilder's sneer (see previous post ) at the new generation of filmmakers that took over Hollywood in the late 1960's and 1970's, here's the same contem
- fedora
"The kids with beards have taken over, with their zoom lenses and handheld cameras," Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler sarcastically remarks in ' Fedora ' (1978),
- the fisher king
Did you ever hear the story of the Fisher King? It begins with the king as a boy having to sleep alone in the forest to prove his courage so he can become king. While he's
- winter days
While on the subject of Raoul Servais (see previous post ), an interesting project he participated in is ' Winter Days ', an animated film based on a renku by Bashō and ot
- atraksion
Seeing the curious failure of ' Taxandria ' at the Architecture Film Festival Rotterdam (who rather amateuristically showed a dubbed German version of the film and then ap
- jazzed
Another favorite at the Dutch Film Festival was the Flemish short animation 'Jazzed', by Anton Setola . Following a jazz musician on a riotous night out, the story, set to
- the last days of emma blank
Finally saw ' De laatste dagen van Emma Blank ' ('The Last Days of Emma Blank') at the Dutch Film Festival last week. Happy to report that after the disappointment of ' Ob
- trances
Some more Moroccan cinema... ' Trances ' ('Al-Hal', 1981) is a vintage documentary about the legendary group ' Nass El Ghiwane '. Formed in the late '60s in Casablanca, th
- heaven's doors
Heaven's Doors ('Abwab ul-Jinnah', 2006), the feature debut of the brothers Swel and Imad Noury, has been called "absurdly ambitious". Which it certainly is - creating a k
- silent monologue
Strange sight, ' Not I ' playing soundlessly on a large screen / billboard at Amsterdam Zuid-WTC station. As reviewed before , the film, starring Julianne Moore , is part
- investigation of a citizen above suspicion
Elio Petri 's 1970 ' Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion ' ('Indagine su un cittadino al di sopra di ogni sospetto') is both a scathingly sarcastic political pamphl
- bokeh
Word of the day: ' bokeh ', Japanese for fuzzy/blurry, and borrowed in English for the aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas in photographs and film, most notable when s
- iffr: aspect ratio
The ' Aspect Ratio ' exhibition in Tent , part of the IFFR , takes as its point of departure the 1977 classic ' Powers of 10 '. Inspired by the Dutch book ' Cosmic View '
- iffr: kan door huid heen
Esther Rots ' debut feature ' Kan door huid heen ' ('Can Go Through Skin') has its official premiere at the upcoming Berlin Film Festival , but it was screened out of comp
- iffr: the sound of insects
Peter Liechti 's ' The Sound of Insects - Record of a Mummy ', which had its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival on Saturday, might well be the longest death sce
- 100 films
Bit of an abstract milestone, but the previous post marked the 100th entry tagged with film on this blog. That's 100 reviews (well, not quite, some are just quotes or link
- running with the beast
Great stylized aggression in this music video for 'dirt rock' band zZz 's ' Running with the Beast ', from their same-titled new album. Directed by Roel Wouters , the vide
- idfa '08
Not having seen much of the International Documentary Festival Amsterdam - except the morbid mafia of ' Necrobusiness ' - luckily documentaries increasingly embrace the we
- granitsa
Some interesting Flemish shorts at the Netherlands Film Festival in Utrecht this weekend, with mostly ingenious, violently funny plots and raw, explosive styles that are a
- le dernier métro
Some spoilers ahead! One more on the underground theme, François Truffaut 's ' Le Dernier Métro ' (1980) quietly evokes the underground as a place of refuge and relative s
- a litany of unreadable codes
Ten years before ' Keane ', Lodge Kerrigan made his debut with the low-budget ' Clean, Shaven '. I described 'Keane' here before as "an intense and often agonizing glimpse
- throwing self on heap of hay
One of the founding fathers of modern cinema, Eadweard Muybridge famously introduced motion into photography by pioneering the technique of stop-action photography. (The p
- illusions
Another classic but lesser-known Billy Wilder film, ' A Foreign Affair ' (1948) was criticized when it came out for "moral bankruptcy", but seeing it today it's the film's
- glass & zoo
Surprisingly little of the work of Bert Haanstra , the old Dutch master of poetic documentaries, is available online. There is a collected works DVD box , but why isn't th
- rififi
Rififi is French slang for 'trouble', 'brawl' or 'rough-and-tumble'. The word was made popular by the 1955 film ' Rififi ', or in full 'Du Rififi chez les Hommes', based o
- wheat field with crows
One of Akira Kurosawa 's last films, ' Dreams ' ('Yume') is made up of eight dreams from his own life. In the stunning segment called 'Crows', an art student steps into a
- you, the living
Reviewing Roy Andersson 's new film, ' You, the Living ' ('Du Levande'), inevitably means comparing it to his previous masterpiece ' Songs from the Second Floor '. To a la
- the old man and the sea
Watching Aleksandr Petrov 's stunningly beautiful animation of ' The Old Man and the Sea ' online undoubtedly can't begin to compare with seeing it on an Imax screen, for
- iffr: das herz ist ein dunkler wald
A highlight at the Rotterdam Film Festival , ' Das Herz ist ein dunkler Wald ' ('The Heart is a dark Forest'), directed by Nicolette Krebitz , is a modern German retelling
- iffr: modell 5
Already over a decade old, Granular Synthesis' 1996 installation ' Modell 5 ' still makes for an incredibly intense audiovisual experience. It was shown at V2 during this
- iffr: come back africa
A bit of an anomaly at the Rotterdam Film Festival , the 1959 fictionalized documentary ' Come Back Africa ' (directed by independent filmmaker Lionel Rogosin ), which pro
- iffr: milky way
As a personal kickoff of this year's International Film Festival Rotterdam , the Hungarian ' Milky Way ' ('Tejút'), directed by Benedek Fliegauf , proved to be a fascinati
- tarzan vs. ibm
As Nouvelle Vague 's venture into science fiction, Jean-Luc Godard 's ' Alphaville ' (1965) is still a fascinating piece of conceptual (as opposed to spectacular) sci-fi.
- manufacturing consent
At almost three hours long, the classic documentary ' Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media ' (1992) by Mark Achbar and Peter Wintonick , provides a good intro
- begone dull care
As a tribute to Oscar Peterson , here's a unique vizualisation of his legendary piano work: an abstract animation called ' Begone Dull Care ' (1949) by experimental filmma
- fresh
Warning: some spoilers ahead. ' Fresh ' (1994) is one of those films that is best seen at least twice. The first time to be taken by surprise, and the second time to fully
- the story of stuff
' The Story of Stuff ' neatly explains how our entire economy increasingly boils down to one thing: consuming more stuff. From resource extraction to production, distribut
- control
Who better to make a film about Joy Division and its troubled lead singer Ian Curtis than photographer Anton Corbijn ? In 1979 the band's music inspired Corbijn to move to
- the shock doctrine
What to think of this short film by Alfonso Cuarón and Naomi Klein , ' The Shock Doctrine '? Without having read the book of the same title that the film is meant to intro
- stalking hieronymus
'Stalking Hieronymus' by Belgian painter Hans Vandekerckhove visibly merges two sources of inspiration: Jeroen (or Hieronymus) Bosch ' painting ' St. Jerome at Prayer' and
- good copy bad copy
An interesting Danish documentary on the friction between copyright and creativity, ' Good Copy Bad Copy ' cites free culture movements ranging from Sweden's Pirate Bay to
- a scanner darkly
Faithfully adaptated from Philip K. Dick 's novel, Richard Linklater 's animated 'A Scanner Darkly ' is a grim tale of drug-fueled paranoia. As with most P.K. Dick novels,
- zodiac
Some minor spoilers ahead! If David Fincher 's latest film ' Zodiac ' would've been a purely fictional story it probably wouldn't have made it past script stage for lack o
- ads from the second floor
Check out these 7 commercials by Roy Andersson , director of the absurd masterpiece ' Songs from the Second Floor '. The same slow, tableaux-like scenes (one shot, wide an
- auteurs du cinéma
It's almost synchronicitous, two of the greatest masters of European ' auteur cinema ' passing away on the same day. Both Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni embodie
- barbaric yawp
To quote some more from Walt Whitman 's endlessly quotable ' Song of Myself ' (see previous post ): I too am not a bit tamed, I too am untranslatable, I sound my barbaric
- future shock
Alvin Toffler 's ' Future Shock ' (1970), precursor to ' The Third Wave ', described the effects of accelerated technological and social change in late 20st century societ
- steamboat bill, jr
What's a blog without some YouTube these days, right? So here's an awesome, old-fashioned spectacle Buster Keaton clip. It's a compilation (re-edit) of the famous storm se
- home
Check out ' Home ' by London-based "mysterious directors collective" Big Red Button . A tragicomic short film with some subtle twists, solid acting and economical storytel
- la tigre e la neve
Maybe it's too easy to dismiss Roberto Benigni 's ' La Tigre e la Neve ' ('The Tiger and the Snow') as ' La Vita è Bella ' ('Life is Beautiful') in Iraq. But the similarit
- tideland
Terry Gilliam summed up his latest film ' Tideland ', based on the novel by Mitch Cullin , as ' Alice in Wonderland ' meets ' Psycho '. A sinister and surreal fairytale, '
- bendito machine
Seen at last year's Resfest (of which more here ), but as it turns out it's available online too: ' Bendito Machine ', a short animation from Spanish Zumbakamera . Interes
- iffr: half moon
Saving the best for last at the Film Festival Rotterdam , with Bahman Ghobadi 's new film ' Half Moon ' ('Niwemang'). Two years after his heart-wrenching ' Turtles Can Fly
- iffr: build a ship, sail to sadness
Another road movie and another poetic title at the Film Festival Rotterdam , with Laurin Federlein 's debut film 'Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness'. It is perhaps best summed
- iffr: scream of the ants
The Rotterdam Film Festival is always a good place for Iranian cinema. Tehran was one of this year's hot spots , and there was also master-in-exile Mohsen Makhmalbaf 's ne
- iffr: the paper will be blue
First of only a couple of films seen at the International Film Festival Rotterdam this week was ' The Paper Will Be Blue ' ('Hirtia va fi Albastra'), a darkly humorous doc
- le grand content
Le Grand Content examines the omnipresent Powerpoint-culture in search for its philosophical potential. Intersections and diagrams are assembled to form a grand 'associati
- old joy
Kelly Reichardt 's ' Old Joy ' is a subtle meditation on the transience of friendship and youthful ideals. So subtle, in fact, that most of its underlying drama remains im
- tags
As a start of the long overdue redesign of this blog, i'll be experimenting with adding tags to entries. So bear with potential bugs... Tagging, as a form of adding metada
- the mahabharata
The Indian Mahabharata has been called the longest epic in the world. Spanning over 74.000 Sanskrit verses (about ten times the length of the Iliad and Odyssey combined!),
- la jetée
Chris Marker 's famous ciné-roman (film-novel) ' La Jetée ' (1962), only half an hour long and comprised almost entirely of black and white stills, remains one of the best
- resfest 10
Already in its tenth edition, Resfest now tours 43 cities around the world, showcasing new talent and innovation in short films, animation, music videos and motion design.
- mary
Abel Ferrara 's latest film ' Mary ' is a thought-provoking investigation of religious redemption in a cynical, intolerant world. Heavy on theological ideas, the story cen
- remf: umfeld
'Umfeld', a surround sound DVD project by techno producer Jochem Paap ( Speedy J ) and filmmaker Scott Pagano , premiered at V2 this weekend as part of the Rotterdam Elect
- tzameti
Please don't watch the trailer for ' Tzameti ', the debut film of Georgian director Géla Babluani . Weirdly, the trailer ( here , if you must) manages to reveal much of th
- an inconvenient truth
In ' An Inconvenient Truth ', directed by Davis Guggenheim , former US vice-president Al Gore makes a timely and convincing argument for the threat of climate change cause
- keane
Lodge Kerrigan 's third released film (a fourth one was reportedly scrapped after completion), ' Keane ' offers an intense and often agonizing glimpse into the life of a m
- the falling eye
Interesting exhibition of Saskia Olde Wolbers' video art, titled ' The Falling Eye ', at the Stedelijk Museum . In all four pieces shown, dreamlike images combine with a v
- de zee die denkt
' De Zee Die Denkt ' ('The Sea That Thinks') is a weird, thoughtprovoking film about itself and about a script writer struggling with the question of what the 'I', the sel
- ink city
At the otherwise disappointing China Contemporary exhibition in Rotterdam, Chen Shaoxiong 's 'Ink City' is an interesting exception. An "ink video" consisting of 300 ink d
- limelight
In the eternal Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton debate (for a lively version see ' The Dreamers '), Keaton was ahead on points after seeing ' The General ' - possibly the
- laura
Otto Preminger 's 1944 ' Laura ' is a sophisticated film noir that uses a murder mystery to expose the cynical decadence beneath the decorum of its high society locale. In
- me and you and everyone we know
Finally saw ' Me and You and Everyone We Know ', Miranda July 's small ode to whimsy and childlike sincerity in an age of (digital) distrust. For some more of July's quirk
- not i
Finally saw some of the ' Beckett on Film ' pieces at the Beckett Centenary Festival in Dublin. The short (45 sec) ' Breath ' by Damien Hirst , ' Act Without Words I ' by
- capote
Most reviews of ' Capote ' focus on Philip Seymour Hoffman 's role as Truman Capote . And yes, Hoffman is just excellent as the effeminate, egocentric, annoying, genius wr
- factotum
After Mickey Rourke in ' Barfly ', who would attempt to revisit Henry Chinaski, Bukowski 's legendary alter ego? The answer is Matt Dillon , in Bent Hamer 's adaptation of
- who knows where the time goes
Many versions have been recorded of the song ' Who knows where the time goes ', written by Sandy Denny and sung by her on the Fairport Convention album ' Unhalfbricking '.
- iffr: nyócker!
A fitting Friday night surprise film at the IFFR , the Hungarian animated feature ' Nyócker! ' ('The District!') combines energetic and satirical entertainment, a fresh vi
- iffr: full or empty
' Full or empty ' ('Gol ya pouch'), by director Abolfazl Jalili , is another one of those delightful Iranian films that clothe sharp social commentary in lighthearted humo
- iffr: the piano tuner of earthquakes
' The Piano Tuner of Earthquakes ' is the second feature by the Quay Brothers (how do you one-link these twins? Oh well: Stephen & Timothy ). Though slightly more accessib
- iffr: klimt
The director's cut of ' Klimt ', the new film by Raúl Ruiz , starring John Malkovich , had its world premiere at the Rotterdam Film Festival . As emphasized by Ruiz, the f
- new year's resolutions, pt. 1
It's high time i said something about Buster Keaton here. And more specifically about the existential Keaton vs. Chaplin debate (see, for instance, ' The Dreamers '). Thou
- als das kind kind war
Als das Kind Kind war, hatte es von nichts eine Meinung, hatte keine Gewohnheit, saß oft im Schneidersitz, lief aus dem Stand, hatte einen Wirbel im Haar und machte kein G
- deep into the woods
After watching almost a thousand minutes of ' Twin Peaks ' (pilot plus sixteen epsiodes) this weekend, what can i say... David Lynch and Mark Frost 's creation is still am
- eyecandystore
For obsessive downloaders, here's a good collection of public domain torrents (i.e. downloadable films of which the copyright has expired). Includes silent classics (highl
- blue bob
Sure i knew David Lynch was involved in music, creating soundtracks for his films (' Eraserhead ') and writing lyrics for Julee Cruise (used in ' Twin Peaks ') and Jocelyn
- entuziazm
Dziga Vertov 's ' Entuziazm: Simfoniia Donbassa ' ('Enthusiasm: Symphony of the Donbass', 1930) was one of the first sound films in the Soviet Union. If Vertov's classic '
- futuristic shanghai
' Code 46 ', Michael Winterbottom 's thoughtful dystopian drama, treats such themes as the divide between haves and have-nots, genetic cloning and the nature of memory (wh
- cinematic orchestra
Not sure if i can recommend a soundtrack without having heard it with the film. But this one holds up well enough on its own: The Cinematic Orchestra 's new soundtrack to
- twelve and a half minutes
' Zwölf 1/2 Minuten ', a German "short experimental documentary", strikes a nice balance between humor and food for thought. Even if the message is not very new, its stren
- the psychopathic corporation
The threepart Canadian documentary ' The Corporation ' asks the interesting question: if corporations are considered legal persons, what kind of personality do they have?
- film title art
Nice feature by Not Coming to a Theater Near You on the famous film titles and sequences designed by Saul Bass , including many Hitchcock and Scorsese films. @ www.notcomi
- pandora's box
' Primer ' is one of those mindf*cks that will leave you a) completely cold, or b) wanting to watch it again, now. This film is along the lines of ' Pi ', ' Memento ' or '
- spacetimemoney continuum
His wealth resides less in possessions than in the fact of that most modern of powers, mobility, the ability to be present at practically the same time in every part of th
- crystallized music
Cool animation visualizing a jazz piece by John Coltrane , 'Giant Steps' ('59). The structural approach of John Coltrane to music is associated with architectural thinking
- mona lisa of the north
However beautifully evoking Vermeer 's 17th century Delft light, you might not want to see the film ' Girl with a Pearl Earring '... It might just spoil her mysterious Mon
- the beautiful confusion
Fellini's ' 8½ ' is one of those film classics that are probably cited more than seen. Called "the definitive film about filmmaking" by Sight & Sound , it certainly godfat
- dalí & disney's destino
"A simple love story, where boy meets girl," Walt Disney described his animation project with Salvador Dalí in 1946. For Dalí it was "a magical exposition on the problem o
- assorted shorts
Some cool short films to watch online @ Channel4.com : ' Copyshop ' ( Virgil Widrich , '01): Kafkaesque short about a man who makes photocopies of himself, with nightmaris
- entrepeneurial madness
The documentary Georgi and the Butterflies (winner of the Silver Wolf at IDFA '04) is the bittersweet portrait of Georgi Lulchev, director of a Bulgarian psychiatric insti
- the lost weekend
How do all Billy Wilder 's films manage to stay so fresh and sharp? The Apartment , Some Like It Hot , Sunset Boulevard ... -- they just don't seem to age or lose any of t
- fear & loathing
Just to prove it's all true in Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas , here's a photo i found of the real Hunter S. Thompson and his attorney Oscar Acosta (portrayed in the film by
- hurlyburly in dutch
When a group of young Dutch actors decides to do David Rabe's play Hurlyburly, comparisons are inevitable to the film adaptation which starred such names as Sean Penn, Kev
- iffr: terry riley
Closing event of the Rotterdam Film Festival 's Exploding Cinema -- otherwise of, ehm, varied quality this year -- was a rare European concert by the 69 year old founding
- iffr: illumination
"Illumination" is the impressive debut of Pascale Breton, awarded a critic's prize in Rotterdam . Set in the wild and forbidding landscape of Bretagne, it tells the story
- iffr: innocence
Okay, a film festival like Rotterdam is a gamble. For every pearl there's a swine (or something). But does it have to be this bad? The French "Innocence" is, pffh... "Snow
- iffr: turtles can fly
"Turtles Can Fly" is Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi 's new film (after "A Time for Drunken Horses"), and the first film to be made in Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussei
- iffr: midwinter night's dream
The most powerful film at the Rotterdam Film Festival so far comes from Serbian director Goran Paskaljevic. "Midwinter Night's Dream" is a bleak yet sensitive drama set in
- iffr: story undone
Only at the Rotterdam Film Festival will you find yourself in a late night Q&A entirely conducted in Farsi. Iranian director Hassan Yektapanah explains his film ' Story Un
- brilliant beckettian animation
Another search for a long sought-after film, the short German animation 'Balance', unexpectedly ended in finding the entire film online. Watch Balance here. (In the bottom
- mythical proportions
After some comments on my Skype profile photo, i did another search today on the film the photo is from, the Hungarian film Hagyjállógva Vászka (Vaska Easoff), directed by
- chaos plus time equals something interesting
Kaufman : I like to live and work in the chaos because that's my experience, and I'm not interested in organizing things into packages that make people comfortable. And I
- give the man an oscar
There's a whole list of films i need to watch again after seeing ' The Life and Death of Peter Sellers ': ' Being There ' ' Dr. Strangelove ' ' Casino Royale ' ' The Ladyk
- idfa '04
For those of us who are busy missing the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and the concurrent Shadow Festival , here are some links to a variety of docs yo
- politics & theatre
Is the current political farce in the USA and elsewhere leading theatre writers/directors to make equally onesided, hollow statements, robbed of any nuance? It seems that
- simon vs. oscar
Rarely a Dutch film comes out worth recommending. But Simon, the new film by Eddy Terstall , is definitely worth seeing. Opening film on the Dutch Film Festival and the Du
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