Girish (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Just as they did ten years ago , James Quandt and TIFF Cinematheque ( née Cinematheque Ontario) have conducted a worldwide poll of film curators, archivists, historians and programmers for best ("most important") films of the decade (scroll down for the compiled list). It's a heady and wonderful list that militates unashamedly and polemically for film as art . There are 54 films on...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
I love slow movies. Really slow. For the longest time I thought everyone else considered that word to signify the worst in movies. Slow meant bad enough to put you to sleep. I love movies that put me to sleep. I’ve a whole collection of movies that I can pop in the DVD player whenever I can’t sleep and they’ll do the trick. If we can agree that music peaceful enough to put you to...
Wise Kwai's Thai Film Journal (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century has been named the best film of the decade in a critics poll by the Toronto International Film Festival Cinematheque . The movie that was censored in Thailand continues to be hailed by critics worldwide. In fact, three of Apichatpong's films are on the list. His 2004 Cannes Jury Prize-winning drama Tropical Malady is at No. 6, and 2003's Cannes Un...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Syndromes and a Century, was selected as the best film of the decade in a poll conducted by the Toronto International Film Festival....
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
It seems Canada's national paper, The Globe and Mail , has been busy talking to film programmers, historians and archivists lately. They have put together a list of films that have played at the Toronto International Film Festivals in the past 10 years that garnered 7 or more votes from their 60 voters to declare "The Top Films of the Decade" from a artier perspective than say, the typical...
Twitch (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
You know the word deadline and Wong Kar-Wai weren't meant to be put in the same sentence, but it's good to know that the wheels are finally in motion. As it's been widely announced before, we're dealing with another story about the legendary Wing Chun pioneer played by Donnie Yen in 葉問 (Ip Man) , but with Wong at the helm you know things will be a little different. 一代宗师...
Media Studies @ CCC (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Here is the clip from "In The Mood For Love" that I used to demonstrate the importance of colour, lighting and sound. This scene is so powerful. Please try to see the whole film and its sequel "2046" if you can. Wong Kar-Wai is an amazingly talented director. There is an interesting essay about the film "In The Mood For Love" here ! media @ ccc
AUS style (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
A shipment of some rather hipster books I ordered arrived on my doorstep yesterday. The first is Lesley Arfin's Dear Diary which, after reading a review about in either Russh Or Yen ages ago, I have been meaning to get my hands on. I don't enjoy Lesley's column for Russh immensely but I'm quite sure her life 'experience' as documented in this book should be interesting enough. Lesley lives in Brooklyn...
Tativille (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
The past ten years have not been the strongest internationally in the history of the art form. Certainly, as with the previous, vaunted decade-and-a-half, wherein notably Iran and the new cinemas of the Chinese world emerged, vital and compelling art has come from unexpected places: in the present decade, Argentina, Germany, Romania and Southeast Asia have all developed into new epicenters of the medium....
The One-Line Review Presents (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
L'Atalante (1934) .. Jean Vigo The Spirit of the Beehive (1973) .. Victor Erice Au Hasard Balthazar (1966) .. Robert Bresson Tokyo Story (1953) .. Yasujiro Ozu Man with a Movie Camera (1929) .. Dziga Vertov La Règle du Jeu (1939) .. Jean Renoir Playtime (1967) .. Jacques Tati L'Avventura (1960) .. Michelangelo Antonioni Sunrise (1927) .. F.W. Murnau The Conformist (1970) .. Bernardo Bertolucci...
Things Fall Apart (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
“ Chungking Express ” is the second film on the list by Wong Kar-wai . It garnered some international attention as an Asian “ Pulp Fiction ” (although has no thematic or story similarities other than the multiple stories approach), somewhat exacerbated by its similar release date and the fact Quentin Tarantino has been both a very vocal admirer of the movie and that his distribution...
Jonstraveladventures (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Go to the Everything Seminar blog to learn about the first beam splash at the LHC in 2009. This is exciting progress and means that the detectors really are doing their job and the machines are almost ready to start collisions. Cineuropa is in full swing and so far I've seen: Tokyo Sonata , which was enjoyable though had at least half an hour which felt completely farcicle. Generally a worthwhile watch...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Thought I'd goof around with a little b-day series. In case it's yours! Could be shortlived. Or maybe it'll go on forever. You never know. Hal Hartley , Paprika Steen and Charles Bronson Today's Birthdays, November 3rd ...some of them at any rate. For those who are prone to celebrating the lives of the filmic and famous. And if you aren't, you're not having enough fun. 1921 Charles Bronson had a Death...
SchansBlog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Anthony Paletta in the WSJ ... Amid the many reactions to director Roman Polanski's arrest...none have been as strong as those of the international film community. A petition demanding his release has attracted over 100 film-world signatories, including luminaries from Martin Scorsese and Costa-Gavras to David Lynch and Wong Kar Wai.... The substance of his guilty plea and the circumstances of the...
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 10/15/2009
halfway house halfway through the day, we stop a movie 'bout halfway through... what do we see? 49 minutes into In the Mood for Love : a sticky rice snack and short nap Mrs. Chan ( Maggie Cheung ) and Mr. Chow ( Tony Leung Chiu Wai ) are eating sticky rice, killing time until the coast is clear and she can leave his rented room. They haven't cheated on their spouses (who never appear in the movie)...
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anila123 | 03/02/2009
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will release Wong Kar Wai's Ashes of Time Redux on DVD March 3rd, and we've got an exclusive clip from a bonus feature in which the cast and crew discuss the complex story. more
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