New Czech Cinema 2010, London
Strangeness never seems to be far away when it comes to Czech cinema. It's as if their film-makers have to pass some eccentricity test before they're entrusted with a camera. All of which makes this annual round-up more intriguing than your average national jolly. Jan Svankmajer, for example, is on agreeably surreal form in his latest live-action/animation oddity, Surviving Life, while a double bill of unsung 1960s/70s gothic horrors, The Cremator and Morgiana, recognises the unique vision of Juraj Herz. Even the historical dramas have a twist. Nazi-era Protektor benefits from retro cinematic stylings, while Three Seasons In Hell examines the impact of Communist occupation on an unrepentant bohemian poet.
Various venues, Sat to 26 Nov
Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol
The films are short, so there are more of them, which means more film-makers. Therefore, Bristol's harbourside becomes a seething mass of film people,...
Strangeness never seems to be far away when it comes to Czech cinema. It's as if their film-makers have to pass some eccentricity test before they're entrusted with a camera. All of which makes this annual round-up more intriguing than your average national jolly. Jan Svankmajer, for example, is on agreeably surreal form in his latest live-action/animation oddity, Surviving Life, while a double bill of unsung 1960s/70s gothic horrors, The Cremator and Morgiana, recognises the unique vision of Juraj Herz. Even the historical dramas have a twist. Nazi-era Protektor benefits from retro cinematic stylings, while Three Seasons In Hell examines the impact of Communist occupation on an unrepentant bohemian poet.
Various venues, Sat to 26 Nov
Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol
The films are short, so there are more of them, which means more film-makers. Therefore, Bristol's harbourside becomes a seething mass of film people,...
- 11/13/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of Michael Powell's groundbreaking 1960 horror, Peeping Tom, Optimum Releasing are screening a newly restored digital print at The Curzon Soho on 13th November.
What's also incredibly exciting is that it'll be followed by a live interview with long-standing supporter Martin Scorsese, as well as Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell (Michael's wife) and Columba Powell (Michael's son, who played the serial killer's young self).
Long before Haneke got to grips with chiding his audience for their fascination with violence, Powell sadly managed to cripple his own career with an exploration of cinematic voyeurism through a killer who specialised in filming the terror on his victims' faces as they died. Vilified when originally released, it's since been re-appraised. And rightly so.
This theatrical re-release follows in a long line of classics that have been given a suitably generous treatment by Optimum on blu-ray, as part of The Studio Canal Collection.
What's also incredibly exciting is that it'll be followed by a live interview with long-standing supporter Martin Scorsese, as well as Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell (Michael's wife) and Columba Powell (Michael's son, who played the serial killer's young self).
Long before Haneke got to grips with chiding his audience for their fascination with violence, Powell sadly managed to cripple his own career with an exploration of cinematic voyeurism through a killer who specialised in filming the terror on his victims' faces as they died. Vilified when originally released, it's since been re-appraised. And rightly so.
This theatrical re-release follows in a long line of classics that have been given a suitably generous treatment by Optimum on blu-ray, as part of The Studio Canal Collection.
- 10/16/2010
- Screen Anarchy
For those living in London and surrounding areas there’s a very special screening of Michael Powell’s psycho-sexual thriller Peeping Tom happening at the Curzon Soho on 13th November.
Not only will you get to see the film in a gorgeous new print, director, film preservationist and all round legend St. Martin Scorsese will be there in person talking about how much he loves it!
Optimum Releasing, who are distributing the classic British picture, announced in this press release:
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original release, Oscar-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and one of the stars of the film: Columba Powell, have very generously agreed to be interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock in front of a public audience, following a screening of Michael Powell’s masterpiece: Peeping Tom.
Synopsis:
Peeping Tom was originally released in 1960, shortly before Hitchcock’s equally shocking Psycho, and...
Not only will you get to see the film in a gorgeous new print, director, film preservationist and all round legend St. Martin Scorsese will be there in person talking about how much he loves it!
Optimum Releasing, who are distributing the classic British picture, announced in this press release:
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the original release, Oscar-winning filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Thelma Schoonmaker-Powell, and one of the stars of the film: Columba Powell, have very generously agreed to be interviewed by BBC Radio 4’s Francine Stock in front of a public audience, following a screening of Michael Powell’s masterpiece: Peeping Tom.
Synopsis:
Peeping Tom was originally released in 1960, shortly before Hitchcock’s equally shocking Psycho, and...
- 10/15/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
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