It might seem that celebrating the drive-in movie season during the dog days of August is a celebration that is coming about two, maybe three months too late. Isn’t summer just about wrapped up? Ha! Only if you’re in still in grade school—my kids went back to their respective halls of education on August 8! For them summer, in a single but significant way, is over. But for everyone else (including students), especially if you’re in the southwestern part of the country, the hot days of summer aren’t giving way to cool temperatures anytime soon, regardless of the insistence of the calendar. In Southern California, climate change has made summer-style heat a staple well into October, and sometimes beyond. Here it’s always drive-in season, even in January, and that’s the silver lining of a sizzling autumn for fans of the specific joys of outdoor cinema.
- 8/20/2016
- by Dennis Cozzalio
- Trailers from Hell
The St Kilda Film Festival, running over ten days from May19-28, will program four specialty programs unveiled before the full program launch later this month.
A specially curated program direct from the 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest will be showcased on May 28.
In addition, the chief content officer of online platform Fandor Jonathan Marlow will join this year.s festival, co-curating a program of Fandor's films.
Taking a step-back in time, the festival is showcasing a collection of vintage comedy with the Nostalgia program in partnership with the National Sound and Film Archive (Nsfa)..
The festival will also host an indigenous retrospective, featuring short films by directors such as Tracey Moffatt, Warwick Thornton and Richard Frankland..
.It.s important to highlight our indigenous and overseas contributors among our emerging and established talent", City of Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss said..
"Each year the Festival goes from strength to strength, and...
A specially curated program direct from the 2015 Palm Springs International ShortFest will be showcased on May 28.
In addition, the chief content officer of online platform Fandor Jonathan Marlow will join this year.s festival, co-curating a program of Fandor's films.
Taking a step-back in time, the festival is showcasing a collection of vintage comedy with the Nostalgia program in partnership with the National Sound and Film Archive (Nsfa)..
The festival will also host an indigenous retrospective, featuring short films by directors such as Tracey Moffatt, Warwick Thornton and Richard Frankland..
.It.s important to highlight our indigenous and overseas contributors among our emerging and established talent", City of Port Phillip Mayor Bernadene Voss said..
"Each year the Festival goes from strength to strength, and...
- 4/4/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
Documentary centres on one of Latin America’s most controversial artists.
New independent distributor Grasshopper Film has secured all North American rights Nicola Costantino: The Artefacta, Natalie Cristiani’s documentary about one of Latin America’s most controversial and admired artists.
The film, which debuted at Canada’s HotDocs last April and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, follows visual artist Costantino from the first origins of her work up to participation at the Venice Biennale 2013.
New York-based Grasshopper Film launched this week at Berlin’s Efm (European Film Market). The independent film distributor, founded by former Cinema Guild acquisitions chief Ryan Krivoshey, aims to release eight to 12 films a year theatrically - starting with Asghar Farhadi’s 2006 drama Fireworks Wednesday - and more than 50 on VOD.
Grasshopper is partnering with on-demand streaming Fandor for its combined day-and-date premium Svod and theatrical release in the Us this spring.
The deal was...
New independent distributor Grasshopper Film has secured all North American rights Nicola Costantino: The Artefacta, Natalie Cristiani’s documentary about one of Latin America’s most controversial and admired artists.
The film, which debuted at Canada’s HotDocs last April and went on to screen at the BFI London Film Festival, follows visual artist Costantino from the first origins of her work up to participation at the Venice Biennale 2013.
New York-based Grasshopper Film launched this week at Berlin’s Efm (European Film Market). The independent film distributor, founded by former Cinema Guild acquisitions chief Ryan Krivoshey, aims to release eight to 12 films a year theatrically - starting with Asghar Farhadi’s 2006 drama Fireworks Wednesday - and more than 50 on VOD.
Grasshopper is partnering with on-demand streaming Fandor for its combined day-and-date premium Svod and theatrical release in the Us this spring.
The deal was...
- 2/17/2016
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Fandor and Factory 25 Jointly Acquire 7 Feature Films Fandor will release over 30 films made and distributed by legendary Chicago documentary production studio Kartemquin Films,16 of which will be released November 5. The films in this partnership include the digital premieres of many rare and underexposed early works from Kartemquin, which is best known for producing the Academy Award-nominated "Hoop Dreams," the multi-award-winning "The Trials of Muhammad Ali" and 2014's Roger Ebert biography "Life Itself." "I have greatly admired the remarkable work of Kartemquin Films for decades," said Jonathan Marlow, co-founder and Chief Content Officer of Fandor. "We are absolutely delighted to add their phenomenal documentaries to the Fandor service." "It's a pleasure to have so many of our classic films digitally released for the first time as a collection on Fandor where we know they will be well received...
- 11/5/2015
- by Sonya Saepoff
- Indiewire
Fandor is partnering with Kickstarter to launch production of four new short films: Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, Lynne Sachs and Lizzie Olesker's Every Fold Matters, Ani Simon Kennedy's Hench and Josh Gibson's Pig/Pork. What's more, with Alex Cox joining our Fix Filmmakers Initiative, we'll be premiering a short from his new film, Tombstone Rashomon, currently raising funds with an Indiegogo campaign. "After the immensely successful launch of FIXshorts in March, it was essential to roll-out another quartet of projects as those films near completion," says our co-founder and Chief Content Officer, Jonathan Marlow. » - David Hudson...
- 9/15/2015
- Keyframe
Fandor is partnering with Kickstarter to launch production of four new short films: Daniel Stuyck's The Eternal, Lynne Sachs and Lizzie Olesker's Every Fold Matters, Ani Simon Kennedy's Hench and Josh Gibson's Pig/Pork. What's more, with Alex Cox joining our Fix Filmmakers Initiative, we'll be premiering a short from his new film, Tombstone Rashomon, currently raising funds with an Indiegogo campaign. "After the immensely successful launch of FIXshorts in March, it was essential to roll-out another quartet of projects as those films near completion," says our co-founder and Chief Content Officer, Jonathan Marlow. » - David Hudson...
- 9/15/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
Cinema Slate, a new distributor focused on Latin American cinema launched by Rodrigo Brandão, has struck a deal with streaming service Fandor to release four films.
The titles are part of Cinema Slate’s Brazilian Film Series: Year One showcasing up-and-coming Brazilian directors and will go out theatrically via the New York-based Cinema Slate day-and-date with digital launches through Fandor.
The promgramme begins on September 11 at New York’s Cinema Village with Cateano Gotardo’s omnibus film The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move).
The series will be co-presented with New York-based Cinema Tropical, a leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the Us, and sponsored by Brazilian Press, a newspaper servicing the Brazilian community in the East Coast.
October 30 brings the release of Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa) co-directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas.
The third and fourth films in the series set for November and December are Fellipe Barbosa’s semi-autobiographical tale Casa Grande and Eryk Rocha...
The titles are part of Cinema Slate’s Brazilian Film Series: Year One showcasing up-and-coming Brazilian directors and will go out theatrically via the New York-based Cinema Slate day-and-date with digital launches through Fandor.
The promgramme begins on September 11 at New York’s Cinema Village with Cateano Gotardo’s omnibus film The Moving Creatures (O Que Se Move).
The series will be co-presented with New York-based Cinema Tropical, a leading presenter of Latin American cinema in the Us, and sponsored by Brazilian Press, a newspaper servicing the Brazilian community in the East Coast.
October 30 brings the release of Hard Labor (Trabalhar Cansa) co-directed by Marco Dutra and Juliana Rojas.
The third and fourth films in the series set for November and December are Fellipe Barbosa’s semi-autobiographical tale Casa Grande and Eryk Rocha...
- 8/7/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The independent distributor and streaming service announced at BAMcinemaFest they will partner on the slate.
The companies have partnered on numerous releases since 2012 and this marks their first deal for joint releases.
Fandor will release the films day-and-date via its subscription service with Factory 25 handling theatrically and transactional platforms.
The films are: Todd Rohal’s Uncle Kent 2 (pictured); Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again; Nathan Silver’s Stinking Heaven; Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson’s Diamond Tongues; Maximón Monihan’s Voice Of The Voiceless (La Voz De Los Sileciados); Lynn Shelton’s We Go Way Back; and Alexander Rockwell’s Hero.
“Fandor is one of the few like-minded companies that really care about cinema as much as I do,” said Factory 25 founder Matt Grady, who also celebrates the company’s sixth anniversary. “I’m really excited about working together to release this slate of films by some of the most influential voices in independent film right...
The companies have partnered on numerous releases since 2012 and this marks their first deal for joint releases.
Fandor will release the films day-and-date via its subscription service with Factory 25 handling theatrically and transactional platforms.
The films are: Todd Rohal’s Uncle Kent 2 (pictured); Charles Poekel’s Christmas, Again; Nathan Silver’s Stinking Heaven; Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson’s Diamond Tongues; Maximón Monihan’s Voice Of The Voiceless (La Voz De Los Sileciados); Lynn Shelton’s We Go Way Back; and Alexander Rockwell’s Hero.
“Fandor is one of the few like-minded companies that really care about cinema as much as I do,” said Factory 25 founder Matt Grady, who also celebrates the company’s sixth anniversary. “I’m really excited about working together to release this slate of films by some of the most influential voices in independent film right...
- 6/25/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
The following is a continuation of an ongoing conversation that began in Telluride and Austin regarding The Act of Killing and then on to Berlin and back to Austin (where this discussion was recorded) about The Look of Silence. Jonathan Marlow speaks with celebrated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer about his latest documentary—soon-to-be-released by Drafthouse Films—on the occasion of the Fandor debut of several films either directed, written and/or produced by Oppenheimer.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 5/1/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The following is a continuation of an ongoing conversation that began in Telluride and Austin regarding The Act of Killing and then on to Berlin and back to Austin (where this discussion was recorded) about The Look of Silence. Jonathan Marlow speaks with celebrated filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer about his latest documentary—soon-to-be-released by Drafthouse Films—on the occasion of the Fandor debut of several films either directed, written and/or produced by Oppenheimer.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 5/1/2015
- Keyframe
Lead investor Chris Kelly, former Facebook General Counsel and Chief Privacy Officer, is stepping in as interim CEO to replace outgoing Ted Hope, whose avocation film producer reigns supreme. He came in just a year ago, after leaving another short-term gig as executive director of the San Francisco Film Society. Hope will be "pursuing a new film production venture, and will remain a close advisor to the company," according to a press release. Last January, Kelly and Fandor founder and then-ceo Dan Aronson and chief content officer Jonathan Marlow approached Hope to take over as CEO. He was impressed with their curated collection of 5000 high quality indie and foreign films as well as the ways they share revenues with filmmakers and rights holders. In 2013, Fandor brought in over three dozen new partners and individual filmmakers to its curated service. Fandor has also launched in Canada and expanded its services on a wide array of mobile.
- 1/7/2015
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
That the Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne left Cannes this year without a trophy for Two Days, One Night was a sign among certain critical consensus that the auteurs had run their creative course. Or that, in the absence of characters who might kill for a job or sell their offspring, the sight of Marion Cotillard trying desperately to get her job back was just not urgent enough a cause to warrant heightened attention. It is, of course, precisely such a tendency toward indifference that the film radically redresses, albeit with a calm rigor that could come to define their work to come. >> - Jonathan Marlow and Jay Kuehner...
- 12/24/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
That the Luc Dardenne and Jean-Pierre Dardenne left Cannes this year without a trophy for Two Days, One Night was a sign among certain critical consensus that the auteurs had run their creative course. Or that, in the absence of characters who might kill for a job or sell their offspring, the sight of Marion Cotillard trying desperately to get her job back was just not urgent enough a cause to warrant heightened attention. It is, of course, precisely such a tendency toward indifference that the film radically redresses, albeit with a calm rigor that could come to define their work to come. >> - Jonathan Marlow and Jay Kuehner...
- 12/24/2014
- Keyframe
We Come as Friends premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery. It won the Peace Film Prize at the Berlinale. The New York Times' Manohla Dargis called the documentary by Darwin's Nightmare creator Hubert Sauper a "surreal, moving, infuriating and persuasive argument that in South Sudan, there’s nothing post about colonialism." Truly, there is no nonfiction film quite like it, and even the word "nonfiction" doesn't do its personal, futuristic-essayistic ambitions justice. Given the emphasis on "newness" these days, it is already disappointingly off-the-radar until its eventual theatrical debut, but it will be worth the wait. It's a timeless piece that needs to be seen in full-screen format to be fully appreciated. In the meantime Fandor co-founder Jonathan Marlow spoke with filmmaker Hubert Sauper during the San Francisco International Film Festival last year.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 10/15/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
We Come as Friends premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won a Special Jury Award for Cinematic Bravery. It won the Peace Film Prize at the Berlinale. The New York Times' Manohla Dargis called the documentary by Darwin's Nightmare creator Hubert Sauper a "surreal, moving, infuriating and persuasive argument that in South Sudan, there’s nothing post about colonialism." Truly, there is no nonfiction film quite like it, and even the word "nonfiction" doesn't do its personal, futuristic-essayistic ambitions justice. Given the emphasis on "newness" these days, it is already disappointingly off-the-radar until its eventual theatrical debut, but it will be worth the wait. It's a timeless piece that needs to be seen in full-screen format to be fully appreciated. In the meantime Fandor co-founder Jonathan Marlow spoke with filmmaker Hubert Sauper during the San Francisco International Film Festival last year.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 10/15/2014
- Keyframe
At the end of a nearly three-kilometer cable car journey in Nepal is the temple of the Goddess Bhagwati. The journey takes approximately ten minutes to complete. Each year, thousands of Hindus participate in the Manakamana Darshan, a pilgrimage to the temple to worship the Goddess and to have their wishes granted. On the surface, a film documenting this expedition could be rather tedious. But Manakamana filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez have crafted a fascinating, observational film that far exceeds expectations (shot on the same 16mm camera that Robert Gardner used for his remarkable Forest of Bliss). >> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 9/12/2014
- Keyframe
At the end of a nearly three-kilometer cable car journey in Nepal is the temple of the Goddess Bhagwati. The journey takes approximately ten minutes to complete. Each year, thousands of Hindus participate in the Manakamana Darshan, a pilgrimage to the temple to worship the Goddess and to have their wishes granted. On the surface, a film documenting this expedition could be rather tedious. But Manakamana filmmakers Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez have crafted a fascinating, observational film that far exceeds expectations (shot on the same 16mm camera that Robert Gardner used for his remarkable Forest of Bliss). >> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 9/12/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Editor's note: Robert Drew passed away today at age ninety. We revisit a 2003 interview with the filmmaker. Wisconsin, 1960. An unlikely setting perhaps for one of the most crucial showdowns in the wide-open race for the presidency. The Democrats had to decide whom to nominate to run against Richard Nixon. John F. Kennedy realized that if he beat Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin primary (and if he could prove that a Catholic senator from New England could triumph over a Protestant senator from a neighboring state), he could also prove his national appeal. It's quite a story and Primary tells it like no documentary ever had before.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 7/31/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Editor's note: Robert Drew passed away today at age ninety. We revisit a 2003 interview with the filmmaker. Wisconsin, 1960. An unlikely setting perhaps for one of the most crucial showdowns in the wide-open race for the presidency. The Democrats had to decide whom to nominate to run against Richard Nixon. John F. Kennedy realized that if he beat Hubert Humphrey in the Wisconsin primary (and if he could prove that a Catholic senator from New England could triumph over a Protestant senator from a neighboring state), he could also prove his national appeal. It's quite a story and Primary tells it like no documentary ever had before.>> - Jonathan Marlow...
- 7/31/2014
- Keyframe
Iranian director Mohammad Rasoulof and his films have been under siege for some time. His 2009 film The White Meadows angered the Iranian government to the point where it had him arrested the following year for “filming without a permit.” He received a six-year prison sentence, later reduced to one year, and a twenty-year ban from filmmaking, which he went on to violate in 2011. The press kit for his latest film, Manuscripts Don’t Burn, says “right now he is out on bail and is waiting for the sentence to be executed.” Rasoulof had been able to travel and talk to the press since his arrest (see also Jonathan Marlow's interview with the director in Keyframe, "The Art of Filmmaking: Mohammad Rasoulof," a conversation that took place at the Telluride Film Festival, 2013), though last fall, his passport was revoked by the Iranian government. After seeing Manuscripts Don’t Burn, one...
- 6/13/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
A particular highlight of the Cannes Film Festival last year, Mohammad Rasoulof’s Manuscripts Don’t Burn is an uncompromising look at the oppression faced by intellectuals under a totalitarian regime. The government in question, though, is the home country of the filmmaker. The film was shot in secret and, when the film premiered as part of Un Certain Regard, the Iranian government opted to pretend that the film did not exist at all (and, at Telluride, the government touted the “two” Iranian films screening at the festival when, indeed, Rasoulof’s feature was the otherwise unmentioned third). Seeing the film, it is no surprise that the establishment would prefer to ignore it. Rasoulof makes no effort to soften the tone (or the criticism), approaching controversial (in Iran) subject matter directly that he has otherwise addressed allegorically (in The Twilight, Iron Island and The White Meadows) until his groundbreaking Goodbye.
- 6/13/2014
- Fandor: Keyframe
Since its launch in 2011, Fandor has pegged itself as a cross between Netflix and Sundance. So it makes sense that the indie film streaming site, which recently hired indie film guru Ted Hope as its new CEO, is at this year's Sundance Film Festival looking to acquire (although Hope won't be attending due to prior commitments). The company plans to debut "Rat Pack Rat," a short film by Todd Rohal screening at this year's Sundance, on Fandor today at noon, ahead of its Sundance screening on Friday. While other sites, including YouTube, will make Sundance shorts, including "Rat Pack Rat" available, Fandor's chief content officer Jonathan Marlow said their version will be the highest quality. "We had Todd do a higher bit rate version for us," Marlow told Indiewire. "Although it will be available elsewhere, it will look best on Fandor." When "Rat Pack Rat," about a Sammy Davis Jr....
- 1/16/2014
- by Paula Bernstein
- Indiewire
Curated online streaming service Fandor announced today that veteran producer and former San Francisco Film Society executive director Ted Hope will head the online company. Hope, who left his position at the Film Society at the end of the year, will start his new job at Fandor on January 30. Hope will replace current CEO Dan Aronson, who will move into the position of chief technology officer for the company, while Jonathan Marlow will remain the company’s chief content officer. For Hope, the new hire presents a fresh opportunity to continue his forward-looking approach financing and distributing independent film. "I'm really trying to utilize all that new technology has to offer," he told Indiewire in a phone conversation this morning. "We're going to try to make good on the promise of the era we live in, to relate the power of what cinema is." Read More: Ted Hope Talks Leaving the San Francisco Film Society,...
- 1/8/2014
- by Eric Kohn
- Indiewire
San Francisco-based Fandor has signed streaming partnerships with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories.
The VOD service’s library of more than 5,000 titles includes Computer Chess (pictured), The Messenger, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Sun Don’t Shine and Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time.
“Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly,” said Fandor co-founder and chief content officer Jonathan Marlow. “Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers.”...
The VOD service’s library of more than 5,000 titles includes Computer Chess (pictured), The Messenger, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty, Sun Don’t Shine and Rivers And Tides: Andy Goldsworthy Working With Time.
“Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly,” said Fandor co-founder and chief content officer Jonathan Marlow. “Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers.”...
- 12/5/2013
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
San Francisco-based VOD platform Fandor has announced a partnership deal with Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories. Fandor aspires to bring a broad selection of independent and international movies for instant streaming to its subscribers. At present, Fandor offers a film library of over 5,000 titles and as a two-year old streaming platform, continues to expand into indie film markets. "Following our expansion into Canada in September, film acquisitions have accelerated accordingly," Fandor co-founder and Chief Content Officer Jonathan Marlow commented, adding that "Over the last few weeks, we have added many invaluable partnerships to an already exceptional portfolio of distributors, aggregators and individual filmmakers." Check out a selection of films recently acquired and added to the Fandor library, as well as this month's upcoming releases: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (2012) director Terence Nance [Cinema Guild] Computer Chess (2013)...
- 12/5/2013
- by Ramzi De Coster
- Indiewire
Revelation Perth is wrapping up ripping it up Down Under today. Or, it may have just concluded by the time you read this — the time difference thing always makes me crazy. Anyway, there’s been loads of press for the event. Sbs interviewed filmmaker Richard Wolstencroft about his provocative new documentary The Last Days of Joe Blow that just World Premiered at Rev. (They give him a good grilling.) (Photo above is from the doc.) Meanwhile, ABC has a fantastic video interview with Rev founder Richard Sowada about the death of Hollywood that everyone’s gabbing about these days. The video has lots of great clips of this year’s Rev lineup. Then, at Fandor, Jonathan Marlow interviews filmmaker Joshua Oppenheimer about his controversial film The Act of Killing, which has played Rev and lots of other underground fests so far this year. Helpful tip of the day: Beware of Icy Breasts.
- 7/14/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Well-known filmmakers, movie executives and journalists will be among those featured during the upcoming Industry In Focus Series at The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for its 25th Anniversary, it was announced by Julie Sisk, Founder and Director of The American Pavilion.
Among those scheduled to participate in relevant and timely industry panels, seminars and “In Conversation” one-on-one dialogues are: James Toback, Randy Quaid, Will Forte, Stephen Frears, Cliff Martinez and many more. There will also be discussions with top executives from such film companies as RADiUS-twc and Participant Media, as well as representatives from ICM, Wme, Paradigm and The Sundance Institute. Journalists from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline Hollywood and The Los Angeles Times, among others, will serve as moderators for the Series. The diverse topics being covered in the Series include: 3D Content Creation, Women in Film,Marketing and Distribution, Digital Hollywood, American Directors in Film, Music In Film,The State of the Indie Film Industry, American Producers, An Emerging Filmmaker Showcase,In Conversation talks with Randy Quaid and Will Forte and a special critic’s panel in honor of Roger Ebert. The following is the full programming schedule. All Schedule, panels and guests are subject to changes and additions.
The American Pavilion- Full Cannes 2013 Programming Line Up
Schedule · Thursday, May 16 at 3pm - Industry In Focus: 3D Content Creation: From Script to Business· Friday, May 17 at 3pm – Industry In Focus: Women in Film – moderated by Jacqueline Lyanga· Saturday, May 18 at 11am – Industry In Focus: Marketing and Distribution – moderated by Dana Harris· Saturday, May 18 at 3pm – Industry In Focus: Digital Hollywood – moderated by Kevin Winston· Sunday, May 19 at 3pm – In Conversation: American Directors in Film – moderated by Aaron Hillis· Sunday, May 19 at 9pm - Queer Night Party· Monday, May 20 at 11am - Industry In Focus: Finance - moderated by Pam McClintock· Monday, May 20 at 3pm - Industry In Focus: State of the Indie Film Industry - moderated by Pete Hammond· Tuesday, May 21 at 2pm - Industry In Focus: American Producers - moderated by Scott Macaulay· Tuesday, May 21 at 3pm- Music In Film-moderated by Thom Powers.· Wednesday, May 22 at 2pm – In Conversation with Randy Quaid – moderated by Logan Hill· Wednesday, May 22 at 3:30pm – In Conversation with Will Forte – moderated by Kyle Buchanan· Thursday, May 23 – 10:30am- Emerging Filmmaker Showcase· Thursday, May 23 at 3pm – Roger Ebert –Special Critics Panel – Moderated by Annette Insdorf
Thursday, May 16 3Pm3D Content Creation: From Script to BusinessWorkshop and reception sponsored by 3D Stereo Media and Xpand, with participation of the International 3D Society 4:40Pm-6Pm 3D Networking Reception _______________________________________________________________________________
Friday, May 17
3PmIndustry In Focus: Women In Film· Kate Gerova (Creative Director, Birds Eye View) · Rosie Wong (Sundance Institute)· Anne Hubbell (Tangerine Entertainment)· Amy Hobby (Producer, Shepard & Dark)· Moderated by: Jacqueline Lyanga (Director, AFI Fest)________________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, May 18
11AmIndustry In Focus: Getting Your Film To Market: Marketing + Distribution Tips From The Experts· Ryan Werner· Marian Koltai-Levine (Pmk-bnc)· Michael Benaroya (CEO, Benaroya Pictures) · Lisa Perkins (VP, International Marketing & Publicity, Exclusive Media)· Moderated by: Dana Harris (Editor-in-Chief, Indiewire)
3PmIndustry In Focus: Digital Hollywood· Col Needham (Founder & CEO, IMDb)· Jonathan Marlow (Co-founder/Chief Content Officer, Fandor)· Steve Beckman (FilmBuff)· Amy McGee (Zefr/Movieclips.com)· Moderated by: Kevin Winston (Digital La)_______________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, May 19 3PmIn Conversation: American Directors In Cannes· Jim Mickle (We Are What We Are)· David Lassiter (The Opportunist) · David Lowery – (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints)· James Toback (Seduced and Abandoned)· Moderated by: Aaron Hillis (Video Free Brooklyn)_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday, May 20 11AmIndustry In Focus: Financing A Film In 2013· Nick LoPiccolo (Paradigm)· Peter Trinh (ICM Partners)· Deborah McIntosh (Wme)· Paul Miller (Film Financing, Doha Film Institute)· Bill Lischak (Co-President of OddLot Entertainment)· Moderated by: Pamela McClintock (The Hollywood Reporter)
3PmIndustry In Focus: State Of The Indie Film Industry· Tom Quinn (Radius-twc)· Michael Sugar (Anonymous Content)· Rena Ronson (UTA)· Jim Berk (Participant Media)· John Cooper (Sundance Institute)· Moderated by: Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood)________________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, May 21
2PmIndustry In Focus: American Producers In Cannes· David Lancaster (Only God Forgives)· Nick Schumaker (We Are What We Are) · Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) · Emily Wachtel (Shepard & Dark)· Moderated by: Scott Macaulay (Filmmaker Magazine) 3PmIndustry In Focus: Music In FilmCliff Martinez (Composer, Only God Forgives)Gingger Shankar (Composer, Monsoon Shootout)Moderated by: Thom Powers (Tiff)________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, May 22 2PmIn Conversation With Randy Quaid:Moderated by: Logan Hill 3:30PmIn Conversation With Will Forte (Nebraska): Moderated by: Kyle Buchanan (Vulture)__________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, May 23
3PmSpecial Film Critics Panel – In Honor Of Roger Ebert
· Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune)· Kenneth Turan (La Times)· Eric Kohn (IndieWire)· Moderated by: Annette Insdorf (Director of Undergraduate Film Studies, Columbia University) Emerging Filmmaker Showcase
10:30Am - 1:00Pm-Student Short Films & Student Documentaries
4:30Pm - 6:15Pm-Emerging Short Films & Documentaries ****** About The American Pavilion Celebrating our 25th year as the center of American hospitality for the film industry in Cannes, The Pavilion brings professionals and emerging filmmakers together. The American Pavilion is the center of activity at the Cannes International Film Festival for the American film community, offering membership for professionals, provocative and insightful programming, immersive student programs, the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and more. Serving as a communication and hospitality center for the thousands of Americans in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival, The American Pavilion provides an impressive array of facilities and services to the international film community. Since its debut at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, The Pavilion has become a permanent fixture on the Cannes landscape. For the corporate sponsors of The American Pavilion, the dozens of exhibitors and office holders, and the thousands of American participants, The American Pavilion accommodates the need for information, orientation and recreation. For the duration of the Festival, The American Pavilion provides both a dynamic business environment and an opportunity to relax in comfortable surroundings. Just a few steps from the Palais des Festivals, where all the major Festival films are premiered, and with a panoramic view of the Bay of Cannes, The American Pavilion is the perfect place to transact business, share ideas and effectively reach the thousands of affluent international business travelers who attend the Festival every year.
Among those scheduled to participate in relevant and timely industry panels, seminars and “In Conversation” one-on-one dialogues are: James Toback, Randy Quaid, Will Forte, Stephen Frears, Cliff Martinez and many more. There will also be discussions with top executives from such film companies as RADiUS-twc and Participant Media, as well as representatives from ICM, Wme, Paradigm and The Sundance Institute. Journalists from The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Deadline Hollywood and The Los Angeles Times, among others, will serve as moderators for the Series. The diverse topics being covered in the Series include: 3D Content Creation, Women in Film,Marketing and Distribution, Digital Hollywood, American Directors in Film, Music In Film,The State of the Indie Film Industry, American Producers, An Emerging Filmmaker Showcase,In Conversation talks with Randy Quaid and Will Forte and a special critic’s panel in honor of Roger Ebert. The following is the full programming schedule. All Schedule, panels and guests are subject to changes and additions.
The American Pavilion- Full Cannes 2013 Programming Line Up
Schedule · Thursday, May 16 at 3pm - Industry In Focus: 3D Content Creation: From Script to Business· Friday, May 17 at 3pm – Industry In Focus: Women in Film – moderated by Jacqueline Lyanga· Saturday, May 18 at 11am – Industry In Focus: Marketing and Distribution – moderated by Dana Harris· Saturday, May 18 at 3pm – Industry In Focus: Digital Hollywood – moderated by Kevin Winston· Sunday, May 19 at 3pm – In Conversation: American Directors in Film – moderated by Aaron Hillis· Sunday, May 19 at 9pm - Queer Night Party· Monday, May 20 at 11am - Industry In Focus: Finance - moderated by Pam McClintock· Monday, May 20 at 3pm - Industry In Focus: State of the Indie Film Industry - moderated by Pete Hammond· Tuesday, May 21 at 2pm - Industry In Focus: American Producers - moderated by Scott Macaulay· Tuesday, May 21 at 3pm- Music In Film-moderated by Thom Powers.· Wednesday, May 22 at 2pm – In Conversation with Randy Quaid – moderated by Logan Hill· Wednesday, May 22 at 3:30pm – In Conversation with Will Forte – moderated by Kyle Buchanan· Thursday, May 23 – 10:30am- Emerging Filmmaker Showcase· Thursday, May 23 at 3pm – Roger Ebert –Special Critics Panel – Moderated by Annette Insdorf
Thursday, May 16 3Pm3D Content Creation: From Script to BusinessWorkshop and reception sponsored by 3D Stereo Media and Xpand, with participation of the International 3D Society 4:40Pm-6Pm 3D Networking Reception _______________________________________________________________________________
Friday, May 17
3PmIndustry In Focus: Women In Film· Kate Gerova (Creative Director, Birds Eye View) · Rosie Wong (Sundance Institute)· Anne Hubbell (Tangerine Entertainment)· Amy Hobby (Producer, Shepard & Dark)· Moderated by: Jacqueline Lyanga (Director, AFI Fest)________________________________________________________________________________ Saturday, May 18
11AmIndustry In Focus: Getting Your Film To Market: Marketing + Distribution Tips From The Experts· Ryan Werner· Marian Koltai-Levine (Pmk-bnc)· Michael Benaroya (CEO, Benaroya Pictures) · Lisa Perkins (VP, International Marketing & Publicity, Exclusive Media)· Moderated by: Dana Harris (Editor-in-Chief, Indiewire)
3PmIndustry In Focus: Digital Hollywood· Col Needham (Founder & CEO, IMDb)· Jonathan Marlow (Co-founder/Chief Content Officer, Fandor)· Steve Beckman (FilmBuff)· Amy McGee (Zefr/Movieclips.com)· Moderated by: Kevin Winston (Digital La)_______________________________________________________________________________ Sunday, May 19 3PmIn Conversation: American Directors In Cannes· Jim Mickle (We Are What We Are)· David Lassiter (The Opportunist) · David Lowery – (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints)· James Toback (Seduced and Abandoned)· Moderated by: Aaron Hillis (Video Free Brooklyn)_______________________________________________________________________________
Monday, May 20 11AmIndustry In Focus: Financing A Film In 2013· Nick LoPiccolo (Paradigm)· Peter Trinh (ICM Partners)· Deborah McIntosh (Wme)· Paul Miller (Film Financing, Doha Film Institute)· Bill Lischak (Co-President of OddLot Entertainment)· Moderated by: Pamela McClintock (The Hollywood Reporter)
3PmIndustry In Focus: State Of The Indie Film Industry· Tom Quinn (Radius-twc)· Michael Sugar (Anonymous Content)· Rena Ronson (UTA)· Jim Berk (Participant Media)· John Cooper (Sundance Institute)· Moderated by: Pete Hammond (Deadline Hollywood)________________________________________________________________________________ Tuesday, May 21
2PmIndustry In Focus: American Producers In Cannes· David Lancaster (Only God Forgives)· Nick Schumaker (We Are What We Are) · Jay Van Hoy and Lars Knudsen (Ain’t Them Bodies Saints) · Emily Wachtel (Shepard & Dark)· Moderated by: Scott Macaulay (Filmmaker Magazine) 3PmIndustry In Focus: Music In FilmCliff Martinez (Composer, Only God Forgives)Gingger Shankar (Composer, Monsoon Shootout)Moderated by: Thom Powers (Tiff)________________________________________________________________________________ Wednesday, May 22 2PmIn Conversation With Randy Quaid:Moderated by: Logan Hill 3:30PmIn Conversation With Will Forte (Nebraska): Moderated by: Kyle Buchanan (Vulture)__________________________________________________________________________
Thursday, May 23
3PmSpecial Film Critics Panel – In Honor Of Roger Ebert
· Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune)· Kenneth Turan (La Times)· Eric Kohn (IndieWire)· Moderated by: Annette Insdorf (Director of Undergraduate Film Studies, Columbia University) Emerging Filmmaker Showcase
10:30Am - 1:00Pm-Student Short Films & Student Documentaries
4:30Pm - 6:15Pm-Emerging Short Films & Documentaries ****** About The American Pavilion Celebrating our 25th year as the center of American hospitality for the film industry in Cannes, The Pavilion brings professionals and emerging filmmakers together. The American Pavilion is the center of activity at the Cannes International Film Festival for the American film community, offering membership for professionals, provocative and insightful programming, immersive student programs, the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and more. Serving as a communication and hospitality center for the thousands of Americans in Cannes during the Cannes Film Festival, The American Pavilion provides an impressive array of facilities and services to the international film community. Since its debut at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival, The Pavilion has become a permanent fixture on the Cannes landscape. For the corporate sponsors of The American Pavilion, the dozens of exhibitors and office holders, and the thousands of American participants, The American Pavilion accommodates the need for information, orientation and recreation. For the duration of the Festival, The American Pavilion provides both a dynamic business environment and an opportunity to relax in comfortable surroundings. Just a few steps from the Palais des Festivals, where all the major Festival films are premiered, and with a panoramic view of the Bay of Cannes, The American Pavilion is the perfect place to transact business, share ideas and effectively reach the thousands of affluent international business travelers who attend the Festival every year.
- 5/14/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Ah, the dog days of summer. Links a’slowin’ down:
For this week’s Must Read, for Fandor, Jonathan Marlow interviews the usually very reticent Quay Brothers, divulging all kinds of details about their entire career, from their early days working as dishwashers in Philadelphia all the way up to their latest feature Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. (The image above, taken from the article, is of the Quay’s Street of Crocodiles.)The Brisbane Underground Film Festival muses on the notion of “forgiveness” in film, from Todd Solondz’s Storytelling to Lee Dong-Chang’s Secret Sunshine and more.Radio Mysterioso conducted an awesome podcast with Damon Packard regarding his new film about alien abduction/visitation theories, Foxfur. (One tip: The podcast player doesn’t show up for me on this page, so you might have to click through to the homepage to actually listen. Well worth finding it!)Alfred Eaker continues his Doris Wishman lovefest,...
For this week’s Must Read, for Fandor, Jonathan Marlow interviews the usually very reticent Quay Brothers, divulging all kinds of details about their entire career, from their early days working as dishwashers in Philadelphia all the way up to their latest feature Piano Tuner of Earthquakes. (The image above, taken from the article, is of the Quay’s Street of Crocodiles.)The Brisbane Underground Film Festival muses on the notion of “forgiveness” in film, from Todd Solondz’s Storytelling to Lee Dong-Chang’s Secret Sunshine and more.Radio Mysterioso conducted an awesome podcast with Damon Packard regarding his new film about alien abduction/visitation theories, Foxfur. (One tip: The podcast player doesn’t show up for me on this page, so you might have to click through to the homepage to actually listen. Well worth finding it!)Alfred Eaker continues his Doris Wishman lovefest,...
- 8/12/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
The 19th annual Chicago Underground Film Festival, which just ran for the entire first week of June at the Gene Siskel Film Center, have announced their award winners. Picking the winners this year was a jury composed of Julia Gibbs (University of Chicago’s Film Studies Center), Dan Koretzky (Drag City Records) and Jonathan Marlow (Fandor).
Awards were given in seven categories, each of which have a singular winning film and several honorable mentions. Taking home the coveted Made in Chicago Award was Jesse McLean‘s experimental short film Remote, a haunting meditation on nature and technology.
Other short films winning awards were Ben Russell‘s ethnographic film River Rites for Best Documentary Short, Bryan Boyce‘s hilarious Walt Disney’s Taxi Driver for Best Film Using Appropriation or Pre-existing Material and Peter Jessien Laugesen’s Nature’s Voice for Best Animation/Experimental Short.
On the feature film front, Daniel Schmidt...
Awards were given in seven categories, each of which have a singular winning film and several honorable mentions. Taking home the coveted Made in Chicago Award was Jesse McLean‘s experimental short film Remote, a haunting meditation on nature and technology.
Other short films winning awards were Ben Russell‘s ethnographic film River Rites for Best Documentary Short, Bryan Boyce‘s hilarious Walt Disney’s Taxi Driver for Best Film Using Appropriation or Pre-existing Material and Peter Jessien Laugesen’s Nature’s Voice for Best Animation/Experimental Short.
On the feature film front, Daniel Schmidt...
- 6/8/2012
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Larry Jordan, occasionally known in more formal circles as Lawrence Jordan, has been making experimental and animation films for half a century now. He grew up in Denver, won a scholarship to Harvard, then dropped out to start a theater back in Colorado with his high school friend, Stan Brakhage. "Stan was always the director," Jordan wrote in a remembrance in the Millennium Film Journal in 2003. "He seemed to have far-reaching radar for locating people and works in the art world. Five of our gang came out to San Francisco in about 1954. (Stan came first — always the avant-garde.) When I arrived, he was living in the basement of poet Robert Duncan and painter Jess Collins. We had one old car, a flatbed trailer for our gear, and about five films between us. So naturally we started out to tour California, showing our wares."
They eventually wound up in New York,...
They eventually wound up in New York,...
- 3/27/2012
- MUBI
Hollywood Before the Code: Nasty-Ass Films for a Nasty-Ass World! runs from today through Thursday at the Roxie in San Francisco and Dennis Harvey has a fun preview in the Bay Guardian. A snippet: "March 4 offers a shocking double dose of pure white femininity finding themselves in, ahem, 'Yellow Peril' — miscegenation being something Hollywood could only begin to embrace a few decades later. Frank Capra's atypically erotic The Bitter Tea of General Yen, with Barbara Stanwyck alllllmost surrendering the white flag to a 'charismatic Chinese warlord' (Swede Nils Asther, eyes narrowed), has become a minor classic since flopping in 1933. No such luck for The Cheat (1931), a remake of Cecil B DeMille's 1915 shocker that was part of Paramount's brief, failed attempt to make stage sensation Tallulah Bankhead a movie star. Her gambling-addicted socialite gets branded (literally) in lieu of repayment not by the original's Far East businessman (dashing Sessue Hayakawa...
- 3/2/2012
- MUBI
On Friday, July 29, 2011, Fandor presented the digital premiere of the acclaimed Welsh documentary sleep furiously (2008) in coordination with its U.S. theatrical release. sleep furiously debuted in the UK last year, receiving overwhelming praise from British critics and audiences alike. This visually melodic film, directed by Gideon Koppel and featuring music by Aphex Twin, takes viewers on an enchanting exploration of a small farming community in Wales attempting to preserve their traditions. For those who didn't take advantage of Fandor's involvement, sleep furiously continues its run at Cinema Village, New York. Over lunch at Ducca's in San Francisco, Jonathan Marlow and I discussed Fandor's coordinated premiere with Cinema Village. Along with Dan Aronson, Chairman and CEO of Fandor, and Albert Reinhardt, Vice...
- 7/31/2011
- Screen Anarchy
"A onetime yakuza turned jailbird turned filmmaking enfant terrible, the now-75-year-old Japanese director Kōji Wakamatsu has long been loved by cinema cultists for an outrageous string of 1960s provocations made under the guise of the pinku eiga — or 'pink' film." Steve Dollar at GreenCine Daily: "These typically low-budget sex romps could be as insane, surreal, or mind-bending as possible, as long as they included a minimum amount of nudity and softcore humping. Wakamatsu, seizing the opportunity, used the form to pursue the extremes, reveling in obsessive sex and violence as a leftist critique of Japanese society. Beyond the outrage and sleaze of The Embryo Hunts in Secret [1966]; Go, Go Second-Time Virgin [1969]; and Ecstasy of the Angels [1972], was a form of perverse shock treatment. Wakamatsu took a break from the camera in 1977, and didn't return for 27 years. But he still wants to mess with your head."
Steve Erickson for Moving...
Steve Erickson for Moving...
- 5/8/2011
- MUBI
"Farley Granger, best known for the Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Rope (1948) and Strangers on a Train (1951), and for Luchino Visconti's period romantic drama Senso (1954), has died," reports Andre Soares at the Alt Film Guide. "Granger's big break came when the independent producer [Samuel Goldwyn] cast him in Nicholas Ray's film noir They Live by Night (1949), in which the 24-year-old played a rebellious young man opposite minor leading lady Cathy O'Donnell."
Duane Byrge in the Hollywood Reporter: "In 2007, Granger published a memoir, Include Me Out, in which he told of being bisexual, documenting affairs with Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner and Patricia Neal as well as playwright Arthur Laurents and a two-night fling with Leonard Bernstein. Since the 1960s, he lived with his longtime partner Robert Calhoun, a soap opera producer, who died three years ago."
Bilge Ebiri has "been reading James Kaplan's pretty great biography Sinatra: The Voice, and there is,...
Duane Byrge in the Hollywood Reporter: "In 2007, Granger published a memoir, Include Me Out, in which he told of being bisexual, documenting affairs with Shelley Winters, Ava Gardner and Patricia Neal as well as playwright Arthur Laurents and a two-night fling with Leonard Bernstein. Since the 1960s, he lived with his longtime partner Robert Calhoun, a soap opera producer, who died three years ago."
Bilge Ebiri has "been reading James Kaplan's pretty great biography Sinatra: The Voice, and there is,...
- 3/29/2011
- MUBI
Indie film producer Ted Hope and former high-ranking Facebook employee Chris Kelly have joined the board of a new website that allows users to stream from a library of indie and art films. I guess that’s a sign that people think this thing’s going to go places. At first glance Fandor might seem like it is a redundant service, given the existence of Netflix and Amazon, but upon inspection it actually takes a number of innovative approaches that make it an interesting new content provider to watch. The idea of making the online movie watching experience more social isn’t a new one; people have been tossing it around for a while. Netflix used to have more of a social platform built into it’s site, but they could never really figure out what they wanted to do with it, and ultimately stripped most of it away. It was just announced that The Dark Knight will...
- 3/9/2011
- by Nathan Adams
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
A new online movie service specializing in independent and international films launches today. For $10 a month, Fandor gives members unlimited access to movies they can stream at any time. The company bills itself as a “curated” service that offers movies of artistic and historic merit. According to Fandor, “the catalog consists of a mix of film festival favorites, award-winning documentaries and short films such as ‘Happy Together,’ ‘Old Joy,’ ‘Carcasses,’ ‘Funny Games,’ ‘Searchers 2.0,’ ‘Black Gold’ and ‘Cairo Station.’” Jonathan Marlow, Fandor’s founder and VP content development and acquisitions, told TheWrap that the...
- 3/9/2011
- by Joshua L. Weinstein
- The Wrap
Welcome to the first Underground Film Links post of 2011! I predict it’s going to be an amazing year for these! (So, get to work…)
This week’s must read is a fine list of resolutions for filmmakers put together by Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine. This is one of those articles I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy, but they’re really great suggestions. Since the year ended, there are, of course, lots of lists going around. First, In These Times has a round-up of the 10 Best Political Documentaries, which covered some pretty big issues. R. Emmet Sweeney of TCM’s Movie Morlocks has his Top 10 Genre Movies of 2010, of which I’ve only seen The Crazies and thought was great as well. SF360 has a mess of Top 10s in its annual survey of Bay Area critics. This is notable particularly since Jonathan Marlow of the S.F.
This week’s must read is a fine list of resolutions for filmmakers put together by Scott Macaulay of Filmmaker Magazine. This is one of those articles I wasn’t sure I’d enjoy, but they’re really great suggestions. Since the year ended, there are, of course, lots of lists going around. First, In These Times has a round-up of the 10 Best Political Documentaries, which covered some pretty big issues. R. Emmet Sweeney of TCM’s Movie Morlocks has his Top 10 Genre Movies of 2010, of which I’ve only seen The Crazies and thought was great as well. SF360 has a mess of Top 10s in its annual survey of Bay Area critics. This is notable particularly since Jonathan Marlow of the S.F.
- 1/2/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
by Vadim Rizov
To considerable Internet excitement, cues from Daft Punk's soundtrack to the forthcoming Tron: Legacy were finally unveiled last week for public inspection. [Update: fake leaks?] Out of context, they didn’t necessarily add up to much: it's not quite the Hans Zimmer Inception drone that has had people geeking out for weeks, but the rising minimalistic motifs—cut off and restarted just as they’re reaching maximal tension, perpetually delaying payoff—confirmed the musical future is way simpler than it was nearly 30 years ago. The cues don’t really "work" without context, although if you turn them up loud enough, even the simple act of making coffee can seem immortally heroic. Despite their vague reserve, they’re totally melodic, a regression from Wendy Carlos' analog-cum-digital score in 1982's Tron.
The original film's a blast for the nostalgically inclined, but the Jungian symbolism's a bore, the visuals wonky (colors...
To considerable Internet excitement, cues from Daft Punk's soundtrack to the forthcoming Tron: Legacy were finally unveiled last week for public inspection. [Update: fake leaks?] Out of context, they didn’t necessarily add up to much: it's not quite the Hans Zimmer Inception drone that has had people geeking out for weeks, but the rising minimalistic motifs—cut off and restarted just as they’re reaching maximal tension, perpetually delaying payoff—confirmed the musical future is way simpler than it was nearly 30 years ago. The cues don’t really "work" without context, although if you turn them up loud enough, even the simple act of making coffee can seem immortally heroic. Despite their vague reserve, they’re totally melodic, a regression from Wendy Carlos' analog-cum-digital score in 1982's Tron.
The original film's a blast for the nostalgically inclined, but the Jungian symbolism's a bore, the visuals wonky (colors...
- 8/4/2010
- GreenCine Daily
The 48th Ann Arbor Film Festival is set to run on March 23-28 and while the specific lineup hasn’t been announced yet, the fest has released information on two separate programs: The Special Programs and the Free Programs.
The Special Programs are a trio of curated events featuring the work of three different filmmakers:
In 2006, filmmaker Naomi Uman moved to the Ukraine — the country of her great-grandparents — and settled into the village of Legedzine. Unfamiliar with the language or the culture, Uman documented her gradual understanding of both in several 16mm short films collectively titled the “Ukranian Time Machine,” which will screen at Ann Arbor., Austria’s Viennale and the Sundance Film Festival.
Nicky Hamlyn, a British filmmaker will screen a selection of his work. His short, silent 16mm films are created one individual frame at a time and focus on rural and urban landscapes and domestic interiors. From Montreal,...
The Special Programs are a trio of curated events featuring the work of three different filmmakers:
In 2006, filmmaker Naomi Uman moved to the Ukraine — the country of her great-grandparents — and settled into the village of Legedzine. Unfamiliar with the language or the culture, Uman documented her gradual understanding of both in several 16mm short films collectively titled the “Ukranian Time Machine,” which will screen at Ann Arbor., Austria’s Viennale and the Sundance Film Festival.
Nicky Hamlyn, a British filmmaker will screen a selection of his work. His short, silent 16mm films are created one individual frame at a time and focus on rural and urban landscapes and domestic interiors. From Montreal,...
- 2/11/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
With the calendar for the San Francisco Cinematheque Fall program officially announced, I’m reminded of the great job Executive Director Jonathan Marlow has done in breathing life into the institution and how he has singlehandedly trained my focus towards experimental cinema. I’ll get back from the Toronto International just in time to catch the San Francisco Cinematheque’s season opener: José Antonio Sistiaga’s rarely-screened ere erera baleibu icik subua aruaren. In the months following, I look forward to programs on Tom Chomont, Robert Beavers, Chick Strand, and the Kuchar Brothers. Anticipating same has likewise reminded of my favorite event of San Francisco Cinematheque’s last season: Nathaniel Dorsky speaking on his most recent films Song & Solitude, Sarabande and Winter.
- 8/30/2009
- by Michael Guillen
- Screen Anarchy
By Jonathan Marlow
"The tendency of cinema now is to be more and more connected to reality. If you look at the selection of films at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it was obvious. I think it is because the world in which we are living is more and more complex. It is becoming difficult to find a place in this world where you can ask these questions. Cinema provides a good place to ask these questions."
That's Laurent Cantet, talking with Jonathan Marlow about, among other things, his Palme d'Or-winning film, The Class. At GreenCine Daily, we've been collecting accolades for The Class from Cannes, the New York Film Festival and just here.
The Class is now out on DVD.
"The tendency of cinema now is to be more and more connected to reality. If you look at the selection of films at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it was obvious. I think it is because the world in which we are living is more and more complex. It is becoming difficult to find a place in this world where you can ask these questions. Cinema provides a good place to ask these questions."
That's Laurent Cantet, talking with Jonathan Marlow about, among other things, his Palme d'Or-winning film, The Class. At GreenCine Daily, we've been collecting accolades for The Class from Cannes, the New York Film Festival and just here.
The Class is now out on DVD.
- 8/9/2009
- by dwhudson
- GreenCine
By Jonathan Marlow
"The tendency of cinema now is to be more and more connected to reality. If you look at the selection of films at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it was obvious. I think it is because the world in which we are living is more and more complex. It is becoming difficult to find a place in this world where you can ask these questions. Cinema provides a good place to ask these questions."
That's Laurent Cantet, talking with Jonathan Marlow about, among other things, his Palme d'Or-winning film, The Class. At GreenCine Daily, we've been collecting accolades for The Class from Cannes, the New York Film Festival and just this week.
"The tendency of cinema now is to be more and more connected to reality. If you look at the selection of films at the Cannes Film Festival this year, it was obvious. I think it is because the world in which we are living is more and more complex. It is becoming difficult to find a place in this world where you can ask these questions. Cinema provides a good place to ask these questions."
That's Laurent Cantet, talking with Jonathan Marlow about, among other things, his Palme d'Or-winning film, The Class. At GreenCine Daily, we've been collecting accolades for The Class from Cannes, the New York Film Festival and just this week.
- 12/22/2008
- by dwhudson
- GreenCine
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