Following up on a landscape previously documented in Ramin Bahrani’s brilliant narrative feature Chop Shop, directors Prudence Katze and William Lehman chronicle the multiyear eviction process in The Iron Triangle as small business owners in Willets Point are forced out in the name of urban renewal. From the outside, Willets Point looks like a third world country sitting next to Citi Field, a network of deteriorating roads, auto body shops, and junkyards; it’s certainly not pretty, even if it’s functional.
The Iron Triangle is a largely political documentary focusing on the forces that threaten the way of life in a community founded largely by Italian and Greek immigrants to provide cheap, efficient automobile service at a fair price. Transactional in nature, Katze and Lehamn miss an opportunity to dive into the personal lives of the workers impacted by the move, utilizing talking heads–including academics and the...
The Iron Triangle is a largely political documentary focusing on the forces that threaten the way of life in a community founded largely by Italian and Greek immigrants to provide cheap, efficient automobile service at a fair price. Transactional in nature, Katze and Lehamn miss an opportunity to dive into the personal lives of the workers impacted by the move, utilizing talking heads–including academics and the...
- 11/25/2017
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
The 49th annual Ann Arbor Film Festival is an epic celebration of experimental media that runs for six days on March 22-27. There’s so much great stuff screening this year, it makes one wonder what they’ll have left for their 50th anniversary next year!
A couple of the highlights include the highly anticipated feature-length documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier, which chronicles the pandrogynous love story between industrial music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge and his late wife. The film already made a big splash at the Berlinale earlier in the year and looks to be a major hit on the festival circuit this year.
Also not to be missed is a special retrospective of one of this year’s festival jury members, Vanessa Renwick, a longtime favorite on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film. Renwick will screen 10 of her quirky and artistic documentary portraits,...
A couple of the highlights include the highly anticipated feature-length documentary The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye by Marie Losier, which chronicles the pandrogynous love story between industrial music pioneer Genesis P-Orridge and his late wife. The film already made a big splash at the Berlinale earlier in the year and looks to be a major hit on the festival circuit this year.
Also not to be missed is a special retrospective of one of this year’s festival jury members, Vanessa Renwick, a longtime favorite on Bad Lit: The Journal of Underground Film. Renwick will screen 10 of her quirky and artistic documentary portraits,...
- 3/7/2011
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
"I love that shirt!" Jon Favreau says, pointing to my subtle red outlined original Tron "Recognizer" tee. It means a lot for two reasons. One, I'm at the Highball, a hip bar attached to the Alamo Drafthouse South in Austin, Texas, which is a virtual sea of competing novelty T-shirts. Two, it's Jon Frickin' Favreau, very much on top of the world, just a few minutes after unleashing Iron Man 2 to an adoring crowd days before the film's general release.
The invite-only screening was hosted by Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, who opened the night by introducing a fun video shot specifically for the event. In it, Robert Downey Jr. bickered with Favreau, reminding him that he didn't need to "suck up to the nerds anymore" and "these people are going to see the movie anyway." After some funny jabs back and forth (including insider-y references to...
The invite-only screening was hosted by Harry Knowles of Ain't It Cool News, who opened the night by introducing a fun video shot specifically for the event. In it, Robert Downey Jr. bickered with Favreau, reminding him that he didn't need to "suck up to the nerds anymore" and "these people are going to see the movie anyway." After some funny jabs back and forth (including insider-y references to...
- 4/28/2010
- UGO Movies
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