This week, we will be looking at Wim Wenders‘ classic, ‘Paris, Texas‘ in honor of Harry Dean Stanton, who recently passed. For the genesis of Canon Of Film, you can click here.
Paris, Texas (1984)
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay: Sam Shepard, adapted by L.M. Kit Carson
As much as I admire the leader of the New German cinema movement of the sixties and seventies, R.W. Fassbinder, and as much as I admire, probably the best and most important director in that movement Werner Herzog, if I actually had to pick a favorite New German Director, and one of my favorite directors of all-time, it’d have to be Wim Wenders. I rank his film ‘Wings of Desire‘ among the Ten best films ever made, and all his films–even his less-than-stellar ones–all have this intuit sense to them. It’s not empathy; it’s almost spiritual. While Herzog is constantly...
Paris, Texas (1984)
Director: Wim Wenders
Screenplay: Sam Shepard, adapted by L.M. Kit Carson
As much as I admire the leader of the New German cinema movement of the sixties and seventies, R.W. Fassbinder, and as much as I admire, probably the best and most important director in that movement Werner Herzog, if I actually had to pick a favorite New German Director, and one of my favorite directors of all-time, it’d have to be Wim Wenders. I rank his film ‘Wings of Desire‘ among the Ten best films ever made, and all his films–even his less-than-stellar ones–all have this intuit sense to them. It’s not empathy; it’s almost spiritual. While Herzog is constantly...
- 9/23/2017
- by David Baruffi
- Age of the Nerd
Los Angeles – He was often categorized as the ultimate male character actor, but Harry Dean Stanton stood out on his own, with a persona that added immediate recognition in any supporting performance, and was unforgettable when he stepped into a lead role. Stanton died on September 15, 2017, at age 91.
With his hang dog demeanor and distinctive voice, Stanton made his mark over a 60 year career, and appeared in character roles in notable films such as “Cool Hand Luke” (1967), “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), “The Godfather Part II” (1974), “Escape From New York” (1981), “Pretty in Pink” (1986) and “Last Temptation of Christ” (1988). He had bigger and more up front roles in “Repo Man” (1984), “Paris, Texas” (1984), “Wild at Heart” (1990), “The Straight Story” (1999), “The Green Mile” (1999) and the upcoming “Lucky” (2017).
Harry Dean Stanton in a Recent Photo
Photo credit: File Photo
Harry Dean Stanton was born in Kentucky, and was a World War II veteran in the Navy,...
With his hang dog demeanor and distinctive voice, Stanton made his mark over a 60 year career, and appeared in character roles in notable films such as “Cool Hand Luke” (1967), “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970), “The Godfather Part II” (1974), “Escape From New York” (1981), “Pretty in Pink” (1986) and “Last Temptation of Christ” (1988). He had bigger and more up front roles in “Repo Man” (1984), “Paris, Texas” (1984), “Wild at Heart” (1990), “The Straight Story” (1999), “The Green Mile” (1999) and the upcoming “Lucky” (2017).
Harry Dean Stanton in a Recent Photo
Photo credit: File Photo
Harry Dean Stanton was born in Kentucky, and was a World War II veteran in the Navy,...
- 9/16/2017
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Harry Dean Stanton, the legendary character actor and offbeat leading man who starred in Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Big Love in a career that spanned over seven decades, has died at the age of 91.
Stanton died of natural causes in Los Angeles, Variety reports, with TMZ adding that the actor died peacefully Friday afternoon at the city's Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Director David Lynch, who cast Stanton in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story and the recent Twin Peaks: The Return,...
Stanton died of natural causes in Los Angeles, Variety reports, with TMZ adding that the actor died peacefully Friday afternoon at the city's Cedars-Sinai Hospital.
Director David Lynch, who cast Stanton in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story and the recent Twin Peaks: The Return,...
- 9/15/2017
- Rollingstone.com
With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
David Lynch: The Art Life (Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm)
Before David Lynch was a filmmaker, he was a struggling painter, whose lifeblood was to “drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and paint.” That’s what he dubbed “the art life,” and what an image – as featured in the many contemporary photos seen in this new documentary – it is, the bequiffed 20-something Lynch sitting back in his Philadelphia studio,...
David Lynch: The Art Life (Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes, and Olivia Neergaard-Holm)
Before David Lynch was a filmmaker, he was a struggling painter, whose lifeblood was to “drink coffee, smoke cigarettes, and paint.” That’s what he dubbed “the art life,” and what an image – as featured in the many contemporary photos seen in this new documentary – it is, the bequiffed 20-something Lynch sitting back in his Philadelphia studio,...
- 6/30/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Director Spike Lee previously received a “joint collection” treatment, in the form of a special DVD set, but a pair of new-to-Blu-ray collections include completely brand new audio commentary tracks from the divisive filmmaker, as well as titles not featured in that collection and not previously available in this format. “The Spike Lee Joint Collection: Volume 1″ features 1998′s “He Got Game” and 2002′s “25th Hour,” both in superb 1080p high-definition, 2.40:1 non-anamorphic widescreen transfers. In the former film, convict Jake Shuttlesworth (Denzel Washington) is granted temporary release from state prison in order to attempt to persuade his son Jesus (Ray Allen), the nation’s top high school basketball recruit, to play for [ Read More ]
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- 7/13/2014
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
The North's 27th annual film showcase takes in an array of charming venues and has a genuinely broad selection of movies
It may not carry the reputable weight of some of the world's larger, more exotically located, showcases, but Leeds International Film Festival (Liff) isEngland's largest outside of London, boasting a multifarious annual selection.
Spanning a rather mammoth three weeks (6-21 November) this year, Liff includes 163 feature films, short film programmes and events – all of which are presented over 250 screenings.
Scattered across the city, the 27th festival takes in an array of venues from the charming, almost Lynchian construct of the Hyde Park Picturehouse (celebrating its 100th year next year) to the most recent addition to Leeds' cinematic offerings, an Everyman cinema loaded with thick, comfy, living room-like armchairs. The Town Hall, which despite its rather cavernous frame and potential for cold, echo-filled atmosphere, is actually rather stunning inside and...
It may not carry the reputable weight of some of the world's larger, more exotically located, showcases, but Leeds International Film Festival (Liff) isEngland's largest outside of London, boasting a multifarious annual selection.
Spanning a rather mammoth three weeks (6-21 November) this year, Liff includes 163 feature films, short film programmes and events – all of which are presented over 250 screenings.
Scattered across the city, the 27th festival takes in an array of venues from the charming, almost Lynchian construct of the Hyde Park Picturehouse (celebrating its 100th year next year) to the most recent addition to Leeds' cinematic offerings, an Everyman cinema loaded with thick, comfy, living room-like armchairs. The Town Hall, which despite its rather cavernous frame and potential for cold, echo-filled atmosphere, is actually rather stunning inside and...
- 11/7/2013
- The Guardian - Film News
Glenn here. After decades of trying to attain the same critical and cultural awareness as feature films, it appears documentaries are now suffering from a case of too much of a good thing. We’re in a day and age where documentaries are so common that it’s impossible for the Academy’s documentary branch to keep up. Apparently 151 docos have been submitted - an average of three a week! - for this year’s Oscars and just like Diane Keaton, something’s gotta give.
Last year the Academy set up a secret online forum of sorts for documentary branchmembers so they could post recommendations of titles to help whittle down the number of contenders. “Nobody’s recommended that anthopological documentary about North Atlantic fishermen? Fine, I’ll just watch Blackfish.” I like the idea in concept, but Leviathan was highly acclaimed so what then? Admittedly, it would be nice...
Last year the Academy set up a secret online forum of sorts for documentary branchmembers so they could post recommendations of titles to help whittle down the number of contenders. “Nobody’s recommended that anthopological documentary about North Atlantic fishermen? Fine, I’ll just watch Blackfish.” I like the idea in concept, but Leviathan was highly acclaimed so what then? Admittedly, it would be nice...
- 10/10/2013
- by Glenn Dunks
- FilmExperience
When we think of famous actors, our minds automatically go to the likes of Hollywood A-list stars we’ve seen in every other major movie within the past few years. Sure, we’re riddled with the likes of beautiful people who, in some instances, encompass a certain amount of talent that warrant the amount of attention in the media they’re received in their careers, but there are so many other strong actors out there that get some time in the spotlight but don’t get the fame they deserve. One of those actors is Harry Dean Stanton, a character actor working in Hollywood for decades. He’s appeared in a myriad of films like [ Read More ]
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- 9/26/2013
- by Melissa Molina
- ShockYa
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Wearing multiple hats, Gil Scrine is arranging a national cinema tour for controversial film Pandora's Promise, distributing Australian and international documentaries on DVD and Video-on-Demand, and selling films and docs direct to consumers.
Cinema Ventures, Scrine.s not-for-profit distribution company, is launching Pandora.s Promise in Melbourne on October 8, followed on consecutive days by screenings in Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
Us director Robert Stone.s feature-length documentary, which premiered at Sundance, argues that nuclear energy should be reconsidered as the primary source to meet the country.s energy needs while limiting emissions that contribute to climate change.
.Pandora.s Promise is a fascinating documentary about nuclear power that argues it is the true green energy,. said Austin Chronicle critic Louis Black. .It would be hard to imagine a film more controversial than this one. Sure to push opponents of nuclear power into all kinds of rages, the...
Wearing multiple hats, Gil Scrine is arranging a national cinema tour for controversial film Pandora's Promise, distributing Australian and international documentaries on DVD and Video-on-Demand, and selling films and docs direct to consumers.
Cinema Ventures, Scrine.s not-for-profit distribution company, is launching Pandora.s Promise in Melbourne on October 8, followed on consecutive days by screenings in Adelaide, Perth, Hobart, Canberra, Sydney and Brisbane.
Us director Robert Stone.s feature-length documentary, which premiered at Sundance, argues that nuclear energy should be reconsidered as the primary source to meet the country.s energy needs while limiting emissions that contribute to climate change.
.Pandora.s Promise is a fascinating documentary about nuclear power that argues it is the true green energy,. said Austin Chronicle critic Louis Black. .It would be hard to imagine a film more controversial than this one. Sure to push opponents of nuclear power into all kinds of rages, the...
- 9/24/2013
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
"Haven't a clue," Harry Dean Stanton tells me when I ask him how his life might have unfolded had he not gone into acting. "I'd probably have been a singer." That night, the legendary character actor would attend the New York premiere of "Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction," a new documentary by Sophie Huber examining Stanton's life in the industry and his unique place in the catalog of great American actors. (The film is currently playing in select cities.) Throughout our interview, the reticent Stanton--known to his friends as Harry Dean--espoused a philosophy of Zen-like acceptance, a sustained focus on the here and now and a rejection of any thoughts about the future. But as we spoke, I found that while he initially responded to almost all my questions with a sort of casual self-negation, a portrait emerged of a man who seems to know exactly who he is...
- 9/20/2013
- by Jacob Combs
- Indiewire
Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel once famously ruled that no movie featuring Harry Dean Stanton could be entirely bad. That spoke to both the veteran actor’s indelible, laconic presence as well as the kinds of offbeat movies that would even bother to cast him in the first place. For all that, Stanton, now 87, has been in nearly 200 very different films over the course of a career that began in the late fifties — including such diverse classics as Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Cool Hand Luke, Alien, Pretty in Pink, and The Last Temptation of Christ. In the mesmerizing new documentary Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction, this man of few words opens up, offering little bits of wisdom, anecdotes about his career, and, true to form, long passages of quiet contemplation. He also sings, a lot — Stanton is an acclaimed musician, and his touching...
- 9/13/2013
- by Bilge Ebiri
- Vulture
The 6th annual Arizona Underground Film Festival might be beginning on the unluckiest day of the year — Friday the 13th — but the residents of Tucson are lucky for this 9-night extravaganza of wild and wooly cinema from all over the globe. The fest runs Sept. 13-21 at The Screening Room and other locations.
Opening Night films include the retro, music-fueled slasher flick Discopath by Renaud Gauthier and the Internet-based bloodbath Truth Or Dare, directed by scream queen Jessica Cameron making her filmmaking debut. The last film of the fest on the 21st is the cryptic post-apocalyptic thriller Dust of War, directed by Andrew Kightlinger.
The rest of the fest includes mind-bending fiction flicks like the cult-ish Fateful Findings by Neil Breen; the 90-minute, one-shot noir Worm by Andrew Bowser; Zach Clark’s twisted holiday movie White Reindeer; Drew Tobia’s surreal See You Next Tuesday; as well as challenging documentaries...
Opening Night films include the retro, music-fueled slasher flick Discopath by Renaud Gauthier and the Internet-based bloodbath Truth Or Dare, directed by scream queen Jessica Cameron making her filmmaking debut. The last film of the fest on the 21st is the cryptic post-apocalyptic thriller Dust of War, directed by Andrew Kightlinger.
The rest of the fest includes mind-bending fiction flicks like the cult-ish Fateful Findings by Neil Breen; the 90-minute, one-shot noir Worm by Andrew Bowser; Zach Clark’s twisted holiday movie White Reindeer; Drew Tobia’s surreal See You Next Tuesday; as well as challenging documentaries...
- 9/13/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
I'm generally not wild about audience Q&As. While they can be useful if you're trying to nick some angle to write about without thinking too hard, they are often, to my way of thinking, phony and forced publicity events.
What I particularly dread, is when some windbag grabs the mic - it's always worst when it's the inevitable short bald wannabe in his mid thirties with glasses - who carries on about some off-topic, self-serving, pseudo question, that is meant to sound clever or deep or sophisticated. Whatever, dude.
There is usually some patina of bogus intimacy in the tone of such questions. In fact, you would think these people are close buds of the star on the stage, who usually doesn't know them from shinola - such are the rigours of publicity touring.
Harry Dean Stanton greets his fans. Photo: Ali Hazzah The...
I'm generally not wild about audience Q&As. While they can be useful if you're trying to nick some angle to write about without thinking too hard, they are often, to my way of thinking, phony and forced publicity events.
What I particularly dread, is when some windbag grabs the mic - it's always worst when it's the inevitable short bald wannabe in his mid thirties with glasses - who carries on about some off-topic, self-serving, pseudo question, that is meant to sound clever or deep or sophisticated. Whatever, dude.
There is usually some patina of bogus intimacy in the tone of such questions. In fact, you would think these people are close buds of the star on the stage, who usually doesn't know them from shinola - such are the rigours of publicity touring.
Harry Dean Stanton greets his fans. Photo: Ali Hazzah The...
- 9/13/2013
- by Ali Hazzah
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Directed by Sophie Huber
Switzerland, 2012
In keeping with the acting style of the subject of its focus, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction stays away from extremes in its portrait of one of America’s greatest actors. There is affection, but it is understated and not glowing, while any melancholy elements are not over-stressed. The facts and opinions expressed, through Stanton and various collaborators, are simply allowed to be – free of added manipulation – in what amounts as a rather quiet documentary, excluding film clips with their own soundtracks and instances in which we get to see Stanton express his passion for performing music. Like the documentary’s most discussed film, Paris, Texas (1984), Partly Fiction is serene but also apt at emotional devastation, though, as in Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, sorrow and optimism are intertwined.
Mostly shot in crisp monochrome, courtesy of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey,...
Directed by Sophie Huber
Switzerland, 2012
In keeping with the acting style of the subject of its focus, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction stays away from extremes in its portrait of one of America’s greatest actors. There is affection, but it is understated and not glowing, while any melancholy elements are not over-stressed. The facts and opinions expressed, through Stanton and various collaborators, are simply allowed to be – free of added manipulation – in what amounts as a rather quiet documentary, excluding film clips with their own soundtracks and instances in which we get to see Stanton express his passion for performing music. Like the documentary’s most discussed film, Paris, Texas (1984), Partly Fiction is serene but also apt at emotional devastation, though, as in Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, sorrow and optimism are intertwined.
Mostly shot in crisp monochrome, courtesy of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey,...
- 9/13/2013
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
Peering in: A Look into the Life of Harry Dean Stanton
It took director Sophie Huber one year to convince Harry Dean Stanton to be the subject of her documentary. He finally complied but his reluctance, his aversion to revealing himself, comes through his every word, through every long exhale from his cigarette. Or maybe that’s just who he is. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction paints an intricate portrait of a man who has lived life on his own terms, showing what has been gained, and what has been lost.
Stanton is in his 80s now, with over a half century of experience in Hollywood behind him. He began as a character actor and over the years won the affection of directors like David Lynch and Wim Wenders, the latter putting him in his singular prominent leading role, Paris, Texas. That film comes to act as a microcosm for Stanton and his personal life.
It took director Sophie Huber one year to convince Harry Dean Stanton to be the subject of her documentary. He finally complied but his reluctance, his aversion to revealing himself, comes through his every word, through every long exhale from his cigarette. Or maybe that’s just who he is. Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction paints an intricate portrait of a man who has lived life on his own terms, showing what has been gained, and what has been lost.
Stanton is in his 80s now, with over a half century of experience in Hollywood behind him. He began as a character actor and over the years won the affection of directors like David Lynch and Wim Wenders, the latter putting him in his singular prominent leading role, Paris, Texas. That film comes to act as a microcosm for Stanton and his personal life.
- 9/11/2013
- by Jesse Klein
- IONCINEMA.com
Roger Ebert once famously wrote that no film featuring Harry Dean Stanton could be bad. While 1996's Down Periscope might prove that statement technically incorrect, Sophie Huber's Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction makes a stirring case for the greatness of the now-87-year-old actor, whose particular blend of weary sorrow, no-nonsense feistiness, and philosophical cool has enhanced classics like Cool Hand Luke, Two-Lane Blacktop, Repo Man, and Paris, Texas, the last of which gave the legendary character actor his first leading role. Huber's documentary takes an expressionistic approach to portraiture, interweaving commentary from admiring friends and collaborators (Sam Shepard, Wim Wenders, Kris Kristofferson, David Lynch) with both smeary sho...
- 9/11/2013
- Village Voice
The 7th annual Sydney Underground Film Festival, which runs this year on September 5-8 at the Factory Theatre, opens with a real bang when they will screen cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky’s latest cinematic odyssey, The Dance of Reality. This is Jodorowsky’s first film in over twenty years and is an imaginative and playful quasi-autobiography.
The rest of the four-day celebration is packed with more film oddities and excursions into surreal and transgressive territory. One particular highlight that is not to be missed is Don Swaynos’ incredibly crowd-pleasing comedy Pictures of Superheroes, about a slacker cleaning woman’s descent into an absurd world she can’t escape. Read the Underground Film Journal’s review of Pictures of Superheroes here.
Other twisted fiction films screening include Drew Tobias’s sick and twisted See You Next Tuesday, Cody Calahan’s apocalyptic Antisocial and Lloyd Kaufman’s highly-anticipated sequel Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol.
The rest of the four-day celebration is packed with more film oddities and excursions into surreal and transgressive territory. One particular highlight that is not to be missed is Don Swaynos’ incredibly crowd-pleasing comedy Pictures of Superheroes, about a slacker cleaning woman’s descent into an absurd world she can’t escape. Read the Underground Film Journal’s review of Pictures of Superheroes here.
Other twisted fiction films screening include Drew Tobias’s sick and twisted See You Next Tuesday, Cody Calahan’s apocalyptic Antisocial and Lloyd Kaufman’s highly-anticipated sequel Return to Nuke ‘Em High: Vol.
- 8/15/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
An enigmatic and perhaps occasionally overly deferential documentary about one of the all-time great character actors, Sophie Huber’s “Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction,” is slow out of the gate, but gently, ever so gently, builds to a thoughtful portrait of a thoughtful man. Stanton, while never less than amiable, is clearly not an easy subject -- “I’ve been doing this for 50 fucking years, being photographed and making movies. After a while I got tired of it.” -- in fact he states up front that he doesn’t like to give much away. And while many of the other interviewees talk about that quality of stillness and silence being one of his great strengths, it does mean he’s not the most forthcoming or garrulous of biographees. But it also lends the stories, when they haltingly come, added impact, whether about his carousing days with ex-housemate and longtime friend...
- 7/7/2013
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
Directed by Sophie Huber
Switzerland, 2012
In keeping with the acting style of the object of its focus, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction stays away from extremes in its portrait of one of America’s greatest actors. There is affection, but it is understated and not glowing, while any melancholy elements are not over-stressed. The facts and opinions expressed, through Stanton and various collaborators, are simply allowed to be – free of added manipulation – in what amounts as a rather quiet documentary, excluding film clips with their own soundtracks and instances in which we get to see Stanton express his passion for performing music. Like the documentary’s most discussed film, Paris, Texas (1984), Partly Fiction is serene but also apt at emotional devastation, though as in Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, sorrow and optimism are intertwined.
Mostly shot in crisp monochrome, courtesy of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey,...
Directed by Sophie Huber
Switzerland, 2012
In keeping with the acting style of the object of its focus, Sophie Huber’s Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction stays away from extremes in its portrait of one of America’s greatest actors. There is affection, but it is understated and not glowing, while any melancholy elements are not over-stressed. The facts and opinions expressed, through Stanton and various collaborators, are simply allowed to be – free of added manipulation – in what amounts as a rather quiet documentary, excluding film clips with their own soundtracks and instances in which we get to see Stanton express his passion for performing music. Like the documentary’s most discussed film, Paris, Texas (1984), Partly Fiction is serene but also apt at emotional devastation, though as in Wim Wenders’ masterpiece, sorrow and optimism are intertwined.
Mostly shot in crisp monochrome, courtesy of cinematographer Seamus McGarvey,...
- 6/28/2013
- by Josh Slater-Williams
- SoundOnSight
★★★★☆ One of cinema's silent heroes, Harry Dean Stanton has become a staple ingredient of many a film-lover's diet. The career of Hollywood's most pre-eminent character actor is presented in Sophie Huber's Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012), an illuminating portrait of an enigma whose honesty and charisma seeps off the screen. Stanton makes it perfectly apparent that this isn't going to be a confessional piece, yet Huber's unobtrusive approach to his impenetrable Kentucky veneer reveals a man whose gentle demeanour and expressive visage masks one of independent American cinema's most inspirational artists.
The one element of Stanton's life that shines brightest through his mysterious persona is a deep-seated love of music. Taught by his father to "keep going straight ahead until you hit something", it becomes hard to distinguish whether these musical intermissions are the punctuation marks in Stanton's life or the driving force behind it. Yet, through these musical...
The one element of Stanton's life that shines brightest through his mysterious persona is a deep-seated love of music. Taught by his father to "keep going straight ahead until you hit something", it becomes hard to distinguish whether these musical intermissions are the punctuation marks in Stanton's life or the driving force behind it. Yet, through these musical...
- 6/20/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Last month saw the release of the full lineup for the 67th Edinburgh International Film Festival. In his second year as artistic director, Chris Fujiwara will be hoping to build on the success of 2012's resurgent incarnation of the festival. Whilst boasting eye-catching heavyweights such as opening night drama Breathe In, Sofia Coppola's The Bling Ring and the long-awaiting sequel to Monster Inc., Monsters University, the festival has always prided itself on nurturing new talent and this year's selection looks no different. The Michael Powell Award, dedicated to promoting and celebrating British cinema, is back once again and looking stronger than ever. Out of the eleven films in competition, two initially stand out.
The first is Sundance hit Leviathan, a striking, ambitious documentary about an Atlantic fishing trawler that's been described as an enthralling visual journey that's both hallucinatory and disorientating, yet gorgeously abstract. Joining Leviathan as an early...
The first is Sundance hit Leviathan, a striking, ambitious documentary about an Atlantic fishing trawler that's been described as an enthralling visual journey that's both hallucinatory and disorientating, yet gorgeously abstract. Joining Leviathan as an early...
- 6/19/2013
- by CineVue UK
- CineVue
Some of the best films of the 2012/2013 calender year from Richard Linklater, Harmony Korine, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Bujalski, Jeff Nichols, David Gordon Green, Shane Carruth and Joshua Oppenheimer are among the headliner names for the 2013 edition of the South by Southwest Film Festival. With a little over 100 plus film line-up (a whopping 2000+ titles were submitted), almost 70 are world premieres: there is the highly anticipated sophomore film (that has been on our radar since it first went into production) with M. Blash’s (The Wait), Joe Swanberg who makes SXSW his second home will premiere Drinking Buddies, veteran indie filmmaker John Sayles saddles in with Go For Sisters, and rounding out the Narrative Spotlight section we’ve got The Bounceback from Bryan Poyser, Loves Her Gun from Geoff Marslett along with titles we thought might break into Park City, but found an Austin home instead with Jacob Vaughan’s Milo and...
- 2/1/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
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