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Browsing Archive: June, 2009
Posted by Andrew Dykstra on Monday, June 29, 2009,
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Classics
Paprika is yet another mindjob from anime pioneer Satoshi Kon, creator of the influential psych-thriller Perfect Blue, as well as his international hits, Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers.
The nutshell of Paprika’s storyline is this: a new technology has brought forth the DC Mini, a device that allows dreams to be entered and interacted with at will. Psychiatrist Atsuko Chiba takes her professional liberties by immersing herself into the dreams of her clients as alter-ego Paprika, d... Continue reading ...
Posted by Joseph Bridges on Thursday, June 25, 2009,
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News
There has never been anything like Last Year at Marienbad—before or since. Alain Resnais' glorious hall of mirrors is one of cinema’s great conversation starters: a romance whose lovers may not know each other, and a magnificent mystery in which nobody gets killed. Or do they? Of course, we wouldn’t ruin the film's surprises—even if we knew how. Beautiful dreamers Delphine Seyrig and Giorgio Albertazzi play an unnamed woman and man who happen upon each other at a gli... Continue reading ...
Posted by P Shather on Tuesday, June 23, 2009,
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News
FORT WORTH, TEXAS—In this summer’s exhibition the Kimbell brings the art of the past to life in a medium of the present. The Museum commissioned the distinguished filmmaker Philip Haas, acclaimed for his 1995 film Angels and Insects, to make a series of five films to be shown in special installations throughout the galleries. This free exhibition opens on Saturday, July 18.
Creatively interpreting and elaborating upon works in the collection, Haas explores what is effectively a new... Continue reading ...
Posted by Joseph Bridges on Friday, June 19, 2009,
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The images are already iconic—a knight playing chess with Death, the grim reaper leading a troupe of silhouetted revelers to the other side in an oddly merry dance—and they look better than ever in our new special editions of Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal. You can now get this epochal masterpiece, along with an array of new supplements, in either a two-DVD set or a Blu-ray edition, the first high-definition version of a Bergman film in the United States—which h... | Continue reading ...
Posted by P Shather on Wednesday, June 17, 2009,
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News
Food Inc opened in select markets last week to an overwhelming response! As the film prepares to open around the country this Friday, Magnolia Pictures is giving fans an opportunity to conduct a live twitter chat (at #foodinc) with the director, Robert Kenner.
It’s simple to participate. At 10am PST this Friday (June 19th) login to twitter and put #foodinc in the search bar and hit enter. You are now following the conversation! If you have a question, be sure to include the #foodinc tag. ...
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Posted by P Shather on Wednesday, June 17, 2009,
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News
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If you haven’t yet checked out the Essential Art House line, then this month is a great time to start. These elegant movie-only DVD editions of the true classics of art house feature lower cost and sturdy packaging and are a practical alternative to the more elaborate Criterion Collection special editions. Available individually or in box sets of six, Essential Art House editions—which Time magazine calls “the basics of an educated person’s film education”—feature be... | Continue reading ...
Posted by Andrew Dykstra on Monday, June 15, 2009,
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Classics
We Are The Strange is nothing short of ambitious in its execution. It is done in an animation called Str8nime, a style titled to convey its blend of 8-bit and anime. Throw in a little Eraserhead influenced stop-motion and inventive CGI tactics, and you have yourself a cinematic experience bordering on clinical insanity. My own reaction to this bizarre fable was that my eyeballs just about dried out because of the sheer madness pulsating from the screen. I’m pretty sure I went on five min...
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Posted by Joseph Bridges on Thursday, June 11, 2009,
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Reviews
A Hitler comedy? A German Adolf Hitler comedy? Can it be possible? Dani Levy, a German filmmaker, brings us his latest film of offbeat comedy about none other than the most reviled man of the twentieth century, Adolf Hitler. Set in late 1944, Germany is on the brink of losing the war and Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth), Hitler’s right hand man for propaganda, has to come up with a brilliant idea to have a country on its heels whipped into a new frenzy to keep fighting. Adolf (Helge Schnei...
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Posted by P Shather on Wednesday, June 10, 2009,
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News
BURBANK, CA – June 8, 2009 – Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures’ new comedy “The Hangover” took the top spot at the box office in its opening weekend, surprising industry analysts. On the heels of critical and audience raves and a multi-targeted marketing campaign, “The Hangover” earned an impressive $44,979,000 in its opening weekend, making it the third-highest opening of an R-rated comedy ever. For Warner Bros., it is also the sixth film to open at number one in 2... Continue reading ...
Posted by Andrew Dykstra on Sunday, June 7, 2009,
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Classics
It’s not really an easy thing to articulate if I actually liked The Science of Sleep. Michel Gondry's a creative madman; that I can say with unhesitant conviction. His cinematic interpretations of dream and surreality are truly the stuff of the fantastic. This project might have been his opportunity to really explore that world of subconscious experience unfiltered, and in a way, I think he did. I'm just not convinced it worked the way it was intended.
Stephane (Gael Garcia Bernal) moves to... Continue reading ...
Posted by J. Anthony Holloway on Tuesday, June 2, 2009,
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Spotlight
This article can also be viewed at www.ExistTomorrow.com.
When I was a kid nothing quite captured my imagination like a 1950s science-fiction movie. Of course I grew up in a time with films like Close Encounters and Star Wars and both loved and adored them, but there was something about atomic-age cinema that always seemed to draw me in. And I suppose there is no reason to speak in past tense is there? I’m still enamored with the era.
Whenever talking about my likes and my passions, I al... Continue reading ...
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