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Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff -Craig McCall
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Bibliotheque Pascal- Szabolcs Hajdu
*Editor’s note: There’s something about not understanding anything at all about this trailer that has me hooked.
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ParaNorman- Chris Butler and Sam Fell
That Summer- Philippe Garrel
*Editor’s note: No subtitles yet, but do we really need them when Monica Bellucci is in the trailer? I didn’t think so.
8 1/2- Federico Fellini
What distinguishes Denis’s films is their lack of explanation or prescription; where other directors might be afraid of confusing or losing their audience, Denis holds her nerve, and lets the action and characters slowly unfold. The result is mesmeric. She isn’t interested in political messages; she lets the emotions speak for themselves. “What I don’t like so much is to give explanations about people’s behaviour … I’m not interested in making conclusions. I would never think about myself, or anyone else - well, this happened, this happened, this happened, so this must be the result. It doesn’t work like that with me.” via The Guardian
Syndromes and a Century- Apichatpong Weerasethakul
*I still don’t fully know what to make of this film. A large part of me wants to think I saw something incredible, but then I think of how frustrated and ultimately bored I was watching it. While the characters are wonderful, I just didn’t care about any of them. While watching the film, in an effort to entertain myself, I tried to imagine Weerasethakul as he made this film and the image I couldn’t shake was of a kitten in a huge white room filled with brightly colored strings of yarn. Kitten Weerasethakul would play with one string, turn on his back, play with it some more, start to pull at it and then roll around and start to tug at another strand and this would go on and on and on for 100 minutes. There are immaculate shots and compositions, but its still a kitten aimlessly tugging at yarn.
How I Ended This Summer- Alexei Popogrebsky
Editor’s Note: Run, don’t walk. Go watch it now.
Happy Few- Anthony Cordier
After watching the incredible Eldoie Bouchez in Wild Reeds, I’m willing to follow this woman to the ends of the cinematic world. This does look pretty great though.
