The film industries of the countries of former Yugoslavia continue to evolve and adapt to changing environments, both on the industry level in the broader European landscape, and in the political and economic contexts of their respective countries. At this year’s Berlinale, the region’s continued ability to punch above its weight was proven by Bosnian director Danis Tanović’s Silver Bear win Death in Sarajevo.
…a group of people and each of them will immediately conjure up a different film. Some might immediately think of one or more of the original “Evil Dead” movies. Older…
…of work that could have seemed profoundly arcane. This month the Criterion Collec-tion will release a DVD package of twenty-six Brakhage films. For more information: www.fredcamper.com/Film/BrakhageL.html www.canyoncinema.com/B/Brakhage.html www.zeitgeistfilms.com/current/brakhage/brakhage.html humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/index_474_481.shtml www.criterionco.com/asp/release.asp?id=184…
“Framing Agnes” (2022), Chase Joynt’s directorial feature debut, offers the audience a critique of the media’s portrayal of transgender and gender-nonconforming communities. Joynt’s movie is the result of a collaborative process, one that was recognized by two NEXT awards at Sundance.
…company to watch. Official site: www.orangesandsunshine.com.au Tales From the Golden Age (Cristian Mungiu and others. 2009. Romania/France. 153 min.) In the emerging wave of new Romanian cinema, the misery index…
After a halcyon decade of growth and promise for women in Hollywood, patriarchal, hyper-capitalism closed like a vise around the industry. With this second series installment, Kerry McElroy explores Los Angeles in the 1920s. Women migrating west in large numbers represented an exciting cultural phenomenon but also a social problem that needed to be regulated. Just as the “casting couch” was becoming an entrenched industrial practice, a notorious rape trial shocked the industry and re-victimized women. In the midst of these grim developments, a few actresses did manage to become global, superstars, amassing real wealth.
…things. But the film evolved. My editors–first Jennifer [Chinlund] and Vivien [Hillgrove], [and then] Lucy [Massie Phenix]–helped me be very clear about what a mistake it would be to bring…
…Les Harkis (Algerian Arabs) condenses the 1959-62 lives of combat recruits into a taut, fatalistic narrative history… while For My Country examines how a contemporary binational family seeks justice for…
…girls compete in a pageant to become queen at the world championship of muskrat skinning Location: Shot in Dorchester County, Maryland, in the Chesapeake Bay area Length of shoot: 2…