The complete line-up of films for this year’s Berlinale has just been announced. This time next week, I’ll be reporting for The Moving Arts Journal direct from Berlin. In the meantime, here’s a sneak preview of some of the films I’m most excited about: the latest work of excellent directors. Three by Tom Tykwer Among [...]
Mia Wasikowska, the untested star of Tim Burton’s much anticipated romp of whimsy, “Alice in Wonderland,” may be headed for Hollywood stardom. Burton’s picture hasn’t yet been released which means that the Australian Wasikowska is still an unproven property. Though such things have never scared away visionary director, Gus Van Sant, who’s actively pursuing the [...]
As the first decade of the 21st century dissolves into history, cinéastes and cinephiles find themselves in a time of uncommon ambivalence. Hollywood’s insatiable appetite for banality and bromidic fare has not only largely alienated cinema scholars and enthusiasts, but nearly eliminated the opportunities available to progressive-minded and experimental filmmakers. But as the classic studio [...]
After winning the Oscar for best original screenplay for 2008′s ‘Milk,’ the story of openly gay San Francisco politician, Harvey Milk, Dustin Lance Black will make his directorial debut. Variety reported Saturday that, “Liam Neeson and Jennifer Connelly will star in “What’s Wrong With Virginia[.]” Black wrote the script, and “Milk” helmer Gus Van Sant [...]
We published an article a few days ago predicting 2009′s Oscar winners, but in light of the Academy releasing their official nominees today, we’re taking the liberty of revising our picks. You can read our picks pre-nomination here, and compare them to our now official 2009 Oscar predictions below: Best Actor Sean Penn – “Milk” [...]
Loco: London’s 1st Comedy Film Festival
Orlando: Does Sex Matter?
A soothing demise: Lars von Trier’s ‘Melancholia’ considered
The Power of Limits in The Five Obstructions
Surviving ‘Surviving Life’
‘The Other’ at The 2nd London Iranian Film Festival
‘Leaving’: Made in Prague
A Step Forward: New African Film in Paris
Adapting to The Skin I Live In: The Antidote to Horror
Chicken with Plums: Better on Paper
