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Halloween double bill

10/31/2015

 
I am not a sucker for horror films but sometimes I get suckered into watching one. The two I saw in the past year that I recommend are The Babadook for screams and A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night for style.  Bonus: they are both directed by women!

quick notes on Ballet 422

10/25/2015

 
observation
minimalism
editorial restraint
no original score (but some sequences flowed as though music was there)
polished cinematography that I associate more with fiction films (e.g. some Soderbergh flicks)
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a bird in Newark Airport in the prose of Joyce Carol Oates

10/24/2015

 
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From the short story 'A Brutal Murder in a Public Place' by Joyce Carol Oates, found in McSwenney's 37.

Leonor Fini: Réalisme Irréel

10/16/2015

 
I stopped by the Weinstein Gallery for paintings, photographs and documents by and about Leonor Fini, the enigmatic surrealist who enjoyed putting on a striking appearance to dazzle others. Most accounts spoke of her in almost mythological terms. I so wish I had a chance to cross paths with her, if even the briefest of encounters. One of my favorite works was Le Train.  Great accompanying quote (pictured below):
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'The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution', an important, infuriating, stirring documentary

10/5/2015

 
I caught the doc 'The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution' this past weekend, by director of 'Freedom Riders' Stanley Nelson.  The film provides excellent grounds for thinking about ongoing abuses of power on the one hand, and models of empowerment on the other. It features a comprehensive collection of archival material and beautiful profiles of the women and men at the helm of the movement. Days later I'm still thinking about it and looking up names and words such as the insidious FBI program COINTELPRO, which was behind the worst attacks on the Panthers. The screening was followed by a Q&A with Stanley Nelson and a former Panther, which could have gone on for days. As Stanley reminded us,  you could make a whole documentary series on the Panthers.

artistry in docs, is it lost or found?

10/2/2015

 
One opinion piece about the state of the documentary form leads to another. I have to mostly agree with the second and thank these writers for the thought food
Even from the privileged vantage point of a Golden Age, it’s possible to see a medium in need of freshening up, as nonfiction filmmakers fall into the trap of relying on their charismatic, timely subjects to engage viewers, rather than bold, daring or artful filmmaking itself.
​- Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, full article here
I don’t shy away from talking about the current era as a golden age of documentaries. I believe it. And I’m not just talking about box office. I am specifically talking about the sort of innovations in artistry that Ms. Hornaday is somehow missing. They’re everywhere. That’s a fact.
- Tom Roston, PBS, full article here

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