The Masked MonkeysThe cutting edge of cinema culture at this moment is not what’s premiering in competition at Cannes or picking up the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. Rather, it is at the quietly flourishing but deeply influential genre of film festival focusing on new and adventurous work in documentary filmmaking. More than any red carpet extravaganza, this type of festival is consistently challenging audiences to expand their understanding of how the art of cinema explores reality and how reality complicates moviemaking. Whether big, like Copenhagen’s Cph:dox, or smaller, like Missouri’s True/False Film Fest, these events go further than the traditional and staid vision of festivals devoted to documentary film, whose emphasis is above all on the camera as a bland tool to invisibly tell a nonfiction story, and instead present more closely curated programs that showcase the infinite nuance and complexity—not to mention shades...
- 11/29/2016
- MUBI
One of the best parts of the Hot Docs Film Festival is its ability to bring exotic images from the far corners of the planet to Canada. Over the years there have been films about pirates in Somalia, child armies running wild in Columbia, and sauna culture in Finland. Enter a new tale: an explosively colourful, unusual, and even baffling visual feast from India called "Kings of the Wind & Electric Queens."
The setting is The Sonepur Fair, an Indian region that borders Nepal. It's dusty, humid and hot, and the countryside is a little rundown. The rivers Ganges and Gandak run along the fairgrounds, where hundreds of pilgrims wash and converse. While it offers a midway, dancing, singing and motor sports, it's not the most modern-looking of events; think traditional India meets "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
The fair takes place every November, on the full moon day of Kartika Purnima.
The setting is The Sonepur Fair, an Indian region that borders Nepal. It's dusty, humid and hot, and the countryside is a little rundown. The rivers Ganges and Gandak run along the fairgrounds, where hundreds of pilgrims wash and converse. While it offers a midway, dancing, singing and motor sports, it's not the most modern-looking of events; think traditional India meets "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome."
The fair takes place every November, on the full moon day of Kartika Purnima.
- 4/30/2014
- by Mark Wigmore
- Moviefone
The 9th annual Lausanne Underground Film Festival may just run for a mere five days in Switzerland on Oct. 20-24, but it hits with the force of a 10p-ton megaton bomb over that time period, packing in so much mind-boggling underground madness it’ll make your head explode.
Every year, the fest feels like 5 or 6 festivals crammed into one. There’s the fest that pays homage to the history of experimental filmmaking, there are the retrospectives of several cult festivals, a feature film competition section, a short film competition section and more.
Three filmmakers are especially getting major retrospective love this year. First, there’s legendary Canadian experimental filmmaker Michael Snow who will be in attendance at screenings of his classic films Wavelength, <–> and La région centrale, plus several of his other short films.
Also being feted are German extreme horror filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit, who will attend screenings of his classic Nekromantik,...
Every year, the fest feels like 5 or 6 festivals crammed into one. There’s the fest that pays homage to the history of experimental filmmaking, there are the retrospectives of several cult festivals, a feature film competition section, a short film competition section and more.
Three filmmakers are especially getting major retrospective love this year. First, there’s legendary Canadian experimental filmmaker Michael Snow who will be in attendance at screenings of his classic films Wavelength, <–> and La région centrale, plus several of his other short films.
Also being feted are German extreme horror filmmaker Jörg Buttgereit, who will attend screenings of his classic Nekromantik,...
- 10/18/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Quickly establishing itself as one of the premiere events for genre cinema in Canada is the edgy Temps 0 program at Montreal's Festival du Nouveau Cinema and this year is no exception. Though the official press conference isn't until tomorrow morning we've got an early look at the lineup and it's a good one. Voila!
The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia)
La Casa Muda (The Silent House) (Gustavo Hernandez) North-American Premiere
Chatroom (Hideo Nakata) North-American Premiere
Colorful (Keiichi Hara) North American Premiere
Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima)
David Wants to Fly (David Sieveking)
Doman Seman (Go Shibata) Canadian Premiere
Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) Director will be present
Headless Family (Kote Aramboy) International Premiere
Hisss (Jennifer Chambers Lynch) Canadian Premiere
The Intruder (Thanadol Nualsuth, Thammanoon Sakulboonthanom) North American Premiere
Kaboom (Gregg Araki)
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora) In 35mm with director present
Monsters (Gareth Edwards)
Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
Raavanan (Tamil Version) (Mani Ratnam...
The Last Circus (Alex de la Iglesia)
La Casa Muda (The Silent House) (Gustavo Hernandez) North-American Premiere
Chatroom (Hideo Nakata) North-American Premiere
Colorful (Keiichi Hara) North American Premiere
Confessions (Tetsuya Nakashima)
David Wants to Fly (David Sieveking)
Doman Seman (Go Shibata) Canadian Premiere
Enter the Void (Gaspar Noé) Director will be present
Headless Family (Kote Aramboy) International Premiere
Hisss (Jennifer Chambers Lynch) Canadian Premiere
The Intruder (Thanadol Nualsuth, Thammanoon Sakulboonthanom) North American Premiere
Kaboom (Gregg Araki)
Mad Dog Morgan (Philippe Mora) In 35mm with director present
Monsters (Gareth Edwards)
Outrage (Takeshi Kitano)
Raavanan (Tamil Version) (Mani Ratnam...
- 9/27/2010
- Screen Anarchy
The 2nd annual Oakland Underground Film Festival, which will run Sept. 23-25, has a definite theme this year. And that theme is funk! The all-documentary festival features profiles of music professors, avant-garde musicians, funky music histories, female Bolivian wrestlers and the history of sleazy cinema.
The hit underground documentary American Grindhouse by Elijah Drenner will be making yet another stop in Oakland. A chronicle of exploitation cinema from the ’20s to the ’70s, the film has interviews with filmmakers such as John Landis, Joe Dante and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Other documentaries in the lineup are Mark Landsman’s Thunder Soul, about an inspirational music teacher; Stascha Bader’s Jamaican music history Rocksteady: Roots of Reggae; plus, a profile of female Bolivian wrestler Carmen Rose the Champion, Mamachas Del Ring directed by Betty M. Park.
The full film lineup is below. Plus, there will be dance contests, parties and more. For...
The hit underground documentary American Grindhouse by Elijah Drenner will be making yet another stop in Oakland. A chronicle of exploitation cinema from the ’20s to the ’70s, the film has interviews with filmmakers such as John Landis, Joe Dante and Herschell Gordon Lewis.
Other documentaries in the lineup are Mark Landsman’s Thunder Soul, about an inspirational music teacher; Stascha Bader’s Jamaican music history Rocksteady: Roots of Reggae; plus, a profile of female Bolivian wrestler Carmen Rose the Champion, Mamachas Del Ring directed by Betty M. Park.
The full film lineup is below. Plus, there will be dance contests, parties and more. For...
- 9/20/2010
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Less than a week worth of recovering from the Sundance Film Festival, and we are already looking forward to our next, big film fest coverage. That would be the South by Southwest Film Festival held annually in Austin, Texas. Last year, Scott and I brought you all kinds of coverage from the Lone Star State, and this year doesn’t look to be much different.
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
With that, the announcement came last night of the feature films that will be playing at the SXSW Film Festival. Previous announcement were already made about films like Cold Weather, Electra Luxx, Hubble 3D, Lemmy, Saturday Night, and The White Stripes: Under Great White Northern Lights making their debut. Kick-ass was recently announced as the opening night film, as well.
Among the other films being presented this year are some Sundance darlings, a few, highly anticipated premieres, and MacGruber.
Check out the full list...
- 2/4/2010
- by Kirk
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
I was so excited at seeing the SXSW line up last night that I completely forgot to post it and started searching the interwebs for cool content to go with it. Oops. Yes, I wish I was there but alas, it wasn’t mean to be (though don’t despair. We’ll be bringing you wicked awesome coverage).
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
But enough rambling, you want to know what’s all playing. Well, for a start there’s the much anticipated McGruber (trailer), the Duplass’ semi-mainstream comedy Cyrus, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs (trailer, review), Daniel Stamm’s horror flick Cotton and that’s on top of the previously announced titles which include Electra Luxx (Carla Gugino as a pregnant porn star? Bring. It. On.) and Kick-Ass (trailer). That’s already a great line-up but dear me, some of the other titles are pretty awesome too.
There’s Clay Liford scifi drama Earthling (trailer...
- 2/4/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Late yesterday the SXSW Fim Festival, which runs from March 12-20 in Austin, TX, announced the full lineup of films that will be screening at this year’s event. And baby, it’s quite a list. Mixing big name films with intimate indie gems, the sheer number of films and the vast array of talented filmmakers is sure to be a hit with attendees and critics alike.
This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.
For more on...
This lineup includes premieres of studio films such as Universal’s MacGruber, Lionsgate’s teen superhero actioneer Kick-Ass and smaller films like Tim Blake Nelson’s Leaves of Grass, Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs, Michel Gondry’s The Thorn in the Heart and Steven Soderbergh’s And Everything Is Going Fine. With so many films to watch, it will be very difficult to find time to seem them all during the events nine days. But hell, we’re going to try.
For more on...
- 2/4/2010
- by Chris Ullrich
- The Flickcast
The 2010 SXSW Film Festival and Conference has announced its initial slate of titles. The list is rife with hot world premieres (Kick-Ass), films fresh from Sundance (The Runaways, Cyrus), hot titles from the 2009 editions of Tiff and Cannes that haven't had much U.S. play (Enter the Void, Dogtooth, Trash Humpers), interesting documentaries (Lemmy, The People v. George Lucas) and much, much more. Simon Rumley's Red, White & Blue, which has received much praise on Twitch based on its Iffr screenings, will have its North American premiere.
Midnight programming courtesy of Fantastic Fest is also back with titles like Higanjima, Monsters, Serbian Film, Outcast, and a yet to be announced special film. Keep eye out for SXSW coverage at Twitch, but for now, pursue the massive list below (descriptions courtesy of SXSW).
Headliners
Big names, big talent: Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film...
Midnight programming courtesy of Fantastic Fest is also back with titles like Higanjima, Monsters, Serbian Film, Outcast, and a yet to be announced special film. Keep eye out for SXSW coverage at Twitch, but for now, pursue the massive list below (descriptions courtesy of SXSW).
Headliners
Big names, big talent: Headliners bring star power to SXSW, featuring red carpet premieres and gala film...
- 2/4/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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