Experimental films

Since its founding in 2008, GKIDS has been the leading North American distributor of animation worldwide. From the fantastical works of traditional Cartoon Saloon animation to the magical and awe-inspiring animated films of Studio Ghibli, they have released many of the greatest animated films ever made. Almost all of their …

Italian filmmaker Dario Argento has agreed to star in Gaspar Noe’s new film, Vortex, under a somewhat odd condition regarding his character. The latest film by Argentinian filmmaker Gaspar Noé Vortex is a thematic departure from his other films, and the unexpected addition of legendary Italian filmmaker Dario Argento in …

Whenever Lucia Joyce’s name is mentioned, the words “daughter of James Joyce” are never far away. A talented dancer, writer and musician, Lucia’s career was cut short after suffering a nervous breakdown and was – some say wrongly – diagnosed with schizophrenia. She spent the rest of her life in …

Operation Mincemeat features a young Ian Fleming writing James Bond, but the inspiration behind the spy story goes far beyond the call of duty. Spy shows and movies are undoubtedly thrilling and biting, but they can have an even greater sense of tension when these covert operations are actually based …

Kolkata filmmaker Aneek Chaudhuri’s next film, “The Story of a Santa Claus and His Moth”, is set to premiere in the Marché section of the Cannes Film Festival on May 19. The screening schedule has already been released with updated movie titles. According to Aneek, this film is important and …

First video hosts a surprisingly wide range of sci-fi stories, including the indie sci-fi The Vast of Night and Coherencewidely considered one of sci-fi’s best hidden gems. Scroll down for our top picks for sci-fi movies on Prime Video, you can stream right now. Photo by Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty …

Most Fridays, we take a break from the news for a few minutes to talk about the cultural events to discover during the weekend. This week the focus is on Translations: Seattle Trans Film Fest. KUOW’s Kim Malcolm spoke with the festival’s lead programmer, StormMiguel Florez. StormMiguel Florez: Translations is …

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madnessfeaturing Benedict Cumberbatch as Doctor Strange, Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff aka Scarlet Witch, Benedict Wong as Wong, the Sorcerer Supreme, and Xochitl Gomez as America Chavez, is a movie that Marvel enthusiasts are hugely excited about, as it’s billed as the first MCU …

In an interview with Subhash K Jha, Mahadevan talks about his new biopic about unsung heroes, social activists Jyotirao Govindrao Phule and his wife Savitribai Phule. Actor-filmmaker Ananth Narayan Mahadevan is a seasoned trouper. Distinguished stints as an actor and stage director to director of various original and often outstanding …

Cinephiles, rejoice! This Eidul Fitr, moviegoers can finally enjoy a good dose of local films in cinemas. With four promising Eid releases set to hit the big screen this week, fans will finally see a fair amount of local activity in cinemas after two long years ravaged by the Covid-19 …

MILWAUKEE — Actor Willem Dafoe is set to receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee next month. University officials announced Friday that Dafoe would receive the Doctor of Arts degree on May 22. He is scheduled to speak at the school’s two graduation ceremonies that day. He will …

When I think of ventriloquism in the movies, my thoughts turn to the advertisements for the years 1978 Magic It freaked me out when I was a kid. I was not alone; According to the IMDb trivia page, the original trailer for this psychological horror movie was pulled from streaming …

Roxana Hadadi is a TV critic who also writes about film and pop culture, with subtitles and motion smoothing. Photo: Kino Lorber “Where are we?” “We’re Dead,” is an early, indicative exchange between mother and son in the surprisingly funny and ultimately provocative Take the road, the feature debut of …

by croatiaweek April 23, 2022 in Entertainment (Hurry) The first Croatian-Korean film, and the first Croatian film to feature an Asian actor as the protagonist, will premiere in Zagreb in May. Crisis will have its premiere in Zagreb during the 31st edition of Dani Hrvatskog Filma (Croatian Film Days). Crisis …

If Laurie Anderson and Art of Noise had a love child, it might look like I speak machine, the experimental and audiovisual music project of singer Tara Busch and filmmaker Maf Lewis. Completely original in their own right, I Speak Machine has spent the last decade stirring our subconscious and …

When is the time to do Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, creator George Lucas decided to think outside the box for his choice of director. Being a former experimental filmmaker himself, Lucas’s research naturally led him down offbeat avenues, and he eventually set his sights on surrealist author David …

Organic aerosols – such as those released during cooking – can remain in the atmosphere for several days, due to nanostructures formed by fatty acids when released into the air, a study has found. Photo: iStock London: Organic Aerosols — such as those released in cooking — can stay in …

Famous, cheap and renowned for offering a huge range of titles, Netflix accounts for 35% of South African subscriptions to VOD (video on demand) streaming platforms. Showmax and Prime Video are neck and neck for second place, each accounting for just under a quarter of subscriptions, with the former offering …

Photo by Jules Sica | Loyolan From hip-hop numbers to contemporary performances to experimental dance films, the LMU Dance Spring Concert had it all. The concert featured three student-directed dance films, 10 student-choreographed dances, and a piece performed by guest choreographer, Stephanie Liapis. All of these pieces explore different dance …

What the golden age of Bengali cinema has left us is a legacy of endless possibilities. If today, the films of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Ritwik Ghatak, Buddhadeb Dasgupta or Tapan Sinha are part of our consciousness, it is thanks to their ability to illuminate the “dark chambers of our …

‘Twinemies’ – the cheesiest, gayest, samest podcast of 2022, is a romantic musical comedy for queer teens. Produced by SYN MediaPodcast Incubator Program of and funded by the Community Broadcasting Foundation, it features fiercely intelligent and somewhat unhinged twins, Darcy and Chloe, who were thrust into the eyes of the …

Researchers present a method to develop an EUV film with better thermal stability that can withstand high-power EUV light sources. New technical article from Hanyang University and the University of Texas at Dallas. Abstract“A pellicle is a thin membrane structure that protects an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) mask from contamination during …

Ethat Hawke’s participation in Moon Knight should have warned us. The actor has long expressed skepticism on the rise of superheroes in Hollywood. But somehow, Oscar Isaac convinced Hawke to go on a TV show about an obscure Marvel superhero possessed by the Egyptian moon god. There had to be …

Opening on April 1 Meteorological Engines consists of an art exhibition, a program of lectures, performances and workshops as well as a book publication that offers contemporary terms for experimenting with the politics and aesthetics of the time. The project is part of the ongoing commitment of Onassis Stegi with …

Most recording artists – if they have the talent and the chance to succeed – have to choose between music that will appeal to the greatest number of people and music that will push their genre forward. It’s rare for a pop artist to find the love of radio and …

Julia Stiles has had a steady career as an actress since the early 1990s. She rose to fame as the star of teen romantic comedies and continued to balance her acting career in film and television by earning her Bachelor of Arts from Columbia University and becoming a wife and …

By Florida Weekly Staff | to March 17, 2022 The second annual women’s film festival will close with films for the last two Wednesdays in March. The monumental “Daughters of Dust” by Julie Dash will be screened on March 23. A 1902 crisis in a tight-knit Gullah Geechee …

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Back with the first large-scale fair since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 15th edition of Art Dubai explores new frontiers with the launch of its new section highlighting digital art and NFT (token not fungible). Alongside regular contemporary and modern showcases, Art Dubai …

Raphael Montañez Ortiz | The memorial to the sadistic Holocaust destruction of millions of our ancient Arawak-Taino-Latinx ancestors begun in 1492 by Christopher Columbus and his mission to, together with the conquistadores, colonize and deliver the wealth of the New World to Spain, little matter the human cost to the …

The International Film Festival Febiofest Bratislava returns after two years, its program full of ambitious and experimental works. Designed as a platform for promoting auteur cinema, Febiofest Bratislava presents current trends in independent cinema with a particular focus on productions from Slovakia and neighboring countries. Aiming to attract viewers of …

disneya powerhouse of the animation industry with some of the most adored films ever made, has long been hailed for its storytelling abilities as well as its technical genius. Big Hero 6 is a family animated movie. In addition to reaffirming the importance of life, these films offer hope that …

The new thing on TV right now are video games. Every premium cable channel and streaming service has at least one series based on a game franchise in development. You would think that, given the huge popularity of the game, television would have noticed that it could turn games into …

The 1970s were a historic decade in the development of American history, and Hollywood was also going through major changes. The new wave of young directors working with studio budgets has led to an increase in experimental and ambitious films that tackle today’s social climate. movies like The parallax view …

We’ve grown accustomed to seeing unloved, misunderstood, overlooked, and underrated movies come back to the forefront and find new appreciation on Netflix, but very rarely do we see movies widely regarded by nearly everyone as irremediable failures showcased around the world. most popular streaming service. Of course, that happens from …

“Eraserhead” follows a quiet, anxious man named Henry Spencer (Jack Nance) who has just learned during a horrible family dinner that his girlfriend, Mary X (Charlotte Stewart), has given birth to an extremely unusual baby. , and it belongs to him. The baby still stands out as one of cinema’s …

MyCinema Global Film Festival, an online film gala screened on the myCinemaHall app, has unveiled its list of winners with the short film ”Udvega (The Anguish)” emerging as the overall winner. ”Udvega (The Anguish)”, a Hindi short film directed by Suman Kumar, won honors in the MyShorts Best Short Film, …

Hollywood Royalty: Bardia actress Nicole Pastor with co-star Jane Seymour at the premiere of Ruby’s Choice. Photos: provided Nicole Pastor is still flying high after attending her first movie premiere. The Bardia actress has attended screenings before, of course, but Tuesday was the first time she attended the premiere of …

Comedy, music, film and conversation highlight some of the events coming up over the weekend and next week in Hudson County. Dorian’s Red Hand Standup Live-action stand-up comedy returns to Dorian’s Red Hand in Jersey City on Saturday, February 26, with two shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Hosted …

Coulomb explosion imagery of iodopyridine (artist’s view). Credit: Goethe University Frankfurt am Main Explode a photo subject to take a picture of it? An international research team from the European XFEL, the largest X-ray laser in the world, has applied this “extreme” method to take pictures of complex molecules. Scientists …

After his solo movie made some pretty big waves in 2018, DC built Aquaman’s corner of the DC Universe with various event books and miniseries framed around his supporting cast. For Arthur Curry’s latest title, DC is bringing the King of Atlantis to their prestigious Black Label in a miniseries …

Anwesh Satpathy IIn the review of Satyajit Ray’s “Apur Sansar” (The World of Apu), reviewer Dwight MacDonald lambasted Ray for his “self-consciousness”. MacDonald, as well as many Western critics of the day, did not consider Ray capable of handling the complexities of city life. Indeed, his films were considered to …

Spotting COVID-era ephemera was new to 2021 films, even some of the best. As early as last February, we saw masks worn, some ostensibly under the nose, in Bad Luck Bang or Loony Porn and later in the year in drive my car; same Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy ended …

the The Oscars have long lamented the fact that fewer and fewer people attend their lavish ceremony year after year. As the ratings drop – a general trend for most television shows, and the Oscars remain one of the most-watched live events on network television – we are then bombarded …

KPRC 2’s Daniella Guzman, Randy McIlvoy and Zach Lashway are on assignment in Los Angeles, covering Super Bowl LVI. When they’re not busy reporting at SoFi Stadium, the trio enjoy their off-hours at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel and Suites, the city’s largest hotel and one of its most recognizable buildings. …

AMHERST – It was a story that quickly left the pages and television screens of local media to attract the attention of The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Atlantic and other national media sources: Hampshire College, the experimental and progressive liberal arts college founded in 1970, was facing …

While Student Body’s script is simplistic, the film’s direction and cast elevate what would otherwise have been a generic horror film. Student Council is a love letter to the slasher genre, effectively recreating the tone of horror films of decades past for modern audiences. While Student Council is a note …

It’s been over 30 years since Jim Henson departed for that grand Muppet workshop in the sky, but hardly a moment seems to pass without a reminder of his legacy: in the enduring appeal of his showbiz menagerie; in the creative charm cast by his peerless puppet; or in the …

Every year in February, the German capital hosts one of the biggest international film festivals, the Berlinale. The festival turns since 1951, the dawn of the Cold War, as a “showcase of the free world” and its evolution through Berlin’s divided history made it a uniquely qualified platform for uncovering …

Unlike previous Pixar shorts that focused on characters like a baby desk lamp, a chess-loving elderly person, or a romantic volcano, automaton relies solely on environmental elements to tell its story, a welcome creative and technical challenge for the studio’s effects artists. The four-minute experimental short, a Pixar “cooperative” film …

Staff Pick: Cauleen SmithNow streamingFebruary 1 to 28, 2022 e-flux Video & Film is delighted to present Cauleen Smith Three songs about liberation like the February 2022 edition of our monthly Staff Picks series. Cauleen Smith’s interdisciplinary work, according to the artist herself, is a meditation on “the everyday possibilities …

Just as mentioned in the opening credits of dead Pool, screenwriters are the true heroes of cinema. But they rarely get the recognition they deserve, as all the praise usually goes to the director. However, in the late ’80s, that briefly changed, as writer Shane Black had almost rock star …

A 1997 Disney film about a dog playing basketball has come under fire online for a hidden gag that viewers recognize as Islamophobic 25 years later. The discovery dates back to 2017, according to Mel Magazine, when former college roommates Lee Metzger and Josh Cranmer decided to revisit the film, …

Twitter is still working on a feature that will give you a way to broadcast tweets that can only be seen by friends you choose. Last July, the social network revealed that it’s considering letting you nominate “trusted friends” so that certain tweets are only visible to them. Now developer …

In 2014, Jason Isaacs joined the cast of the “Rosemary’s Baby” miniseries, a modern adaptation of the novel of the same name, which had previously served as the basis for the classic 1968 horror film of the same name. He took on the role of Roman Castavet, a darkly charming …

Oxana Cherkashyna in Klondike In July 2014, during the Donbass War, Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 was shot down over the Donetsk region of Ukraine, a pair of expectant parents living in the disputed Donetsk region of Ukraine by pro-Russian rebels . This is the backdrop for Maryna Er Gorbach Klondike, …

As Season 3 continues to bring the two young lovebirds together, Takagi takes a bold risk in his latest strategy to tease Nishikata. WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Teasing Master Takagi-san Season 3, Episode 2 “Presence” and “Library Duty,” now streaming on Netflix. Takagi-san teasing master has come a …

In 1963, 11-year-old Gus Van Sant traveled from Connecticut to the Metropolitan Museum of Art with his painter grandmother to see the Mona Lisa during his tour of New York. They waited outside the museum in the freezing cold, then faced the rushing crowd to catch a glimpse of the …

Many of the worst things Nicholas Cage did for movie roles shows just how ready the veteran performer is to commit to a role. To date, the Front/Off The actor has starred in over 100 movies, ranging from comedy to action to drama. Even though his famous uncle, director Francis …

By Punya Heendeniya The time was in the mid-sixties. The period of transition from ocean travel to air travel. No cell phones and the kids read storybooks and play board games with the adults and sit down to dinner together. No phone lines to rural areas. The electricity has just …

After a cutting-edge performance and a tender directorial debut, Denzel Washington seems eager to once again open up another brutal box of criminal screaming. According to a report by Collider, the illustrious actor is ready to make his return to action films with Equalizer 3. The report draws details from …

A new movie theater is in town, showing movies from all eras that most people probably haven’t heard of, especially in the area of ​​experimental, avant-garde and local repertoire films. Owner Justin Rhody describes it as a microcinema and calls his “project” No Name Cinema, located in a warehouse at …

MUMBAI: Filmmaker Aanand L. Rai is known to have collaborated with several superstars including Dhanush, Akshay Kumar, Shah Rukh Khan, Katrina Kaif and Anushka Sharma, while continuing to experiment with his storytelling instead of following the commercial film formula of Bollywood. In a conversation with IANS, Aanand explains why he …

AMSTERDAM – Glenn kurtz found the film reel in the corner of her parents’ closet in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida in 2009. It was in a dented aluminum box. The Florida heat and humidity had almost solidified the celluloid into a mass “like a hockey puck,” Kurtz said. But someone …

“Azor” (unrated, 1 hour 40 minutes, Mubi) A plot that simmers quietly in the realm of big money and political violence in the late 1970s – Argentina follows private banker Ivan (Fabrizio Rongione), newly arrived from Geneva with his wife, Ines (Stéphanie Cleau), to replace a colleague who mysteriously disappeared …

Spider-Man: No Way Home has set up the MCU’s version of Venom – and Mac Gargan would be the perfect Venom host in the Marvel Shared Universe. This article contains spoilers for Spider-Man: No Path Home. Spider-Man: No Path Home left a Venom symbiote fragment in the MCU, and the …

From January 12 to 19, 2022, Theater for the New City will present the New Yiddish Rep production of “Crazy Meshuge Hurricane Earthquake” by Amy coleman, directed by David Mandelbaum. This six-figure play is the story of an unlikely bond that develops between a secular, middle-aged Jewish woman and a …

Just as the academic Teresa de Lauretis writes about Chantal Akerman’s classic Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Brussels (1975), Pictures on Pink Paper is a film which “addresses its viewer as a woman. , regardless of the gender of the spectators. […] the film defines all the points …

There are a myriad of films on art, culture, and philosophy for the movie buff or average viewer who wants to listen to experts tackle tough questions. Philosophy films often deal with themes like existentialism, ethics, and even pop culture. RELATED: 15 Best Movies With Accurate Portrayals Of Ancient History …

For almost as long as the concept of science fiction has existed, the genre has flirted, with varying degrees of success, with the world of horror. Some of the oldest and best known examples include Robert Louis Stevenson The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and that of …

An action-packed trailer has been released for the upcoming film Everything everywhere at once, with Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh. Yeoh, who recently appeared in Shang-Chi and the legend of the ten rings and crazy rich asians, plays Evelyn, a mother embarked on a sci-fi action adventure after learning that she …

In the 1970s, when he made his first shorts in Super 8 and his first feature film, Almodóvar’s uninhibited imagination allowed him to revise the plots on the fly as the friends who played his characters entered and left the rooms. shootings. From the start, his work challenged all the …

Dr. Wu’s shift from background character to prominent villain in Jurassic World may be surprising, but Jurassic Park had hints before. Released in 1993, to critical acclaim, jurassic park was the founding film of what has grown into a successful franchise. The most accurate dinosaur movie of its time, jurassic …

Raveena Tandon is known to be quite adept at reinventing herself throughout her 30-year career. Since making her debut in GP Sippy’s “Patthar Ke Phool” in 1991, she has surprised her admirers and critics by making U-turns at regular intervals. At the peak of her career, while still at the …

Catherine corman is a talented photographer, filmmaker and artist in her own right. She is also the daughter of the legendary filmmaker and career launcher Roger corman and producer Julie corman. Catherine recently made a short film titled “Lost horizon” with his father and sister, Marie Tessa Corman, which is …

Directed by Shane Black. A movie starring Russell Crowe, Ryan Gosling, Angourie Rice, Matt Bomer, Margaret Qualley, Kim Basinger, Keith David, Yaya DaCosta, Beau Knapp, Rachele Brooke Smith. Original title: The nice guys. Comedy genre – United States, 2016. Los Angeles, 1977. For some time now, the air has been …

Joker arrives on Netflix on December 6. The climate for superhero movies has not been very calm lately. Not the fault of those who make them (they continue on their way without being discouraged), but of those who refuse to accept this genre as artistic expression. When we approach this …

On the black comedy of Apple TV + Mr. Corman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays Josh Corman, a fifth-grade teacher living in the San Fernando Valley. Confronted with loneliness in his late 30s after a break-up and struggling to connect with others (including his caring roommate as well as his tough mom, …

Plasma plume during an in situ PLD measurement. Credit: Vienna University of Technology Researchers at TU Wien are studying new materials that can be used to reduce the operating temperature of solid oxide fuel cells. To do this, they apply an innovative method. Solid oxide fuel cells consist of three …

Recent release, ‘Chhorii’ is an official remake of the 2016 movie Marathi Lapachhapi, written and directed by Vishal Furia. What is good: Furia’s creepy instincts which are better than many of her ilk. Nushrratt trying to experience something amazing. What’s wrong : If you’ve watched the original you might feel …

As Christmas approaches, Monocle hosts parties and receptions to thank at least some of the people who have supported us throughout the year, from advertisers to photographers, correspondents to stylists. And, Thursday, we were in Paris for this very reason. What can I tell you, life is tough some days. …

25/11/2021 – Laila Pakalniņa’s latest film is an experimental documentary hybrid that poetically celebrates the family environment For most people, there is no more private place in the world than their own home. People feel exposed when they let someone, let alone a film crew, come into their homes to …

Nike and Patta can’t get enough of the Air Max 1. Patta has quietly gained ground in the United States, thanks to collaborations with New Balance and Vans over the past year. Now, the Dutch brand is filling up with four presentations of the Nike Air Max 1 in a …

Photo courtesy artist Brooklyn-based independent electro-pop artist born and raised in South Africa sulene sat down with Variance’s Ethan Ijumba to discuss her work as a composer for television and film, refreshing and well-received covers of the ’90s pop classics she recently released, from the times she has toured as …

The short does not have a narrative, but it is visually stunning. Image via Pixar Pixar has done it again. The computer animation studio has just released a new experimental short titled Automaton, which lives up to the nickname of Experimental because the short is without a traditional narrative, but …

The tonal changes of an electric guitar chord died away as the reed of a tenor saxophone was gently moistened, producing light sounds to remember in the darkness of the Barbro Osher Theater at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive November 12. With a final click of an …

An adviser to the CEO of the Center for the Development of Documentary and Experimental Cinema in Iran said that filmmakers from the three nations in the resistance axis are interested in attending the next festival in Iran. “The cultural and artistic centers of Gaza, Syria and Lebanon have expressed …

An iconic Hollywood star has a special connection to Fort Worth, and it brought something good in the fight against cancer this weekend. The John Wayne Grit series debuted in the historic stockyards of Fort Worth. Five hundred runners and walkers showed their courage in the fight against cancer in …

The famous French thinker Sylvère Lotringer, a shooting star in the twin galaxies of literary criticism and cultural theory, died on November 8 at the age of eighty-three from an illness. From the 1970s, Lotringer reshaped the American literary scene through the journal Semiotext, which he began to publish while …

Like Robin Feld, the former opaque boss he plays in Neon’s acclaimed 2021 film Pig, Nicolas Cage is a man whose name has a unique gravity. As we watch Feld reclaim his abandoned identity throughout the film, it becomes undeniable that as an individual and an artist he has been …

Animation has a long and rich history that is replete with many innovative methods of portraying the illusion of movement. Long before the advent of cinema, optical toys and handmade devices were used to entertain people in the 19th century. These inventions did not project images onto a screen. Instead, …

Ventana South‘s Blood window The genre sidebar, one of the first events dedicated to the genre in South America and without a doubt now one of the most important events in the region for all things horror, fantasy and science- fiction, shared the 15 titles that will be part of …

There is an independent film distribution company here in Canada called Films We Like. I like that name. It speaks for itself. That said, we might not give you guaranteed blockbusters to tax your point-of-sale machines at the box office, but we are going to bring films that we support, …

Pseudo-vampire Jared Leto’s superpowers seem a little out of hand in Sony’s latest “Morbius” trailer. See the video above. “I would do anything to save a life. But I don’t know what I’m capable of, ”Leto’s Morbius said at one point in the trailer. Moments later, Jared Harris’ character (who …

Allegra Pacheco wins the award for best Documentary and Best Soundtrack Awards at the Los Angeles Documentary Film Festival held in Hollywood from October 20 to 31 at the Raleigh Studios Chaplin Theater. Multimedia artist Allegra Pacheco’s powerful documentary Salaryman, chosen to open the Festival, captures the history and culture …

Join us every week as Rotten Tomatoes reports what independent features are streaming. From promising releases of new voices to the experimental efforts of renowned filmmakers – or perhaps the next indie darling to go the distance for year-end accolades – we’ll explain it all here every week. This week …

The usual deadline for the 13th Annual New York Independent Film Festival is November 30! Submit your film now. We are looking for documentaries or storytelling where the filmmaker has put his passion into the film. Whatever the subject, and the shoot is well done, we are interested in watching …

Savita Singh’s Sonsi not only wins the National Award for Best Cinematography, it is also the Indian short film presented at the Oscars If cinematography is the art of making the invisible visible, then Savita Singh has mastered it. His short film Soni is not only the winner of this …

Image courtesy of Getty Images Movie Earlier this year, stories from people, including Coloradans, blaming their reluctance to take vaccines I’m a legend emerged. We explored the connection. By Angela Ufheil October 26, 2021 Right after receiving her second dose of the Pfizer vaccine, my mom made a weird joke. …

So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), collect even more new music we would call “indie” and talk about what metal comes out. We post music news, song premieres and more all day long. We are updating a weekly …

Jess Irish is an artist, filmmaker and writer who practices new multi-genre and collaborative media with an emphasis on environmental justice and the expansive potential of technology to create a more equal society. She was the founding co-director of OnRamp Arts, a forward-thinking collaborative creative nonprofit operating in Echo Park …

The organizers of the 25th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival announced the opening film for this year’s event, along with details of the event’s masterclasses and juries. Ji.hlava 2021 will open with film When the flowers are not silent by Belarusian director Andrei Kutsila, on his homeland after last year’s …

AAT LEAST FOR its first few seconds, “AlRawabi School for Girls” seems like just another teen drama. As piano chords echo in the background, a teenage girl in pink walks past a school bus. “School has always been my favorite place,” she says. Then his classmates attack him. The setup …

No need to beat around the bush: Five Whispers is the most haunting and heartbreaking new piece of art I’ve seen so far this decade – and rightly so, since its subject matter is the haunting, heartbreaking state of the decade so far. In the three-channel video installation, which premiered …

The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed large pharmaceutical companies once again engaged in the worst kind of profit. They do this because they know they can hold the world to ransom for access to protective vaccines that they did not invent but which they monopolize in manufacturing and distributing. This week, …

I love you but I chose the darkness, by Claire Vaye Watkins (Riverhead). “I have tried to tell this story several times,” writes the protagonist of Watkins’ startling novel. “This will be my last try.” Struck with a sense of alienation after having her first child, she leaves her baby …

NUR-SULTAN – A journey through Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia through the lens of independent filmmakers in the region – this is how the Calvert Journal frames its film festival, which will start on October 18 and last until October 31. Film festival poster. Photo …

The Halloween season is fast approaching. To count the days, here are the movies and TV shows to watch and stream this week. Halloween kills Courtesy of Universal Pictures Laurie Strode and Michael Myers face off again in the latest entry in the Halloween slasher saga. Jamie Lee Curtis and …

Ahead of Disney + Day, Disney shared a new trailer for an upcoming series of animated shorts. Olaf presents stars Josh Gad as the living snowman who rose to fame when he first stepped off the ice in 2013 Frozen. Now, Olaf expands his abilities to include that of a …

DUBAI: The artists participating in the first Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennial were announced this week. More than 60 artists, from all over the world, are ready to present their work at the event, which will be held from December 11 to March 11, 2022, in the Jax district of Diriyah. …

A new Neill Blomkamp anthology project has just been added to Netflix, a project that is bursting with the director’s unique dystopian aesthetic and has drawn comparisons to other Netflix series like Love, death and robots. The new addition is Oats Studios, a 10-episode series that is essentially a collection …