A Report by Gary M. Kramer. This year’s slate included several strong entries about family – especially from Latin America, as well as a pair of offbeat portraits from Finland. Breakdancing provides an element of escape for José Antonio Zúñiga Rodriguez – “Tono” for short – a wrongly imprisoned Mexican […]
No Wave Films at the Oberhausen Film Festival and Vienna Film Museum: May-June, 2010
By Michael Goddard. This year the Oberhausen film festival, already known for its adventurous programming of short film ‘profiles’, featured four sessions of New York ‘No Wave’ films. These programmes were also screened a month later at the Vienna Film Museum, along with a range of feature films by members […]
Tribeca Film Festival, 22 April–2 May 2010
By Gary M. Kramer and Michael Miller. Gary Kramer reports: The 2010 Tribeca Film Festival, now in its ninth year, provides an intriguing mix of popular and independent films – from its opening night feature, Shrek Forever After (Mitchell, 2010) to its closing gala Freakonomics (Gibney, Spurlock, Grady, Ewing, Jarecki […]
In the Spirit of Louise Michel: Reykjavik International Film Festival, 2009
A Festival Report by Daniel Lindvall. Wandering through the centre of Reykjavik on an early autumn’s day in this year of crisis, I notice two things in particular. Firstly, given a decade or more of real estate bubble, the inner city doesn’t look particularly gentrified. Quaint little wooden houses newly […]
Tribeca Film Fest 2009
June 20, 2009
By Gary M. Kramer and Michael Miller. This year’s Tribeca Film Fest featured a handful of intriguing titles. Here is a rundown on a quartet of films that unspooled. Handsome Harry (directed by Bette Gordon, 2009) is a terrific character study/road movie that never exceeds its modest expectations. Harry (Jamey […]
VCU/University of Richmond French Film Festival | Richmond, Virginia, 27–29 March 2009
By Tim Palmer. For the contemporary cinephile – especially a lover of world cinema – the sight of 1800 people applauding a complex film adaptation of a Marguerite Duras novel, after a packed Saturday lunchtime screening, is real cause for optimism. On Saturday 28 March 2009, this lively scene was […]
La Vie en Richmond | VCU French Film Festival, 28–30 March 2008
By Liza Palmer and Tim Palmer. Travelling through the Carytown area of Richmond, Virginia, the weekend of 28–30 March 2008, one would not suspect that recent relations between the United States and France had been anything but rosy. Lampposts were festooned with French flags. Local bistros and bakeries promised delectable […]