The 29th Florida Film Festival
A stripped-down film festival dips a toe into the Brave New World of masks, distancing, and cinema.
Tag: cinema
Heroic Purgatory
A confusing and idiosyncratic movie about a communist cell in 1950’s Japan and where they ended up in 1970.
Chaplin’s War Trilogy
This thoughtful and well-documented text explores the history of dark comedy in film through the perspective of Charlie Chaplin’s work and his movies about war.
Elvis Costello
In Motion Pictures (Universal Music Enterprises). Review by Carl F Gauze.
Florida Film Fest 2012
The Florida Film Fest returns to Orlando. Here’s a preview of some of the feature films. Screenigns will be held throughout Orlando and our own Carl F Gauze runs down some of his highlights!
James Bond in the 21st Century: Why We Still Need 007
Can a Cold War-era spy find love in the 21st Century? The box office returns for Casino Royale say YES. If you want an idea why James Bond is still such a cultural force, the essays in this volume give you a lot to think about. Bob Pomeroy tells you about the good and the not so good from the Bond debates.
Vincent Gallo
Recordings of Music For Film (Warp). Review by Kiran Aditham.
Deconstructing Oscar
All that glitters may not be gold, yet somehow Oscar has retained his luster for 73 years. John P. Wasser meditates on the allure of the Academy Awards and the significance of the multicultural feel of this year’s ceremony.
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Better Than This
Event ReviewsFour local bands lit up Melbourne, Florida at the Pineapples Moon Room. The lineup, presented by Red Eye Booking, included London on Fire, The Speed Spirits, and Dunies, all from in Melbourne, and special guest, Orlando band Better Than This.
The Art Inside the Craft: Noah Lekas
The Art Inside The CraftIn this episode, Jeremy Glazier talks with Noah Lekas of the band American Restless, who draws on his Midwest roots for inspiration.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Archikulture DigestA young man with a mental condition struggles to understand the world.
The Captain & Tennille
Garage Sale VinylThis week, Christopher Long pulls up at a neighborhood garage sale and picks up his fourth vinyl copy of Song of Joy, the 1976 platinum slab from the Captain & Tennille.
Eight Deadly Shots
Screen ReviewsMikko Niskanen’s recently restored 1972 mini-series Eight Deadly Shots is a complex look at the real-life murders of four police officers in the farming community of Sääksmäki, Finland, in March 1969. Lily and Generoso review the powerful fictionalized adaptation of this tragic incident.
Smoking Causes Coughing
Screen ReviewsLily and Generoso review Smoking Causes Coughing, the newest creation from surrealist comic genius Quentin Dupieux (Rubber, Mandibles) that follows the adventures and storytelling endeavors of the kaiju-fighting Tobacco Force!
Drumming with Dead Can Dance
Print ReviewsInk 19’s Roi J. Tamkin reviews Drumming With Dead Can Dance and Parallel Adventures, Peter Ulrich’s memoir of an artistic life fueled by Brendan Perry and Lisa Gerrard’s remarkable friendship.
Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play
Archikulture DigestTymisha Harris tells the story of Josephine Baker with the perfect mix of theater, history, and jazz in Josephine: A Burlesque Cabaret Dream Play.