Film
This volume is a study of what can happen when two art forms engage in a mutually beneficial conversation.
Three first-rate documentaries at DOC NYC that examine the crimes of the past and the fragility of the present.
Simply put, there’s nothing (and no one) out there quite like what Neil Breen is putting out into the world, and for that alone, we should be grateful.
How well “The Wizard of the Kremlin” will be received here is an interesting question, especially when the novel is evaluated in the light of Mstyslav Chernov’s visceral documentary “20 Days in Mariupol.”
The scenario may seem a bit too meta, but in director Todd Haynes’ deft hands, the tonal complexities of ” May December” are quite dizzying to behold.
Nicolas Cage plays a man who craves renown but can only captivate an audience of sleepyheads.
As these two films at the Wicked Queer Doc Fest indicate, being non-hetero-normative in a patriarchal society is unavoidably a political statement.
The film beautifully captures a dreamy-nightmare aesthetic, suggesting that Priscilla’s life with Elvis was turbulent roller coaster of romantic highs and materialistic hollowness.
Director Alexander Payne and star Paul Giamatti excel at this kind of character-driven comedy/drama.
Film Anniversary: From Punchline to Plausibility — The 50-Year Transformation of “Soylent Green”
“Soylent Green” should be seen as a work of future history, a docudrama of things that, in 1973, had yet to happen but are happening now, 50 years later.
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