August 2011
5 articles
‘The Future’ targets apathy one inert hipster at a time
Miranda July and Hamish Linklater in "The Future" “The Future” took my breath away. And when I say it took my breath away, I don’t mean to say I was enraptured by its profound insight into the...
Aug 25, 2011 / Vanessa GranielloRaoul Ruiz, legendary Chilean filmmaker, dead at 70
Raoul Ruiz, the celebrated, prolific, Chilean-born filmmaker has died. He was 70. Ruiz, not known for a specific standout film, was rather known for his vast catalog of more than 100 innovative,...
Aug 20, 2011 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Cold Fish’: The Aquarium Serial Killer
Cold Fish (Japan, 2010) is the story of serial killer, Murata, who owns a tropical fish shop, and the way in which he forces Shamoto, a mild-mannered family man, to become his accomplice. To read a...
Aug 15, 2011 / Alison Frank‘The Light Thief’ Shines and Short-Circuits
Director Aktan Arym Kubat casts himself in the title role of The Light Thief (2010), an electrician nicknamed Svet-Ake (‘Mr Light’). Svet-Ake feels it his duty to ensure that all of his neighbours in...
Aug 9, 2011 / Alison FrankRushes Soho Shorts Festival 2011
The 13 th edition of the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival took place in London at the end of last month (20 th -29 th July, 2011). The festival gives awards to short films in 8 competitive categories:...
Aug 1, 2011 / Alison FrankRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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