Jenni Olson’s essay film is an inventive and complex mediation on love, history and art, told through gorgeous 16mm landscape cinematography married with subtly revealing narration.
California Company Town (dir. Lee Anne Schmitt, 2008)
Lee Anne Schmitt’s almost meditative experimental documentary looks at a string of boom-and-bust towns in California over the decades, tracking the relationship of industry and nature.
2014 in Review: The Best Festival Films
In continuing 2014 in Review, we look back at some of the best film festivals and festival features that were on show this year.
The Roundup – A Wes Anderson Theme Park, New Harmony Korine to Star Jamie Foxx, John Ford’s Top 10 and Monte Hellman’s Facebook Page
This week on THE ROUNDUP: A Wes Anderson theme park, reports come in from the Viennale’s John Ford retrospective, Jamie Foxx to star in new Harmony Korine film, a hilarious David Bowie animation and more.
The Roundup – BAPFF Sneak Peek, Agnes Varda Honoured, and Obscure Asian Horror Films
This week on THE ROUNDUP: Agnes Varda’s achievements honoured by the European Film Academy, a PTA masterclass, video essays on Playtime and Hausu, Truffaut’s 12-hour interview with Hitchchock and more.
SFF Retrospective: James Benning – An Outsider Visionary
An American experimental filmmaker, James Benning has made engaging and challenging works of cinema for over 30 years, playing with form and time. This years Sydney Film Festival held a miniature retrospective of his work, programmed by Double Play director Gabe Klinger.
An Interview with James Benning – Filmmaker/Artist
James Benning is an American experimental filmmaker whose work has had a major influence both in his home country and abroad. He is in Sydney for a retrospective of his work at Sydney Film Festival and we sat down to talk film vs digital, social media and classes on ‘paying attention’.
Double Play + James Benning Retrospective – An Interview with Director/Programmer Gabe Klinger
Gabe Klinger is the director of Double Play: James Benning and Richard Linklater and also the curator of the James Benning retrospective at Sydney Film Festival. We sat down with him to talk Double Play, time in film and Boyhood.
Boyhood
Beyond the fact that Richard Linklater has crafted a rare cinematic achievement in concept alone – a coming-of-age story literally shot as young actors come of age – Boyhood is a form of self-retrospective, a superb summation of his body of work through overlapping themes and sly visual references.
An Interview with Nashen Moodley, Festival Director of Sydney Film Festival
Nashen Moodley is the Festival Director of Sydney Film Festival and has held that role since 2012. This year marks his third festival at the helm. We caught up with him this week in the lead-up to Opening Night on the 4th of June.