MANAKAMANA, playing at Melbourne International Film Festival may put off some in its premise, but its success arises from the ethical and philosophical questions about ethnography, filmmaking and the relationship between the two that is engendered in its systematic formal approach.
Story of My Death – An Interview with Albert Serra
With his latest film STORY OF MY DEATH playing at Melbourne International Film Festival, we talk to director Albert Serra about the film, his particular approach to actors and why Godard is the master of sound.
Story of My Death
Albert Serra’s latest film has a B-movie concept – Dracula and Casanova are the protagonists – but in fact is a beautiful and experimental feature that plays with adaptation, and perhaps the best thing in competition at Filmfest München.
Still the Water
Naomi Kawase’s newest film is not one of her best; a family drama set against the grand cycle of nature that reaches for the profound but doesn’t quite attain it.
Leviathan
Fresh from Cannes, Andrey Zvyaginstev’s latest is a broad, sweeping work that benefits from its ambitious scope in depicting a family’s struggle to keep their property in a small Russian town.
Adieu au Langage (Goodbye to Language)
Godard’s first feature film using 3D has one of world cinema’s most legendary innovators experimenting with sound and image as well and as groundbreaking as ever, creating many beautiful moments along the way.
At Berkeley
At age 84, Frederick Wiseman shows no signs of slowing down. At Berkeley is his 42nd feature-length documentary, and is one of two new films by the director that will feature at this year’s Sydney Film Festival (the other being his 2014 Cannes-selected National Gallery).
The Chauvel Cinémathèque – An Interview with Curator Tim Mason
Cinémathèque screenings at Paddington’s Chauvel Cinemas show films from all over the world and from all throughout the history of the medium: silent, sound, black and white, colour, fiction, documentary and everything in between. It is a real cinephile’s dream. We caught up with Tim Mason, who is the curator of the Chauvel Cinémathèque program.