A new film from Daniel Gordon offers a unique look at North Korea through the eyes of four US army defectors. NYT View full entry
Swiss musicians Liricas Analas shoot a rap video in Zumthor's Baths. Also featured: knight in armor, red-hooded druids, and a half-submerged violinist. Pure comedy. via COS | watch View full entry
All this month PBS is running the old Eyes on the Prize documentary series on the American Civil Rights Movement, which has been under lock and key because of copyright restrictions. View full entry
Revolutionary filmmaker and revolutionnaire renaissance man Gillo Pontecorvo died in Rome yesterday he was 86. Although, Pontecorvo only made a handfull of films in his life time they are perhaps the greatest films in history about struggle and freedom. NYT l guardian l ANSA View full entry
In terms of our collective bit of psychoanalysis on our glorious profession, we should go a bit further to acknowledge that being a pervert is okay, especially on film. In Slavoj Zizek's latest project The Pervert's Guide To Cinema, Zizek delves into the hidden language of cinema, uncovering what... View full entry
Popular video sites like YouTube and Google video have become a popular depository for content from both sides of the battles raging in Iraq. NYT View full entry
If you are in O-town tonight lookin' for somethin' to do, go check out my buddy's amazing documentary Maquilapolis at the Grand Lake Theater, part of the Madcat Women's International Film Festival. It's an amazing self-portrait of a group of women factory workers along the US/Mexico border, who... View full entry
If you're in SF tonight, check out the documentary on Public Architecture's ScrapHouse project, which was built in the downtown Civic Center Plaza for the World Environment Day last year. I saw a snippet of the film at SFI6, pretty entertaining. Get a glimpse yourself here. Or, you can watch it... View full entry
The International One-Minute Film Festival has selected a fine shortlist of 27 films. In 1,620 seconds you can see them all. VOTE HERE. View full entry
FILM:"Crossing the Bridge" does more than offer a wide variety of entertaining and intoxicating Turkish music. It also uses music to paint a portrait of a vibrant, cosmopolitan city and provide a window into a rich and varied national culture.latimes View full entry
Spike Lee gets back into the game with a four-hour documentary on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina--When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts. NYT l previous View full entry
Rybczynski throws in his $0.02 on Pollack's latest, Sketches...FOG over at slate yesterday. It sounds like we all are in agreeance... |previous View full entry
Film director Spike Lee talks about his HBO documentary on Hurricane Katrina. He saves his harshest criticism for President Bush, FEMA and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who stayed in New York, “buying Ferragamo shoes on Madison Avenue and then (going) to see ”˜Spamalot' "... View full entry
The director of a new film about the Swiss Re Tower - 'the Erotic Gherkin' - tells Sukhdev Sandhu how it went from hate object to icon. Telegraph View full entry
Tomorrowland:CalArts in Moving Pictures , an ambitious program that opens Thursday at MoMA. CalArts is not known for cranking out Hollywood types, the straightest name on its alum roster is James Mangold, who directed "Walk the Line."latimes View full entry
