Reeling: “Take This Waltz”
Posted by Simon in Film, Reeling on 20. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
“Take This Waltz” is a beautiful film. Channelling the smouldering (and stalkerish) sexuality of Wong Kar-Wai’s “In The Mood For Love” while also slightly cramping its vibrant visual style, director Sarah Polley is in her element when contextualizing life — long sighs, lingering glances and carnal tension spill off the screen with prodigious visual ease. [...]
Q&A: Stephane Gauger on Saigon Electric, Vietnamese hip-hop and youth culture
Posted by Jef in Film, Interviews on 11. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
Stephane Gauger is a Vietnamese-American filmmaker based in L.A. whose latest work, Saigon Electric, premieres in Canada tonight as part of the Toronto Reel Asian Film Festival. A hip-hop dance film based in Vietnam, Saigon Electric tells the story of a traditional ribbon dancer from the countryside named Mai who moves to the city to audition at a [...]
FIGHT SCENERY: Lethal Weapon, despair, and Brazilian jiu-jitsu
Posted by Jef in Fight Scenery, Film on 04. Nov, 2011 | 0 Comments
If you’re an avid movie watcher who’s also dealt with depression, I’m sure you have a list in your head of movies, good or not, that “nailed it,” that perfectly captured your particular experience with despair. Maybe Holly Golightly’s “mean reds” speech in Breakfast at Tiffany’s marked your personal line between feeling down and feeling out. [...]
Q&A: Michael Rapaport on beefs, Nas and the controversies around Beats, Rhymes and Life
Posted by jessekg in Film, Music, Uncategorized on 28. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
New York actor Michael Rapaport (Boston Public, Higher Learning, among others) was 19 when A Tribe Called Quest dropped their debut album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. They followed that groundbreaking album up with two of the most beloved (if not best) albums in hip hop, The Low End Theory and [...]
Fight Scenery: The unlikely kung-fu of Scott Pilgrim and Knives Chau
Posted by Jef in Fight Scenery, Film on 07. Jun, 2011 | 7 Comments
First, some words from screenwriter Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity, Michael Clayton) to screenwriter William Goldman (The Princess Bride, All the President’s Men), from Goldman’s book, “Which Lie Did I Tell?”: Tone scares me. When you fuck with tone, you risk squandering that spark. You risk losing the one thing the audience brings with them. The [...]
