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Oscars 2024, Redacted
Read more: Oscars 2024, RedactedThe 96th Academy Awards was not a corker, by any measure, more of a sprawling end-of-empire endeavour, with bad comedy writing, tired quips and tropes, and a bit of fresh individual pizzazz — a show which would have veered towards certain oblivion, if it not for the severe incongruity of the fantasy of the Oscars…
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2001: A Space Odyssey on 70mm. An Interview With A Magician.
Read more: 2001: A Space Odyssey on 70mm. An Interview With A Magician.There is no one closer to the true enchantment of film than the film projectionist – a craft that is slowly disappearing, as celluloid itself, and should be cherished as cinema treasure. Film, in its essence, is its medium. And the projectionist, therefore, its magician in residence. So consider this an interview with a master.
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The Artful Oscar
Read more: The Artful OscarOscars 2021 was a public exercise in reclaiming one’s own art from the hijack of a devouring billion-dollar entertainment industry, the scaling down from mass production to manufacture, a deliberate recalibrating and reframing in order to preserve cinema’s place in culture, in society, and in our individual lives. And to be sure, this ceremony was…
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Golden Globes 2020: Anarchy, Pomp & Circumstance
Read more: Golden Globes 2020: Anarchy, Pomp & CircumstanceThe human need for a pedestal exists to look up at something that is, ultimately, to be achieved. The social contract breaks when the chosen begin to look down at the rabble. In his roast to end all roasts, the host of the 2020 Globes, Ricky Gervais, in eight golden minutes of television, reminded us…
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International Queer Film Festival Merlinka – MSUV: Love Is All
Read more: International Queer Film Festival Merlinka – MSUV: Love Is AllShort & sweet weekend ride through a cinematic landscape that is slowly moving from niche to broader in the Balkans, yet with quality that never drops a beat. Merlinka is a bold festival of good humour and defiance, with a sophisticated programme, a growing audience, and enough maverick charm to face both friend and foe.
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Oscars 2019: Culture of Consensus
Read more: Oscars 2019: Culture of ConsensusAll you need to know about the state of publicity today is that the 2019 Oscars ceremony, the hottest gig there is, did not have a host, most likely because no one wanted the hassle. The global equilibrium of self-promotion vs. self-censorship seems to have reached a screeching deadlock somewhere in the outer layers of…
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Oscars 2018: Eating Cake
Read more: Oscars 2018: Eating CakeThe Academy finally deciphered the writing on the wall, and promptly took their high-heeled shoes off, the entire spectacle meandering into something of an after-party at your agent’s house – half mercenary opportunism, half boozy honesty. What the aftermath of this will be is that the industry will soak in all the good intentions, appropriate…
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Berlinale, Take Two.
Read more: Berlinale, Take Two.Amidst the pomp, the circumstance, and the tightly wrapped boxes, there are the staff working for the Berlinale Service Centre who are not only incredibly helpful, but also smart, sweet, and informed. Organisationally, it is not only a festival of excuses (as one insightful employee put it), it is a festival of extremes. Gliding between…
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The Festival Of Fences
Read more: The Festival Of FencesAn ambivalent mixture of sophisticated programming, great variety, lovely surfaces, all the shades of pink amidst a well-oiled division between fans/stars, outsiders/insiders, and talents/audience. It’s not a surprise, only serves as a timely reminder of just how long this has gone unchecked all across the industry. Social exclusion has many faces, the most obvious ones…
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Lola says…
Read more: Lola says…Deconstructing the spectacle, measuring empty calories, offering nutritional insights on films newly released, as well as archival treasures, assessing the state of film culture, exploring new formats & illuminating cinema’s place in society, as well as in our individual psychology.
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