Then are still ten days left in May, which means there are still ten days left in the SundanceNOW Doc Club retrospective of the films of Chris Marker. And in celebration, they've put together a great new video essay that shines a light on the famously elusive director, who was fascinated by memory, existence, cinema -- and cats. Watch below. Handpicked by renowned Tiff documentary programmer Thom Powers, here's the streaming lineup for May's "Chris Marker and His Legacy" series, which includes several enticing online debuts:"Sixth Side of the Pentagon" (1967)"Chris Marker’s Bestiary" (1994) -- Online Debut"One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich" (1999) -- Online Debut"Remembrance of Things to Come" (2001)"The Case of the Grinning Cat" (2004) SundanceNOW will also stream a selection of films inspired by Marker's work: "To Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter" (2013) by director Emiko Omori, Jem Cohen's wonderful "Museum Hours" (2012) and "Description of.
- 5/20/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Attention cinephiles: SundanceNOW Doc Club has a juicy slate of streaming titles coming up. This May, the online VOD service will present a fantastic array of films from experimental director Chris Marker. Then in June, SundanceNOW will also host the exclusive Us premiere of French auteur Agnes Varda's TV miniseries "Agnes Varda From Here to There." Handpicked by renowned Tiff documentary programmer Thom Powers, here's the streaming lineup for May's "Chris Marker and His Legacy" series, which includes several enticing online debuts:"Sixth Side of the Pentagon" (1967)"Chris Marker’s Bestiary" (1994) -- Online Debut"One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich" (1999) -- Online Debut"Remembrance of Things to Come" (2001)"The Case of the Grinning Cat" (2004) SundanceNOW will also stream a selection of films inspired by Marker's work: "To Chris Marker, An Unsent Letter" (2013) by director Emiko Omori, Jem Cohen's wonderful "Museum Hours" (2012)...
- 4/18/2014
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
- [Pierre-Alexandre Despatis suffers for his cinema. Now covering his second edition, our official festival reporter and multi-function human cyborg will provide us the sights (plenty of cool pics!), the sounds, the reviews and the occasional interviews of the still very young 5th edition of the Tribeca film festival. Below are some of Pierre-Alexandre’s reviews in easy to read, insightful capsule form. Enjoy!] The Case Of The Grinning CATThe tone of the film is set precisely with the film’s first sequence. It's actual footage of a group of random people who received an e-mail asking them to go to a park and all open their umbrellas in unison! Such urban graphic artists who 'enhance' cities with their art are also the ones responsible for the most famous icons is the “Obey” graffiti’s found just about all over the place. In France (and in NY for the duration of the festival--see the pictures), a grinning cat started to appear on many buildings. As the narrator says, "at night someone was risking his life to put a smile over the city". In the film, the pro-peace cat is used as an excuse to look at French and international politics over the past few years. It's very entertaining ... like when you read a Garfield cartoon,
- 4/28/2006
- IONCINEMA.com
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