A pack of wolves howls at a massive iPhone that’s propped up in the snow like a monolith, an image from George Méliès “A Trip to the Moon” frozen on its screen. A steampunk Trojan horse — or is it an ark? — delivers a fleet of small children into the future, where they’re greeted by a marionette wearing a mask of Greta Thunberg’s face. Mike Tyson, dressed in the most fantastic Afrofuturist chic, pumps up the youngest survivors of a nuclear and/or robot-induced apocalypse in the middle of a boxing ring that’s held together with actual ropes.
These are just some of the surreal but stiflingly hyper-legibible sights on display in Godfrey Reggio’s “Once Within a Time,” a 43-minute curio that would seem to find the “Koyaanisqatsi” director venturing beyond the time-lapse technophobia that made his documentary work so iconic. And to a degree, it does,...
These are just some of the surreal but stiflingly hyper-legibible sights on display in Godfrey Reggio’s “Once Within a Time,” a 43-minute curio that would seem to find the “Koyaanisqatsi” director venturing beyond the time-lapse technophobia that made his documentary work so iconic. And to a degree, it does,...
- 10/11/2023
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
The world needs a lot of things right now, and one of them just happens to be easygoing entertainment. So be grateful for “Banana Split,” a charming teen romance that fits neatly into the era of “Booksmart” but also manages to stand solidly on its own.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
Cowriter Hannah Marks (“Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency”) also stars as April, a high-school senior in a long-term relationship with dim hottie Nick (Dylan Sprouse). Marks, cowriter Joey Power and director Benjamin Kasulke spend about five minutes introducing, capturing and ending this relationship, in a quick but clever montage that both fills us in and keeps us at a distance.
That detachment does leave a nagging hole in the story, because we never have the chance to become invested in this couple. But it’s also a purposeful choice: It soon becomes clear that the filmmakers have something other than romance in mind.
- 3/25/2020
- by Elizabeth Weitzman
- The Wrap
COLOGNE, Germany -- The Berlin International Film Festival's Forum sidebar will feature a live performance of Guy Maddin's silent film Brand Upon the Brain! as part of its 2007 lineup.
The performance, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, will feature a live orchestra and singers as well as foley artists performing sound effects. Isabella Rossellini, who collaborated with Maddin on The Saddest Music In the World (2003) and My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) will narrate the film to the Berlin audience.
"Brand Upon the Brain!" premiered at the New York Film Festival with a similar set-up. The Berlin performance, on Feb.15, will mark the film's European debut.
The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival runs Feb. 8-18.
The performance, at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, will feature a live orchestra and singers as well as foley artists performing sound effects. Isabella Rossellini, who collaborated with Maddin on The Saddest Music In the World (2003) and My Dad Is 100 Years Old (2005) will narrate the film to the Berlin audience.
"Brand Upon the Brain!" premiered at the New York Film Festival with a similar set-up. The Berlin performance, on Feb.15, will mark the film's European debut.
The 57th annual Berlin International Film Festival runs Feb. 8-18.
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