Michael M. Bilandic's Project Space 13 is exclusively showing on Mubi in many countries starting December 10, 2021 in the series The New Auteurs, as well as in the series Anarchy in NYC: Michael M. Bilandic's Streetwise Cinema.Project Space 13When it comes to contemporary cinema, there arises the question of how to depict the breakneck present—in particular, a volatile and fast-paced internet culture indebted to the techno-apocalyptic strides of the 21st century. Some films confront it obliquely with the occasional meme reference or on-screen text, while others avoid it entirely by setting themselves in a world free of automated contrivance. A third increasingly prevalent tactic is to augur the dangers of “the online.” Films concerned with social media, in particular, almost uniformly denounce such platforms as soulless and exploitative. The films of Michael M. Bilandic offer a worthwhile alternative to this nihilism by embracing the Internet—and even the Post-Pandemic—Age with open arms.
- 12/13/2021
- MUBI
One of the final scenes of director Michael M. Bilandic’s fourth feature, Project Space 13, involves a delusional Manhattan gallerist wearing yellow knockoff Balenciaga sneakers and a ridiculous polka-dotted blazer at the shoreline of his beach house. He’s talking on the phone, via Airpods of course, to one of the two private security guards hired to protect the solo exhibition of an equally delusional artist named Nate in the midst of lockdown and protests. Throughout the night, every storefront on the downtown block has been looted except the eponymous white cube, where the artist and armed guards have been sitting […]
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- 12/10/2021
- by Zach Sokol
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Michael M. Bilandic's Project Space 13 is exclusively showing on Mubi in many countries starting December 10, 2021 in the series The New Auteurs, as well as in the series Anarchy in NYC: Michael M. Bilandic's Streetwise Cinema. I remember seeing Dušan Makavejev’s The Coca-Cola Kid back in the spring of 2020 at Anthology Film Archives in downtown Manhattan. It’s a satirical indictment of unhinged imperialist soft drink distributors wreaking havoc in the Outback. It’s also a pretty dumb romantic comedy starring Eric Roberts in full 1980s yuppie mode. It’s my favorite type of film: humorous, absurdist, yet grappling with serious issues in an entertaining, devil-may-care manner. I had no idea at the time that it would be the last 35mm print I’d see in a theater for well over a year. After the screening a bunch of us went to a bar down the street. There...
- 12/10/2021
- MUBI
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