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Trailer Watch: Twin Peaks, Now With Actual Shots from the Show
Whereas previous Twin Peaks trailers have featured pretty much nothing in the way of images from the cult show’s return, this teaser actually drops us into the look of the new season. It’s creepily tantalizing.
by Filmmaker Staff on May 12, 2017 -
Watch: “Mulholland Dr., The Essential Lynch”
What makes Mulholland Drive the quintessential David Lynch film? In the run up to the return of Twin Peaks, Leigh Singer digs into Lynch’s 2001 masterwork, split-screen comparing and contrasting it with the entirety of his career to demonstrate how it enfolds his many preoccupations and characteristic images.
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 25, 2017 -
Fest Circuit: Sundance, Berlin, Borscht and True/False
SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL By Ashley Clark At this year’s ceaselessly snow-pummelled Sundance Film Festival (Jan. 19-29), I hardly expected to experience my first slice of knockout formal invention while languishing at my laptop in my hotel room. But these are strange times and, having landed in Park City on Jan. 20, hours after the surreal presidential inauguration of a bit player from Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, I found immediate succor in scrolling through my Twitter feed. It had been colonized by a panoply of speedily crafted user videos depicting white supremacist goon and Trump supporter Richard Spencer […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 13, 2017 -
Super 8: Secret Signals in Dangerous Times
The Gatekeepers It may not make for comforting reading at this time, but context is always helpful: Chris Whipple’s new book is succinctly described by its subtitle, “How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency.” Whipple — formerly a producer for 60 Minutes and ABC News — uses his years of access to interview all 17 of the living chiefs of staff plus a bonus two presidents. Explaining how the chief of staff can help make or break the implementation of policy, The Gatekeepers may help illuminate the role Reince Priebus will play (or hopefully fail to) in […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 13, 2017 -
From the Kitchen to the Shower
Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du commerce, 1080 bruxelles What are the films you lie about having seen ? A friend posed this question to me recently, and it’s a telling query. Not only about your own ethical barometer, but also about what films are deemed unmissable — and by default make you worthy of shame for not having made the time to watch them. For years, my dirty secret was that I had never seen Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. When I confessed this, the responses were of shock. It’s not just that Akerman was a […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 13, 2017 -
Watch: David Lynch’s Visual References (NSFW)
Andreas Halskov’s video essay analyzes David Lynch’s visual references, finding nods to Edward Hopper, Suspiria and Laura, among others, across his work. Warning: contains full-frontal nudity and, via Dario Argento, some graphic violence.
by Filmmaker Staff on Apr 4, 2017 -
Watch: “Malick or Nature Doc?”
In his latest video essay, Jacob T. Swinney invites you to play a game: is the footage you’re looking at from a Terrence Malick film or a nature documentary?
by Filmmaker Staff on Mar 22, 2017 -
Trailer Watch: Frank Mosley’s Parthenon
We’ve featured the work of Frank Mosley on the site before, and we’re happy now to share the trailer for his latest short, Parthenon. Here’s the teasing logline: A naked body moves a stranger to empathy. Parthenon is a new short film by Frank Mosley — a slippery, dizzying provocation on art, control, and perception. The film premieres at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 1.
by Filmmaker Staff on Mar 16, 2017 -
Watch: “Scorsese Onscreen”
This video by Leigh Singer assembles Martin Scorsese’s many on-screen appearances in his own films.
by Filmmaker Staff on Mar 15, 2017 -
Exclusive Clip: Mike Ott’s SXSW Comedy Doc, California Dreams
Straight from Berlin, Mike Ott’s California Dreams has its North American premiere at the SXSW premiere on March 11 in the Visions Program. Courtesy of the filmmakers and the Film Sales Company, which is handling world sales, Filmmaker has this exclusive clip from the film. From the filmmakers: In this clip from Mike Ott’s comedy doc California Dreams, various subjects recite monologues at the beginning of the film – all in pursuit of their own dreams. Director Mike Ott’s film is about the dreams we all have — of being something else, or somewhere else, or someone else. Director Bio: […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Mar 9, 2017
