Sound And Vision: Luca Guadagnino
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we take a look at several music videos by Luca Guadagnino. Luca Guadagnino's films are vibrant and lush, pulsating with life...
Sound And Vision: George Romero
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we take a look at The Misfits' Scream!, directed by George A. Romero. The Sound and Vision of this week might...
Sound And Vision: Tarsem Singh
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we take a look at several videos by Tarsem Singh. Tarsem Singh has only made slightly more than a handful of...
Sound And Vision: Quentin Dupieux
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several of Quentin Dupieux's music videos. Quentin Dupieux is infamous for his offbeat French surrealist films, since his...
Sound And Vision: Kristoffer Borgli
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Softcore Untd.'s promotional video Softcore, directed by Kristoffer Borgli. Kristoffer Borgli is wary about advertising and self promotion....
Sound And Vision: Hayao Miyazaki
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at Chage and Aska's On Your Mark, directed by Hayao Miyazaki. After yet another Academy Award win for...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: ROME: TALES FROM THE BLOCK, A Slight Alien Invasion Satire
La Guerra Del Tiburtino III has as its international title Rome: Tales From the Block, which shows you how much this film wears its influences on its sleeve. From the opening segment, in which an alien creature leaves a meteor...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: KING BABY Is A Royal Triumph
King Baby, by directors Kit Redstone and Arran Shearing, could've gone wrong in so many ways. The film is a send-up of masculine power plays, toxic machismo and the thin veneer of social niceties that hide volcanic violence waiting to...
Sound And Vision: Johan Renck
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos by director Johan Renck. Johan Renck's new film Spaceman, is only his second feature,...
Sound And Vision: Garth Jennings
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several music videos by director Garth Jennings. If you ask me who my favorite music video director...
Sound And Vision: Autumn de Wilde
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at The Decemberists' Once In My Life, directed by Autumn de Wilde. Autumn de Wilde made a big impression...
Sound And Vision: F. Gary Gray
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at a few music videos by director F. Gary Gray. When F. Gary Gray made Straight Outta Compton, it...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: KISS WAGON Proves That Liking A Movie Isn't All Black And White
Kiss Wagon, by director Midhun Murali is an epic, 3 hour shadow play animation, that is at the same time both minimalist and maximalist. It is also, somehow, undercooked and overbaked, too convoluted and holding the viewers hand too much;...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: THE PARAGON, No-Budget Comedy About A Psychic Loser Is A Winner
Micheal Duignan's The Paragon might be his debut feature, but he has a storied career as a director of music videos, short comedy movies, television soaps and episodes of the new Power Rangers series. Somehow, this eclectic blend of...
Sound And Vision: David Slade
In the article series Sound and Vision we take a look at music videos from notable directors. This week we look at several videos by director David Slade. David Slade is something of a conundrum for me. I find it...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: TENEMENT, A Haunted House With A Weak Foundation
Tenement proves that a good ghost story can't get by on visuals alone. This Cambodian genre film by Inrasothythep Neth and Sokyou Chea deserves some praise because it is the rare horror effort out of that country. But when...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: HUNGRY GHOST DINER Offers A Feast For The Eyes And Soul
Bonnie is the sole employee of a food truck, having fallen in love with cooking after a slightly magical-realist experience she had as a child. When she meets up with her estranged uncle, lines between life and death, dream...
Rotterdam 2024: THE SOUL EATER Blends Police Procedural With Fantasy Horror
When Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury stormed onto the scene with A L'Interieur it was with a promise that was central to the appeal of that film: "we are not gonna pull any punches". As important linchpins of the...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: FUTURE ME Is Film As Therapy
Steven Spielberg once said, "I've avoided therapy because movies are my therapy." This has been turned into a famous meme where the quote is accompanied by the words, "Men will literally become the most famous film director in history instead...
Rotterdam 2024 Review: WITTE WIEVEN (HERESY) Brings A Television Movie To The Cinema
Didier Konings' Witte Wieven (or Heresy, for international markets) is a very short feature film, debuting at the IFFR, but made as part of a series of television horror films, presented by the famous Dutch filmmaker Martin Koolhoven. Koolhoven, who...
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