Por Mónica Delgado
Mañana comienza una nueva edición del Festival Internacional de Cine Documental Punto de Vista de Pamplona, referente importante sobre las tendencias del documental en sus diferentes variaciones, y que este año propone eventos hitos, como la retrospectiva a la obra de Margaret Tait, y el concepto de Islas como eje de toda la programación.
By Tara Judah
Panahi offers us a view of the city, though it is fleeting. One of his passengers soon inverts this view, by 180 degrees. It is clear that things are not what they seem. Instead of an insider’s view of the city, Panahi plans to show us how the people of the city, driving or being driven, navigate their lives.
By Tara Judah
With Guy Maddin, it’s familiar territory: dreamlike, rich cinephilia drenched in Maddin’s own personal paranoia, steeped in myth and always humorous. Entering The Forbidden Room had all these elements – and maybe more.
By Tara Judah
Patricio Guzmán has been literally digging up atrocities buried in Chilean history for decades. His films give a voice to some of the world’s most heinous, silenced crimes. The first time I saw La batalla de Chile (Part 1 1975, Part 2 1976, Part 3 1979), The Pinochet Case (2001), and Salvadore Allende (2004) I was horrified by the extent of the crimes and floored by how little I knew of them.
By Tara Judah I feel as though I’ve been waiting to see this documentary most of my life. So many documentaries rely on talking heads
Click the image to proceed to logikeye screenings website for CS Leigh. Clickea la foto para acceder al site de screenings de logikeye para CS Leigh. The
By Tara Judah
I don’t speak Swedish or Dutch. Nevertheless, I saw Roy Andersson’s, En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron (2014), a Swedish language film, with Dutch subtitles, at IFFR.
By Tara Judah
Though I am sure the dialogue is filled with nuanced witticisms – Andersson is known for his deadpan humor – every frame is a carefully composed artwork. His painterly compositions are captivating and, after some early frustration at my compulsion to read the subtitles I couldn’t understand, I found it liberating to exclude language from the experience. I looked more pointedly at the images and I noticed things I think I would have missed, on a first viewing, at least.
By Tara Judah
Watching Juan Daniel Molero’s Videofilia (Y Otros Síndromes Virales, Peru 2015), I experienced the kind of excitement that only the rare blend of aesthetically, intellectually and viscerally piercing cinema can elicit. The experience was so intense that, for me, it was as hot as sexual anticipation and as terrifying as the thought of not resolving that excitement with orgasm.
By Tara Judah
Rights holders will always play a part in taste making. But, even as they set the goal posts, others, born of passion and determination, defend and strike back. Sometimes they succeed. We owe these people a great debt of thanks because without them we would never see the likes of Walérian Borowczyk’s Docteur Jekyll et les Femmes.
Director: Mónica Delgado Ch.
ISSN 2311-7451
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