ARTHOUSE FILM NEWS - Cosmic Disco Detective Rene at Facets, Chicago 11/29/23

* If you haven't seen parts 1 & 2, scroll down the blog , they are there. - Sujewa

Yeah, the title of the movie is Young People Fucking , and apparently it is doing well at festivals. Here's the trailer: * And notes from the premiere at TIFF . - Sujewa

Apparently I am slacking on keeping up with Medicine for Melancholy news. The movie won An Independent Visions Special Jury Prize for Cinematography at the Sarasota Film Festival last week. Congrats to MfM cinematographer James Laxton & the whole MfM team! - Sujewa

Happy-Go-Lucky - Exclusive Mike Leigh interview - kewego Happy-Go-Lucky - Exclusive Mike Leigh interview - kewego <p>We speak to legendary British director Mike Leigh about his new movie Happy-Go-Lucky, which won it's star Sally Hawkins the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.</p> Keywords: go happy lucky sally eddie marsan mike leigh hawkins Video from moviebeat

From the Angry Asian Man interview : "In what ways have you taken cues from George Takei's Sulu? He's sort of defined the role for forty years. And in what ways have you tried to make the character your own? Well, I think... I won't speak to any particulars, partially because I don't think it's a good idea, and I don't think we're allowed to, but I'll just say this. For myself, the filmmakers, the other actors, I think we've all tried to honor the original series and do something new at the same time. I think that's been a general ethos around the set, and it seems to me that we're all doing that. The actors, the designers, the director." Read the rest here . - Sujewa

This sounds like a good idea. Check out the FotMC's blog here . From the intro: "why not have a way to facilitate our online conversations about film across old and new? And why not learn from what each other is watching? A film club could break our (or at least my) usual filmwatching ruts and open up our own slice of film culture to a broader dialogue: between academic and cinephile, political and aesthetic, popular and avant-gardist, etc. In the process we can watch some films we would otherwise not, and enjoy ourselves." Read more here . - Sujewa

It's Universal Health Care Thursday! What's that you ask? Well, it's me blogging about the topic of universal health care, or health care for everyone in the US, here at my indie film blog. Yes, it does not have anything directly to do with indie film (except, many indie filmmakers probably do not have health insurance); but, as communicators & shapers of public opinion (even if that is limited to your cult of 16 people), universal health care is a thing we should learn about & try to/help to make happen in the US; 'cause that would make the country like 50% more awesome, & a more funner place to live in :) DEFINITION & BACKGROUND, also GERMANY: First, on the topic, the definition, etc., at Wikipedia . From that page: "Universal health care, or universal healthcare , is health care coverage which is extended to all citizens , and sometimes permanent residents , of a governmental region. Universal health care programs vary widely in their structure

Useful article by Tom Wolsky for people working with FCE, specially if they are making the move from iMovie to FCE. From the article (i found this to be very helpful, would like to use the iMovie sound effects in an FCE edited film): "Tip 1 Users of iMovie who make the jump up to Final Cut Express often miss iMovie 3’s great sound effects and wish they were available in Final Cut Express. Well, you can import those sound effects into Final Cut Express without much effort. The trick is to know where they reside on your computer. 1. Begin by Control-clicking on the iMovie application icon in your Applications folder. 2. From the shortcut menu select Show Package Contents (Figure 1). 3. Go inside the Contents folder to the Resources folder and find the Sound Effects folder. 4. Hold down the Option key to copy the folder as you drag it onto your dedicated media drive (if you have one). Most of the iMovie sound effects reside in the Sound Effects folder as AIFF files. The Skywalk

From the Museum of Modern Art , NYC site: "Comprising a film retrospective, a gallery installation, live concerts, and a panel discussion, Jazz Score celebrates some of the best original jazz composed for the cinema from the 1950s to the present. The film retrospective opens on April 17 with a weeklong theatrical run of Arthur Penn's Mickey One , and continues with fiction features, experimental and animated shorts, and documentaries from countries as far ranging as France, Brazil, Japan, South Africa, and the U.S." More here . And check out the New York Times article about the exhibition. And now, from Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues: * - Sujewa

read it all here , at the village voice ; Absurdistan: The New Iraq War Cinema . - sujewa