“Lysistrata.” “Guernica.” “Naked and the Dead.” “All Quiet on the Western Front.” “Blowin’ in the Wind.” Creators in every branch of the arts have focused on war. While such efforts haven’t ended conflict, they have kept alive the yearning for peace. In this tradition, Finn Harvor gives us “Wargasm XV.” Harvor continually revises this videopoem, hence…
read more →Moviemakers and writers are often warned: “Show, don’t tell.” But that advice overlooks the possibility of combining showing and telling. As evidence that the combo can be effective consider “We Are Special” directed by Chetan Tankaria. A finalist in the 2021 Moment Invitational Film Festival, this three-minute movie blends pictures and narration to remind us…
read more →To the world, Beraat Gökkuş is known as an accomplished journalist and mobile moviemaker. But in the opening title card of “Entre-retiens,” he reveals a different identify. He writes: “I’m a refugee.” Born in Turkey, he faced French authorities three times, seeking to establish permanent residency. While waiting to learn his fate, he documented the world…
read more →“Charlie on the M.T.A.” is one of the most famous folk songs of all time. Performed by The Kingston Trio in 1959, the lyrics tell the story of a man stuck in the Boston underground system. Originally written to protest a fare increase, the song sold millions of copies. More relevant to this post, it…
read more →Some genres are easy to define. Sci fi, for example, typically gives us a window on the near or distant future. In a horror picture, there’s almost always some sort of monster. But the experimental movie by its nature more difficult to pin down. Involving trial and error, its raison d’être is to fashion something…
read more →In the debate between vertical and horizontal filming, the most persuasive arguments are the movies. Frederic van Strydonck, a 28-year-old Belgian filmmaker currently based in London, adds to the discussion with “Spltch,” an experimental vertical video that won an honorable mention award in the 2018 FiLMiC Pro One World Film Contest. In the interview (below),…
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