Close-Up is a column that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Jean-Luc Godard's La gai savoir (1969) is showing from January 18 - February 17, 2017 in many countries around the world as part of the retrospective For Ever Godard.Le gai savoir (Joy of Learning, 1969) is a film by Jean-Luc Godard which, unlike classics such as Breathless (1960) or Contempt (1963) is hardly a household name. Godard’s Weekend (1967) gives us an inkling of what is to come in its postscript production credit: What translates to mean “End of story” and then “End of cinema” flashes in blue lettering on a black backdrop; a moment later, we see that this word game has been created using a statement of the film’s visa control number. Of course, Godard had already been engaging in this kind of word play for years in his credits and intertitles. Although these statements could also be taken as being typical,...
- 2/6/2017
- MUBI
Mark and Aaron are joined by Scott Nye to hash out the intricate themes, history, and nuance of Edward Yang’s A Brighter Summer Day. Given the length and depth of the film, we explored it in detail, distilling the cultural and societal clashes that took place in a pivotal period of Chinese and Taiwanese history. We also compare it to what is considered Yang’s other masterpiece, Yi Yi, and we touch on the New Taiwanese Cinema movement.
About the film:
Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang, finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual,...
About the film:
Among the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang, finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early sixties in Taiwan, A Brighter Summer Day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation. A film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centers on the gradual,...
- 7/19/2016
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
Mark and Aaron take a look at Whit Stillman’s Barcelona (1994), and how it compares with his other work. We focus most on his other two films from the 1990s, Metropolitan (1990) and Last Days of Disco (1998), but we also discuss his most recent effort, Love and Friendship.
About the film:
Whit Stillman followed his delightful indie breakthrough Metropolitan with another clever and garrulous comedy of manners, this one with a darker edge. A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins—a salesman and a navy officer—argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film’s title. Set during the eighties, Barcelona explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while remaining a constantly witty delight, featuring a sharp young cast that includes Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, and Mira Sorvino.
About the film:
Whit Stillman followed his delightful indie breakthrough Metropolitan with another clever and garrulous comedy of manners, this one with a darker edge. A pair of preppy yet constitutionally mismatched American cousins—a salesman and a navy officer—argue about romance and politics while working in the beautiful Spanish city of the film’s title. Set during the eighties, Barcelona explores topics both heady (American exceptionalism, Cold War foreign policy) and hilarious (the ins and outs of international dating, the proper shaving method) while remaining a constantly witty delight, featuring a sharp young cast that includes Taylor Nichols, Chris Eigeman, and Mira Sorvino.
- 6/21/2016
- by Aaron West
- CriterionCast
On this episode of On the Screen, Scott is joined by Aaron West, Mark Hurne, and Martin Kessler to discuss Out 1 and Arrow Video’s The Jacques Rivette Collection.
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The Jacques Rivette Collection | Arrow Films Out 1 (1971) – IMDb Out 1 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Out 1 and Its Double | Jonathan Rosenbaum Les Filles Du Feu: Rivette x 4, part one | Jonathan Rosenbaum Les Filles Du Feu: Rivette x 4, part two | Jonathan Rosenbaum Out 1 review – the 13-hour art film is a buff’s ultimate challenge | Film | The Guardian Rivette: Out 1 (Volume 1) – Reverse Shot Out 1 | II | Film Review | Slant Magazine Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film – The New Yorker Duelle • Senses of Cinema Rivette’s Rupture | Movie Review | Chicago Reader Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976) | The House Next Door | Slant Magazine Only the Cinema: Duelle (une quarantaine)
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Scott Nye (Twitter / Battleship Pretension) Aaron West...
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The Jacques Rivette Collection | Arrow Films Out 1 (1971) – IMDb Out 1 – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Out 1 and Its Double | Jonathan Rosenbaum Les Filles Du Feu: Rivette x 4, part one | Jonathan Rosenbaum Les Filles Du Feu: Rivette x 4, part two | Jonathan Rosenbaum Out 1 review – the 13-hour art film is a buff’s ultimate challenge | Film | The Guardian Rivette: Out 1 (Volume 1) – Reverse Shot Out 1 | II | Film Review | Slant Magazine Jacques Rivette’s Thirteen-Hour Experimental Film – The New Yorker Duelle • Senses of Cinema Rivette’s Rupture | Movie Review | Chicago Reader Duelle (Une Quarantaine) (1976) | The House Next Door | Slant Magazine Only the Cinema: Duelle (une quarantaine)
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- 5/12/2016
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
It’s the last weekend of August, dear readers, and the summer movie season is at an end. But there’s still plenty of cool stuff coming to our theaters this year, from James Bond to Star Wars and everything in between. This week’s installment of Trailer Trashin’ takes a look at The Martian, the upcoming sci-fi film from director Ridley Scott.
Premise: A manned mission to Mars goes awry, and astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead and left behind on the planet by his crew. Watney fights to survive in the harsh environment and to signal to others that he is still alive. Upon discovering Watney’s signal Nasa, scientists all around Earth, and his crew members collaborate to find a way to rescue him.
My take: English filmmaker Ridley Scott has had a good relationship with science-fiction. The two films that helped put him on...
Premise: A manned mission to Mars goes awry, and astronaut Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is presumed dead and left behind on the planet by his crew. Watney fights to survive in the harsh environment and to signal to others that he is still alive. Upon discovering Watney’s signal Nasa, scientists all around Earth, and his crew members collaborate to find a way to rescue him.
My take: English filmmaker Ridley Scott has had a good relationship with science-fiction. The two films that helped put him on...
- 8/29/2015
- by Timothy Monforton
- CinemaNerdz
The International Association of Media Tie-In Writers (www.iamtw.org) is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2014 Scribe Awards, recognizing excellence in the field of media tie-in writing: books based on movies, TV shows and games. The winners will be announced and awards presented in July at a ceremony and panel discussion at the San Diego Comic-Con.
Best Adaptation (Novelization)
Man of Steel by Greg Cox
Pacific Rim by Alex Irvine
47 Ronin by Joan D. Vinge
Best General Novel (Original)
Murder She Wrote: Close-Up on Murder by Donald Bain
The Executioner: Sleeping Dragons by Michael A. Black
Mr. Monk Helps Himself by Hy Conrad
Leverage: The Bestseller Job by Greg Cox
Leverage: The Zoo Job by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Best Speculative Novel (Original)
Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox by Christa Faust
Supernatural: Fresh Meat by Alice Henderson
Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller
Supernatural: The Roads Not...
Best Adaptation (Novelization)
Man of Steel by Greg Cox
Pacific Rim by Alex Irvine
47 Ronin by Joan D. Vinge
Best General Novel (Original)
Murder She Wrote: Close-Up on Murder by Donald Bain
The Executioner: Sleeping Dragons by Michael A. Black
Mr. Monk Helps Himself by Hy Conrad
Leverage: The Bestseller Job by Greg Cox
Leverage: The Zoo Job by Keith R. A. DeCandido
Best Speculative Novel (Original)
Fringe: The Zodiac Paradox by Christa Faust
Supernatural: Fresh Meat by Alice Henderson
Star Wars: Kenobi by John Jackson Miller
Supernatural: The Roads Not...
- 4/10/2014
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Looking for any excuse, Landon Palmer and Scott Beggs are using the 2012 Sight & Sound poll results as a reason to take different angles on the best movies of all time. Every week, they’ll discuss another entry in the list, dissecting old favorites from odd angles, discovering movies they haven’t seen before and asking you to join in on the conversation. Of course it helps if you’ve seen the movie because there will be plenty of spoilers. This week, they appreciate the nuance of a meta movie that’s part documentary, part real-life recreation using people playing themselves. In the #43 (tied) movie on the list, Abba Kiarostami becomes interested in the story of a young man pretending to be a famous director in order to take advantage of a family, and decides to jump into the middle by making the situation into a movie. Close-Up rings with dozens of moving parts, but...
- 2/13/2014
- by FSR Staff
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
After much media hoopla about "Vertigo" toppling "Citizen Kane" in its poll, Sight and Sound magazine have now released the full version of its once a decade 'Top 250 greatest films of all time' poll results via its website. The site also includes full on links showcasing Top Tens of the hundreds of film industry professionals who participated in the project.
For those who don't want to bother with the individual lists and to save you a bunch of clicking, below is a copy of the full 250 films that made the lists and how many votes they got to be considered for their positions:
1 - Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958) [191 votes]
2 - Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) [157 votes]
3 - Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) [107 votes]
4 - La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939) [100 votes]
5 - Sunrise: a Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927) [93 votes]
6 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968) [90 votes]
7 - The Searchers (Ford, 1956) [78 votes]
8 - Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929) [68 votes]
9 - The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer,...
For those who don't want to bother with the individual lists and to save you a bunch of clicking, below is a copy of the full 250 films that made the lists and how many votes they got to be considered for their positions:
1 - Vertigo (Hitchcock, 1958) [191 votes]
2 - Citizen Kane (Welles, 1941) [157 votes]
3 - Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) [107 votes]
4 - La Règle du jeu (Renoir, 1939) [100 votes]
5 - Sunrise: a Song for Two Humans (Murnau, 1927) [93 votes]
6 - 2001: A Space Odyssey (Kubrick, 1968) [90 votes]
7 - The Searchers (Ford, 1956) [78 votes]
8 - Man with a Movie Camera (Vertov, 1929) [68 votes]
9 - The Passion of Joan of Arc (Dreyer,...
- 8/18/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
"Nearly all of the writing thus far on This Is Not a Film has concentrated on its political context and production circumstances — already legend — and the courageous gesture the film represents," wrote Girish Shambu late last month as he looked back on the highlights of Toronto and named Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi's collaborative effort as his personal "Best-of-Fest." "This is entirely appropriate, but the film also holds enormous potential for future analysis by film critics as a work of meta-cinema that asks fundamental questions like: What is the difference between a screenplay and a film? (Once upon a time, in the nouvelle vague era, an answer to this question was simply: 'miss en scene.') Is the 'director' of a film always a single, unified, human person? In a film, can the role of the director 'move around,' in non-human form, attaching at one moment to the...
- 10/11/2011
- MUBI
We scour the interwebs for the coolest movie news and more so you don't have to...
Ever been ogled on the sidewalk? It's rarely pleasant -- unless the peepers belong to Miss Piggy, Kermit, Animal, or any other beloved Jim Hensen fuzzy. Cruise on over to Hollywood and let Disney's "The Muppets" Super Close-up movie posters catch your eye!
Attention "Hunger Games" fans: Lionsgate's announced plans to adapt Patrick Ness' dystopian "Chaos Walking" trilogy for the big screen -- and it looks beyond promising for earthlings. As told by The Hollywood Reporter, Ness's saga transpires on a world in which brainwaves are broadcast aloud by a force called the Noise. We'll save the Noise some trouble and amplify our thoughts for ourselves -- we can't wait!
Accenting the distinction between life and art, Jon Hamm hosted a benefit for the Rape Treatment Center in Los Angeles. Though he plays a chauvinistic ad man on television,...
Ever been ogled on the sidewalk? It's rarely pleasant -- unless the peepers belong to Miss Piggy, Kermit, Animal, or any other beloved Jim Hensen fuzzy. Cruise on over to Hollywood and let Disney's "The Muppets" Super Close-up movie posters catch your eye!
Attention "Hunger Games" fans: Lionsgate's announced plans to adapt Patrick Ness' dystopian "Chaos Walking" trilogy for the big screen -- and it looks beyond promising for earthlings. As told by The Hollywood Reporter, Ness's saga transpires on a world in which brainwaves are broadcast aloud by a force called the Noise. We'll save the Noise some trouble and amplify our thoughts for ourselves -- we can't wait!
Accenting the distinction between life and art, Jon Hamm hosted a benefit for the Rape Treatment Center in Los Angeles. Though he plays a chauvinistic ad man on television,...
- 10/4/2011
- by Shayne Barr
- NextMovie
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