On the nature of his new film, the “Enter the Void” director said, “These are two forms of life that are not shared but they are complimentary. Each one is living in their own tunnel, but each one is interlaced with the other one. Life is a bit like that. The only true reality is the addition of all the perceptions of it.” With regard to the visual approach, he said, “Originally I didn’t think I’d do the whole movie with a split screen....
Anyone who hasn’t strapped on a VR headset might think they were watching a low-budget animated movie with glitchy effects, but “We Met in Virtual Reality” is actually a groundbreaking documentary shot exclusively in VRchat, the popular VR social platform. The feature-length debut of UK-based filmmaker Joe Hunting stems from his experiences roaming VRchat over the course of three years, during which time he befriended many of the communities within. Hunting, who supports himself in part by working as a VR event photographer, has provided the most robust opportunity to experience the nature of a social platform that only VR users can truly grasp....
The series will kick off with a free screening of Diane Kurys’ 1977 feature “Peppermint Soda” on September 14. The other features in the series, dubbed “Wes Anderson’s French Connection” includes Max Ophuls’ 1940 film “From Mayerling to Sarajevo,” Francois Truffaut’s “The Man Who Loved Women” from 1977, “Kings and Queen” (2004), Bertrand Blier’s “Get Out Your Handkerchiefs” (1977), “Max and the Junkmen” from 1971, and Jacque Becker’s 1947 film “Antoine and Antoinette....
Being an average American woman means that Hupp is not the size of an average Hollywood actor. But instead of casting a performer that might accurately embody the role, we have Zellweger in a fat suit and calling it character building. The industry seems to be doubling down on pretending fat women don’t exist. (In this piece, fat will be used as the descriptor it is, rather than the pejorative it has become....
So what to make of Warners’ decision to play select drive-ins only in those regions where indoors have opened? Per reporting in Variety, it’s part of the continuing effort to keep the film’s complicated plot and surprises under wraps. We’ve contacted the studio for comment, but for now that reasoning seems like cockeyed optimism at best. In the meantime, here’s some possible motivations. — Bilge Ebiri (@BilgeEbiri) August 24, 2020...
“The Year of the Everlasting Storm” has been slotted as Special Screening at the Cannes Film Festival this year. (The full lineup for the French festival was just announced on Thursday.) The film features contributions from seven major award-winning directors: Weerasethakul (“Tropical Malady,” “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”), David Lowery (“Ain’t Them Bodies Saints,” “A Ghost Story,” the upcoming “The Green Knight”), Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour,” “The Oath”), Jafar Panahi (“This Is Not a Film,” “3 Faces”), Dominga Sotomayor (“Too Late to Die Young,” “Mar”), Anthony Chen (“Ilo Ilo,” “Wet Season”), and Malik Vitthal (“Body Cam,” “Imperial Dreams”)....
Melanie Lynskey is not your best friend. But boy, it’s easy to wish that she was. This is a huge part of Lynskey’s lasting appeal. She slips innocuously into roles and the audience projects onto her whatever they choose to see, often an everywoman, when the actress is so much more. And it’s never more true than it is in “Yellowjackets,” where Lynskey plays Shauna, a woman who survived a plane crash as a teenager before enduring 19 months stranded in the wilderness, and now struggles under the weight of her accumulated secrets....
