Watch the never-before-seen free-wheeling interview with the rising star of Dominican film industry Hector Valdez.
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Yannick(2023) Is a Gentle Rap On the Knuckles For Artists
As an audience member, I rooted for Yannick when he finally had his moment in the spotlight, and the play he had written on the spot received genuine laughter from the audience. This suggests that the impromptu play might have been better than the one performed earlier by the actors. Some possible explanations for this are: either the audience truly found it entertaining, or they had been sitting for two hours and were naturally bored and tired.
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FIRST TIME IN A NIGHTCLUB | An Introvert Writer Goes Clubbing
‘You know nightclubs are for losers. Only people who can’t enjoy any other way visit clubs. People who are boring and unimaginative’.
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CHASING SUNLIGHT | The Art of Passing Time On a Long Train Journey
The oft repeated advice is -the best camera is the one you have with you right now. Even if the lens has developed a slight crack, and the images flare here and there. In fact, it just adds a spontaneous charm to the whole film.
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COLVA FISHING BOATS | A Short Observational Documentary
The most liberating idea that I came across as filmmaker is the one about camera. Photographer Chase Jarvis said that the best camera is the […]
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POETRY IN A BAR | Audio Drama
The other woman manages to mumble only a few sentences. Maybe by now she is down one drink too many. And suddenly she fishes out a paper on which Charles Bukowski’s poem Hug the dark is written. Listen to the dramatic rendition of Hug The Dark by Charles Bukowski with the accompaniment of stills from Jim Jarmusch’s film Coffee and Cigarettes.
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ARCHIES | Why The Trailer of Zoya Akhtar’s ‘Archies’ Disturbed Me
When these two film related updates are juxtaposed something disturbing emerges. On one hand we have privileged filmmaker with privileged cast heralding a film about Privilege (at least that’s what evident from the trailer)and on the other hand we have a under privileged filmmaker with under privileged cast struggling to get his film released.
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VISUAL POETRY | A Very Boring Window | Peggy Lee + Louis Armstrong
A visual poetry featuring a well-made man (inspired by Walt Whitman’s poem I Sing Body Electric) who lives in solitude in his compact urban home. He does something very special for himself while Peggy Lee and Louis Armstrong sing in the background.