Doc Studies Of Interest

Sergei Eisenstein and Julia Loktev

Critic Jim Hoberman on Julia Loktev’s new feature THE LONELIEST PLANET —

“The Russian-born filmmaker isn’t exactly a disciple of Sergei Eisenstein, but her approach is suggestive of an assertion Eisenstein made in his first published article “Montage of Attractions.” He was writing on theater but soon applied his ideas to cinema: The medium’s “basic materials” are found in the spectator and arise “from our guiding of the spectator into a desired direction (or a desired mood).” Accordingly, the audience is subjected to a calculated series of surprises or jolts. Continue reading “Sergei Eisenstein and Julia Loktev” →

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Brazil’s Cinema Novo — Union Docs

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1 at 7:30 PM.

“The Cinema Novo movement emphasized social equality in Brazilian and Latin American cinema in the 1960’s and 70’s. Saturday evening we will present three important works from this period: two short pieces by cinema legend Glauber Rocha (Maranhao 66 and a clip from his television series Abertura), and Joaquim Pedro de Andrade’s essential document of the era Cinema Novo, produced for German Television in 1967. Continue reading “Brazil’s Cinema Novo — Union Docs” →

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Film Forum

FILM FORUM   — 

MEA MAXIMA CULPA: SILENCE IN THE HOUSE OF GOD, by Alex Gibney / November 16 – November 29

Oscar-winning filmmaker Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE and ENRON: THE SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM) exposes the abuse of power in the Catholic Church: and a cover-up that winds its way from the row houses of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, through the churches of Ireland, all the way to the highest office of the Vatican. Continue reading “Film Forum” →