Unpopular Art
This Is Not a Film: Jafar Panahi Manuscripts don’t burn. –Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita All art is unpopular, and if yours isn’t, then you are doing it wrong. My case in point this week is the latest “effort” from silenced Iranian director Jafar Panahi, This Is Not a Film. After being placed under house arrest and awaiting a six year jail sentence (and a twenty year ban on writing, filmmaking, and interviews) for making a movie, Panahi strikes back with this stellar record…
Satoshi Kon: An Appreciation
The world lost an amazing director this August, one who will not be mourned by legions of American fans, Hollywood stars on the Walk of Fame, or an Oscar telecast but who nonetheless deserves all of these remembrances. Japanese director Satoshi Kon is responsible for some of the most original works of the past ten years. His dream-stealing sci-fi movie Paprika predated Inception by four years. And Perfect Blue is an original psychological thriller that sadly fell below the radar here. A movie like Tokyo…
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