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HORS SATAN
Last weekend the L'âge d'or/Filmvondsten festival started out in Cinematek.
The most anticipated film of the festival is beyond a doubt Bruno Dumont's Hors Satan (one of two films he will be releasing in 2011, the other one being L'empire). Dumont seems to be continuing research on one his prevelant themes: (the lacking of) the sacral in contemporary society.
Hopefully Dumont wont fall of his "piédestal" like his compatriot Gaspar Noé did last year with the surprisingly nugatory and thus appropriately titled Enter the Void. Both directors got categorized in what Art Forum critic James Quandt dubbed the New French Extremity.
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Geplaatst door Veinzen op dinsdag 05 juli 2011, 12:45.
SAUVEZ LE CINEMA ARENBERG / RED CINEMA ARENBERG
Film in it's traditional screening format is obviously experiencing an existential crisis.
With excellent and thriving cinemas like Cinema Nova, Cinematek, Bozar Cinema and Cinema Arenberg (Beursschouwburg's DocHouse series is also worth mentioning), Brussels seemed exempt from that trend.Unfortunately one of those places, Cinema Arenberg, will be forced out their location by the owner. Sing this petition in their support.
And check out their always top notch summer program Ecran Total while your at it.
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Geplaatst door Veinzen op dinsdag 28 juni 2011, 13:35.
UMSHINI WAM
Harmony Korine succeeded where David Fincher failed. He managed to get rapper Jolandi Visser, of the much hyped Die Antwoord, to act in one of his films. Visser supposedly turned down the lead role in Fincher's remake of the Swedish crime thriller The Girl with the Dragon Tatoo (Män som hatar kvinnor).
Have a look at the collaberative effort between Harmony Korine and Die Antwoord.
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Geplaatst door Veinzen op dinsdag 12 april 2011, 17:58.
