Mou Tun-fei’s rediscovered 1970 film, previously banned for its “sensitive political nature & homosexual undertones”, screened as part of an evening of avant-garde Taiwanese cinema at this year’s Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival (04 to 13 JUN). Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS writeup.
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Our friends at Close-Up have announced a new programme of thirteen films, by three masters of Taiwanese New Cinema, set in & around Taipei throughout the 20th & 21st Century. Here’s our handy guide (& news of an exclusive season discount).
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Even if you’re new to world cinema histories you’ll probably know that every country seems to have had its New Wave… We caught up with Close-Up Film Centre programmer Oliver Dickens to talk about their continuing season of Czechoslovak cinema.
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DOOZY, Richard Squires’ creative documentary on 1960s voicing of Hanna-Barbera cartoon villains by actor Paul Lynde. Q&A with the filmmaker and contributor Dr. Sophie Scott.
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A young man leaves his village to audition for a dance company in town. He starts getting involved in illegal activities. So begins Georgian filmmaker Alexandre Koberidze’s first feature, and before long what may seem like a fairly straightforward film proves itself to be a source of frequent wonders.
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New season DRIFTING SHADOWS: MASTERPIECES OF FINNISH CINEMA at Close-Up (18 to 30 JAN 2019) “sheds light on one of the most overlooked Nordic national cinemas which is currently enjoying a boom in audience success, production volume, and versatility.”
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In the third of a new series of posts with our friends at Close-Up Film Centre, RADIANT CIRCUS chats to guest curator Eleonora Pesci about THE PURSUIT OF WHOLENESS, a programme which pays tribute to seminal avant-garde filmmaker Gregory Markopoulos (07 to 09 DEC).
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In the second of a new series of posts with our friends at Close-Up Film Centre, RADIANT CIRCUS chats to guest curator Andrew Gutman about UP NORTH & UNDERGROUND, a programme of under-screened classics of the Canadian underground film scene (03 to 04 DEC).
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In the first of a new series of posts with our friends at Close-Up Film Centre, RADIANT CIRCUS chats to guest curator Francesco Maria Carreri about found footage programme NEVER FOUND: ALTERNATE HISTORIES OF THE 20th CENTURY (07 to 15 NOV).
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Close-Up Film Centre has started a new season of films by Pier Paolo Pasolini [until 29 MAY]. Here’s our RADIANT CIRCUS guide to what’s on.
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