M1 Fringe Festival organised by The Necessary Stage just closed a few days ago, this year’s theme was Art and History. Being a fringe festival, TNS’ curation has always been interesting a diverse, and as always – several hits and misses. Manage to catch a number of shows in the festival so here is a [...]
Archive for January, 2008
M1 Fringe Fest Post Mortem
January 28, 2008Ledger (79 – 08)
January 23, 2008Still from I’m Not There
Wrote a long entry but uncannily, it got deleted by accident – perhaps its fated, perhaps less is more. Its a shock, and definitely a loss, thankfully the celluloid immortalises.
Catch him in one of his swansong performances when SIFF brings in Todd Hayes’ I’m Not There this April. Heath Ledger [...]
Cloverfield & Michael Clayton
January 22, 2008
Cloverfield poster
*Don’t read on if you haven’t watched the movies, contains spoilers*
So yes, Cloverfield is headache inducing, but i think it is an interesting experiment. Its not the first time this DV thing has been used (think Blair Witch, or something more relevant – 28 Days Later which was also shot on DV) …. [...]
Odyssey of Myths @ NM
January 19, 2008Still from Orpheus – Jean Coteau
Been wanting to write about this event for quite some time but never got around to doing it. Been impressed by National Museum’s Cinematheque curation of events ever since they decided to bring in Matthew Barney last year, and their upcoming Odyssey of Myths series sounds extremely promising too.
Huayi Festival
January 10, 2008Production Still from What is Man – Huayi Festival 2008
It’s that time of the year again, when Chinese New Year is around the corner, and Esplanade is putting on its 10 Day Huayi Festival. It’s curation has always been pleasantly diverse, yet quirkily artistic – someone’s got taste at the Esplanade. Was tempted by several [...]
