Filmmaker Joel Plotch Pulls One OverThe story does end with a final twist of the knife, but it’s far subtler and more haunting than you might expect.
ByBilge Ebiri
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Filmmaker Ken Jacobs in Stereo(graph)In his ‘Capitalism: Slavery,’ the director takes a Victorian stenograph of cotton pickers and, essentially, animates it into cinema.
Filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan Spins a Melancholy CocoonIt’s more abstract than his later films, but it’s still clearly his work, as evidenced by its evocative shots of nature, its glimpses at family life, and its lushly melancholy mood.
See Duke Ellington’s Movie DebutAs such, it’s a part of both cinema and music history, even though, as a film, it’s basically an excuse to showcase Ellington’s musicianship.
ByBilge Ebiri
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Filmmaker Cruz Angeles Makes Uncomfortable ArtOne of our favorite films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival was Cruz Angeles’s beautiful debut feature. So we decided to delve into his back catalogue.
Filmmaker Ilya Chaiken Blacks OutShot on a dime, ‘Blackout’ is a funny, genuinely unsettling look at an unfortunate hookup in the midst of the big power outage of 2003.