Haim Watzman Sderot was celebrating yesterday–it’s been celebrating all week, in fact. Who cares about the missiles coming over from Gaza when you can catch a good flick–lots of them? The Cinema South Festival, held in Sderot each year under the sponsorship of the film school at adjacent Sapir College, is one of the most [...]
Cinema of the South: Celebrating Sderot and Kerala
June 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Culture and Ideas
Tags: cinema·film·Golpalakrishnan·India·Israel·Kerala·Negev·Sapir College·Sderot
Cold Altruism: Cristian Mungiu’s “Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days”
April 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Culture and Ideas
Much has been written about the slow pace and the role of time in Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days. Less has been said about the societal decay it portrays. This Romanian film, written directed by Cristian Mungiu, tells the story of an abortion. But it also depicts, intensely, the relationship between two women, [...]
The Selfish Monk: Kim Ki-Duk’s “Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter …and Spring”
March 28th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Culture and Ideas
The ancients asked a question we ask too seldom today: How can I live a good life? Not a happy, successful, or important life, but a good one? The answer the Korean director Kim Ki-Duk gives in his 2003 film, Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter …and Spring is: live alone, in a house that floats in [...]
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