Shot over a 35-day span, “Shankar’s Fairies,” directed by Irfana Majumdar and written by her mother Nita Kumar, is a bittersweet, unembellished glimpse into Kumar’s childhood in 1960s Lucknow, India. The 2021 film was screened Wednesday as part of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema at The Block Museum series. The inaugural initiative is the brainchild of.
Moviegoers gathered Friday to watch “Araya,” the first of six films in the Block Museum of Art’s newest four-event Latin American women filmmaker series, “Working Images.” The evening event was held at Block’s in-house cinema. The showing of “Araya” marked the first 35 millimeter film showing and the second film event of the new year..
The Block Museum screened the documentary “No Ordinary Man” alongside a discussion and workshop with co-Director Chase Joynt on Thursday. The film tells the story of Billy Tipton, a transmasculine jazz musician whose trans identity was not revealed until after his death. It blends classic documentary-style interviews and archival materials with present-day reenactments of moments.
click to enlarge Rebecca Lyon This time last year, the film-loving farceur behind the Music Box Theatre s beloved Twitter account now restored to its former glory after a bogus several-week suspension due to supposed copyright infringement replied to a tweet from a film fan in a conversation about Christopher Nolan: Keep your fingers crossed that this is all over in time for TENET in July! July came around, the pandemic was very much not over, and the response to
Tenet, which Warner Brothers released to theaters despite hesitancy among exhibitors and audiences alike, was lukewarm in all respects. Moviegoers were wary about the prospect, and, if they did journey out to see it, were largely disappointed by what they found: a film that was too loud, too confusing, and, perhaps most frustratingly, was being viewed in a