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2 episodes with ben rivers
2 episodes with ben rivers
Composer and Sound Designer Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe tells Caro C about his preferred sound modules and working methodologies, plus shares details some of the film and TV projects that he has recently been collaborating on.Chapters00:00 - Introduction01:35 - Finding A Musical Voice04:38 - Choosing Modular Synthesis10:18 - Avant Garde Artistry17:14 - Current Modular Setup23:19 - Other Favourite Modules 28:11 - Composing For TV And Film34:03 - Combining Hardware And Software#morphagene #spectraphon #dxg #optomix #proworkout #arbharRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe BiogRobert Aiki Aubrey Lowe is an artist, curator and composer based in Brooklyn, New York. Robert is known for his work with modular synthesis combined with voice. Along with analogue video synthesis works, he has had exhibitions of his work at John Michael Kohler Art Center, Museum of Art and Design, Kunsthal Charlottenborg and the Broad.Over the last several years Robert has collaborated on projects or provided sound in a featured artist capacity for such films as “End of Summer”, “Sicario”, “Arrival”, “Last and First Men” with Johann Johannsson and “It Comes at Night” with Brian McOmber. In recent years Robert has scored “Candyman” for Nia DaCosta, “The Color of Care” and “Power” for Yance Ford, “Master” for Mariama Diallo, “Grasshopper Republic” for Daniel McCabe, docuseries “Telemarketers”, “UNION” for Brett Story and Stephen Maing, “The Man In My Basement” for Nadia Latif, “Life After" for Reid Davenport and “Seeds” for Brittany Shyne. Through collaboration Robert has worked with Tarek Atoui, Ben Russell, Ben Rivers, Rose Lazar, Nicolas Becker, Rashaad Newsome, Jóhann Jóhannsson, Hildur Guđnadóttir, Sabrina Ratté, Philippe Parreno, Evan Calder Williams, Ariel Kalma, Susie Ibarra and YoshimiO, as well as many others.https://robertaikiaubreylowe.bandcamp.com/Caro C BiogCaro C is an artist, engineer and teacher specialising in electronic music. Her self-produced fourth album 'Electric Mountain' is out now. Described as a "one-woman electronic avalanche" (BBC), Caro started making music thanks to being laid up whilst living in a double decker bus and listening to the likes of Warp Records in the late 1990's. This 'sonic enchantress' (BBC Radio 3) has now played in most of the cultural hotspots of her current hometown of Manchester, UK. Caro is also the instigator and project manager of electronic music charity Delia Derbyshire Day.URL: http://carocsound.com/Twitter: @carocsoundInst: @carocsoundFB: https://www.facebook.com/carocsound/Catch more shows on our other podcast channels: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos-podcasts
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Discover “Bogancloch,” the docufilm by Ben Rivers that explores the intricate relationship between isolation and nature, inviting audiences to reflect on the human experience in a profound way. The post “Bogancloch”, Interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Ben Rivers talks about the play he wrote and performs, 'The invaders' fear of memories: A play about the colonisation of Palestine'.The play is based on the diaries of his great-grandfather, Yousef Nachmani, who fled Tsarist Russia in 1907 for Ottoman Palestine. Full of Zionist ideals, he became complicit in the displacement of thousands of Palestinian people.Ben's father (Yousef's grandson) became a peace activist, and Ben continues his father's path with this play, believing that descendants have a responsibility to bring attention to history and tell the truth. As he points out, this history can help us understand what is currently happening in Palestine, and the ideology and conditions that have allowed the State of Israel to attack Palestine with such impunity. THE INVADERS' FEAR OF MEMORIES: A PLAY ABOUT THE COLONISATION OF PALESTINETo buy tickets for the Melbourne performance, go to: https://www.themcshowroom.com/whatson/the-invaders-fear-of-memoriesDetails:The MC Showroom, Level 1, 50 Clifton Street, Prahran, VICFriday, 15 November 2024, 7:00 pm Saturday, 16 November 2024, 7:00 pm Duration: 75 minutes performance + post-show Q&A. (Doors open 30 minutes before the show).The production is being organised by the Loud Jew Collective with support and endorsement from the Australian Palestine Advocacy Network (APAN) and the Averroes Centre of Arab Culture. Additional note from Ben: I would also like to mention that in each location I perform, there is a guest actor who performs excerpts of a poem called 'On This Land' by the renowned Palestinian poet, Mahmoud Darwish. The title of the play is taken from this poem. The poem is woven into the text towards the end of the play. The person performing this poem in Naarm, is Yousef Alreemawi - a Palestinian academic and musician and founder of the Averroes Centre of Arab Culture. Yousef will also be joining me onstage after the show for an audience Q&A.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
Director Ben Rivers discusses his imaginative approach to documenting Jake Williams' life in the film "Bogancloch". The post “Bogancloch”, interview with director Ben Rivers appeared first on Fred Film Radio.
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. Happy Birthday To Yu Aftershow Patrons! It's a Video Game Film & TV Jeopardy Aftershow this week from hacker alias Chrixter with special guest Ben Rivers! If you have an idea for a game we can play on the Aftershow, email it to playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks for your support!
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. We are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. To E3 Or Not E3 It's a Degrassi Jeopardy from hacker alias A Hind D! Can an Aftershow with 2/3rds Canadians represent their homeland with a win? Find out in this one w/guest Ben Rivers! If you have an idea for a game we can play in the Aftershow, email it to playeronepodcast@gmail.com! Thanks again for your support!
This month we have a special episode of Insider where we will interview three members of the UPS Global Communications Creative Studio. They're expert storytellers, strategists, creatives…who know there audiences and craft remarkable and memorable messages that move them. They know where and how to reach them, and the voices influencing them. And above all, they protect and deliver UPS's world-class brand in all they do. Each member that we are speaking to today have distinct roles that balance their team. There is Ben Rivers, Vice President of Creative Studio; Neil Secretario, Creative Director, and Kelli Stoudenmire, Manager and Senior Graphic Designer.
In Episode 15 of The Mirror, I talk about the importance of taking risks as an artist, being prepared to fail, to do things that are unpopular, and to experiment - especially in the homogenised desert of our contemporary culture. I detail the 5 year-long making of David Lynch's debut feature film Eraserhead, and the long, lingering process of the painter Antonio López García, as well as discussing the impact of early silent cinemas innovators and the importance of sharing your work with others as a way of understanding what makes you unique in your process and final works.Support my work on Patreon - patreon.com/justinreidBecome a sustaining member, and support independent art and film for as little as $4 a month.The Mirror looks at cultural production through a critical and philosophical lens, emphasising the importance of historical understanding, deep reflection, and true situational awareness for developing higher levels of craftsmanship and discipline in artistic practice.Episode Links:David Lynch: Eraserhead Stories (Making of Documentary)Antonio López García (Painting)Stormzy - Wiley Flow (Music Video)Metropolis - Fritz Lang (1927) - Full MovieA Trip to the Moon - Georges Méliès (1902) - Full MovieAV Festival 12: Slow Cinema Discussion with Ben Rivers and Lav DiazSubscribe to my YouTube channel for full episodes and exclusive segments featuring original, meditative imagery: Justin Reid - YouTubeThe Mirror Theme is written, produced and performed by Annalisa Vetrugno, with drums contributed by Giacomo Greco.You can find their work here:Annalisa Vetrugno - Commissions | InstagramGiacomo Greco - InstagramView my portfolio, get in touch or enquire about commissions via my website: www.justinreid.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week! Ben Rivers joins us to talk Mega Drive Mini 2, Sonic fans asking for a delay to Frontiers, Yu Suzuki's new Apple Arcade game, State of Play, Wonder Boy Collection, Kyoei Toshi, Sakura Wars, MYST, Resident Evil VIII and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: Mega Drive Mini 2 announced Fans asking Sega to delay Sonic Frontiers RE4 remake announced at State of Play Spider-Man remaster coming to PC in August State of Play presentation announcements Yu Suzuki has a new game, looks a bit like Space Harrier Wonder Boy Collection Kyoei Toshi Sakura Wars MYST Resident Evil VIII Secondplayer.net Second Player podcast Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Sword of Sodan - Generation 16 #125 Add us in Apple Podcasts Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. Running time: 1:22:56
This week! Greg and Phil are joined by Ben Rivers to talk new PlayStation Plus tiers, NSO retro games, E3 skipping 2022, Saturn Phantasmagoria translation project, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Tokimeki Memorial, the EGRET II Mini, Analogue Pocket and much, much more. Join us, won't you? Links of interest: PlayStation Plus announces new tiers Breath of the Wild 2 delayed to Spring 2023 Dig Dug II, Earthworm Jim 2, Mappy Land added to NSO E3 skipping 2022 Sega Saturn Phantasmagoria translation project Secondplayer.net Second Player podcast Greg Sewart's Extra Life Page The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Sword of Sodan - Generation 16 #125 Add us in Apple Podcasts
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone's enjoyment. 675: Haptic Rumble and the Adaptive Triggers Aftershow Boo! Did we scare you? Well, if that wasn't scary enough for you, then we have a spooky/scary games Jeopardy game from hacker alias Benjamin Rivers for your ears. Oh, and yes - it's also on YouTube for your viewing pleasure. Watch as we squirm to unearth any knowledge hidden in the bowels of our brains...and delight in our misfortune! Thank you for your patronage and support—we truly hope you enjoy this aftershow. Thank you Ben Rivers, and thank you, listeners! YouTube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_zXmc-kjEg
If you support us on Patreon you may know that we have been doing Aftershows each week for ~2 years. During this time of working from home and social distancing, we are releasing Aftershows from the past on Fridays for everyone’s enjoyment. 654: I Hate The Phrase Best Intentions Aftershow Hi patrons! This week, a retro-inspired Jeopardy game from hacker alias Scoop Jessica. How much do we really know about some of the biggest retro franchises? You will just have to see! Ben Rivers joins us for this one! Thank you, patrons. And remember, if you have a quiz for us you can send it to playeronepodcast@gmail.com.
True North Country Comics chats with Benjamin Rivers about his #ComicBook series 'Worse Than Death'
This week, the boys wade through the slow anthropological cinema of Ben Rivers - a man obsessed with society and those who live at its edges. A hunchback, a musician, a salty old sailor - a hippie with a finger in his arsehole. Expensively shot, intellectually minded, and glacially paced, are Ben's banks bursting, or do these Rivers run dry? The boys review A Spell to Ward off the Darkness, Slow Action and The Hunchback.
In this episode William and Ishna break down the quarterbacks in 2020 starting from 20 and going towards 17 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/triple-threat-podcast/support
Can playback theatre be used for social change? In this episode, Ben Rivers is sharing some of his experiences as a social activist using playback to prompt social change. Ben and me discussed some of the following questions- -Can playback be used as an effective tool to promote social change? -What are the advantages of playback theater on other methods like theatre of the oppressed? -Are we as playbackers exposed to secondary trauma when working with complex stories? -How can we use playback theatre to fight climate change? Dr. Ben Rivers is a psychotherapist and educator. He has practiced and taught in Asia, Australia, Europe, the Middle East and North America, working extensively with communities impacted by violence, trauma and adversity. He is Executive Director of Dawar Kitchen and Dawar for Arts and Development (Cairo, Egypt). He holds a PhD in Peace Studies
In this week’s episode, Gabby is joined by Benjamin Rivers, the independent game developer behind Home and the upcoming Alone With You. They talk about traditional death mechanics, common death tropes in horror games, and how Ben is using death in his own games.The music used in this episode is from Home and Alone With You. Both soundtracks are written and composed by Ivor Stines.
This week! Ben Rivers joins us to chat Worse Than Death, wrestling glitches, Fallout fallout, Last of Us delays, The Outer Worlds, Lonely Mountains Downhill, Ring Fit Adventure, Dragon Quest XI S, Fatal Frame, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Worse Than Death Benjamin Rivers Inc. WWE 2K20 glitches Fallout 1st Fallout 1st Scrapbox deleting players’ scrap Fallout 1st players being griefed Fallout 1st private servers not actually private The Last of Us Part II delayed to May Ben Hanson leaves Game Informer, starts MinnMax Lonely Mountains Downhill The Outer Worlds Tetris 99 Ring Fit Adventure Jenny LeClue Dragon Quest XI S Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water AD&D for Intellivision Enemy Zero Night Trap Sinistar Greg Sewart’s Extra Life Page Greg’s Out of the Park Developments stream The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special - Generation 16 Episode #119 Add us in Apple Podcasts Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Own an iPhone/iPod touch? We've got an app for that--the Player One Podcast player app is available now. Play shows new and old, read show notes, access the show Twitter, website, email, and more! Click here to download. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. Running time: 02:01:10
This week! CJ’s out so Greg and Phil get Ben Rivers and Rich Grisham to guest and talk Star Wars, PSN ID changes, Final Fantasy XIII, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle, MLB The Show 19, LABO VR, Yakuza 6 and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Benjamin Rivers Inc. Home Alone With You Bundle Worse Than Death Rich Grisham Out of the Park Developments Star Wars Jedi Fallen Order from Respawn You can no change your PSN ID Change in Direction for Beyond Good & Evil 2? Greg’s Out of the Park Developments stream The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Wonder Boy III: Monster Lair - Generation 16 Episode #117 (Updated) Add us in Apple Podcasts Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Own an iPhone/iPod touch? We've got an app for that--the Player One Podcast player app is available now. Play shows new and old, read show notes, access the show Twitter, website, email, and more! Click here to download. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. Running time: 01:33:09
This week! New games, PR disasters, TJ&E gets back in the groove of things, Ape Out, Crackdown 3, Greg and CJ’s adventures with Star Trek Bridge Crew, and much, much more. Join us, won’t you? Links of interest: Ben Rivers’ new game Worse Than Death Horror Thriller Worse Than Death Announced For PS4 THQ Nordic makes horrible PR decision Pokemon Sword and Shield coming late 2019 Konami Arcade compilation rated DOA6 Season Pass costs $93 Crackdown 3 Ape Out ToeJam & Earl: Back in the Groove The LEGO Movie 2 Videogame Super Mario Bros. 2 Horizon Chase Turbo Star Trek Bridge Crew Greg’s Out of the Park Developments stream The Player One Podcast t-shirt The Player One Podcast mug ResetEra Player One Podcast Topic Player One Podcast Discord Greg Streams on Twitch Star Cruiser - Generation 16 Episode #116 Add us in Apple Podcasts Check out Greg's web series Generation 16 - click here. And take a trip over to Phil's YouTube Channel to see some awesome retro game vids. Own an iPhone/iPod touch? We've got an app for that--the Player One Podcast player app is available now. Play shows new and old, read show notes, access the show Twitter, website, email, and more! Click here to download. Follow us on twitter at twitter.com/p1podcast. Thanks for listening! Don't forget to visit our new web site at www.playeronepodcast.com. Running time: 01:34:23
Acclaimed painter Rose Wylie takes a keen interest in cinema, and references from film spill into her work. On 5 June 2016, in a discussion hosted by Art Writer Skye Sherwin, Wylie talked to artist filmmaker Ben Rivers, about painting, film, and being the subject of Rivers’ film portrait, What Means Something, which was screened after the discussion. https://www.whitstablebiennale.com/project/rose-wylie-ben-rivers-and-skye-sherwin-in-conversation/
O pássaro lento • Chuva e bugios por [Rain and howlers by] Ben Rivers by Bienal de São Paulo
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Karsten Lund is Assistant Curator at The Renaissance Society with recent curated exhibitions including Ben Rivers em>Urth and Sadie Benning's Shared Eye. Previously, Lund was Curatorial Assistant at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, contributing to major group exhibitions including The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology and The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now.Additionally, he has produced curatorial projects at other venues, including the Museum of Contemporary Photography, New Capital Projects, Hyde Park Art Center, and a factory shortly before its demolition. UNTHOUGHT ENVIRONMENTS Daniel G. Baird, Marissa Lee Benedict, Nina Canell & Robin Watkins, Revital Cohen & Tuur Van Balen, Cécile B. Evans, Peter Fend, Florian Germann, Jochen Lempert, Nicholas Mangan, Miljohn Ruperto, Xaviera Simmons Start with the ancient elements—earth, water, fire, air—and then expand your view of our elemental world. Think about sunlight, weather systems, rare earth minerals, and electromagnetic forces, to name only a few other things. Phenomena like these are integral to our daily lives but they can be elusive, easily forgotten, or deliberately kept out of sight: the hidden components of our virtual worlds, factors in geopolitics, or deeper influences on human habits and cultures. What are our “unthought environments” today? Our elemental surroundings become another kind of vital infrastructure, seemingly there to be used and overlooked, but the elements have shaped us, too, and sometimes they veer into the foreground. Unthought Environments is informed by evolving discussions in various fields, including media studies, ecology, and philosophy. Against this backdrop, new and recent artworks offer a set of explorations with different focal points in the elemental sphere as it intersects with our more human-made domains. The artists’ videos, sculptures, photographs, installations, and digital images delve into the state of water in multiple countries; the mining operations that feed our computers; the effects of the sun; electromagnetic fields made visible; dust storms; and other phenomena brought to life. Curated by Karsten Lund.
Astral Skulls: Based in Melbourne, Astral Skulls in the moniker of Kurt Eckhardt, who started the project in 2014. Fusing krautrock beats with scratchy guitars and synth pop stabs, the theme throughout the music is space. After releasing singles digitally and on vinyl through his own record label Psychic Hysteria, Astral Skulls released the debut album in October 2015 and is named after the first words spoken during the first steps on the moon by humankind, Contact:Light. Kalindy Williams joins Kurt for the live version of the band and this particular set features a rather interesting cover that you won’t hear anywhere else. Recorded at the Sonic Masala Festival on the 13th of August, 2016. Recorded by Branko Cosic & mixed by Luke Thomson. Hannahband: Consisting of members Marnie Elizabeth Vaughn on the drums and Nathan James Martin on baritone guitar, Hannahband self-describe themselves as “Emo punx”, and have been clawing up the ranks of music blog hype lists every time they play a show, regardless of location. They have three full-length albums under their belts, with their 2016 record ‘Quitting Will Improve Your Health’ displaying how loud they can get when firing on all cylinders. Although this set displays a different side of the band, turning down their instruments to display the softer side of their sound. Recorded at Black Wire Records in Sydney as part of their BLACK to COMM Sessions on the 30th of October, 2016. Recorded and Mixed by Ben Rivers & Josh Dowton. Mere Women: Whilst working on their third album, which should be out sometime during 2017, Mere Women premiered two tracks from their upcoming record in this session recorded at Black Wire Records in Sydney. Their previously released albums 2012’s Old Life and 2014’s Your Town, received unanimous praise from national press outlets, commenting on their great blend of reverb-drenched guitars, echoed calls, slamming drums and now solid low-end. Recorded at Black Wire Records in Sydney as part of their BLACK to COMM Sessions on the 11th of December, 2016. Recorded and mixed by Josh Dowton. Airing details: Originally via Zed Digital, 7-8pm, Sunday 22nd of January 2017. Show production and engineering: Branko Cosic.
On this week's episode, the developer of Home and Alone With You, Ben Rivers, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss what makes horror games scary, avoiding jump scares, developing on the PS4 and Vita, dealing with game reviews as a developer, and bouncing around between genres.
Oliver and I talk about Sufism, the “geometry of the heart”, religion, contra-tradition, the mystical edge to everything and why there is really nothing at all to understand. For more information about TIFF go here. IMDB Trailer For more information about the film go here. Synopsis Winner of the Grand Prize at Cannes' Semaine de la Critique, this mesmerizing, minimalist "Eastern western" confirms Oliver Laxe (You All Are Captains) as a remarkable and distinctive talent. Inspired in part by the director's itinerant travels and his immersion in Sufism,Mimosas — which was first glimpsed as the film-within-the-film in Ben Rivers' The Sky Trembles and the Earth is Afraid and the Two Eyes are Not Brothers — is by turns heady and epiphanic as it explores cinema's possibilities of representing the ineffable. Shot against the backdrop of Morocco's staggering Atlas Mountains, Mimosasseems to take place at some strange intersection of the ancient and modern worlds. A young, wild-eyed preacher (Shakib Ben Omar) is summoned from the city to join a caravan escorting a dying sheik to a medieval city, where he is to be buried. When the sheik dies en route and members of the convoy refuse to traverse the treacherous terrain, the young man assumes command of the reduced expedition and leads them on towards their distant goal. As they navigate the simultaneously sublime and perilous landscape and face tests of will, faith, and endurance, the men discover the wages of fear. With its supernal vistas and soft rhythms enhanced by Mauro Herce's stunning 16mm cinematography, Mimosas is spellbinding in its beauty, imbuing both the physical and metaphysical quest at its centre with a sense of awe and wonder, but also duty and dignity. Uncannily echoing Biblical sagas and westerns classic and revisionist (along with hints of Kurosawa's Dersu Uzala and even Van Sant'sGerry), Laxe deftly maintains his film's many enigmas, the work's near-parabolic form suggesting life's diverse and mystical paths, the measures of belief, and the potential for encounters with the divine. Biography Oliver Laxe was born in Paris and now lives and works in Morocco. His first feature, You All Are Captains, won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes. Mimosas is his second feature film. ---------- For more information about my podcasting, writing and public speaking please visit my site here. With thanks to producer Josh Snethlage and Mixed Media Sound. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
About 50,000 Americans are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease every year. We hear the story of one of them, Ben Rivers, who has found ways to maintain an active inner life even as his body slows down.
Since film's inception—from the Lumière's early actualités to Robert Flaherty's Nanook of the North—the boundary between documentary and fiction film has been fairly fluid (or not even a term of discussion.) And as Jacques Rivette once observed: “Every film is a documentary of its own making.” Thanks in part to the relative ease and low cost of digital filmmaking tools, directors from a variety of backgrounds have more leeway to explore and expand the definition of documentary, incorporating fictional or fictionalized elements into non-fiction works. Now in its third year, the Film Society of Lincoln Center's series The Art of the Real offers a showcase for such films, and offers a variety of documentaries, hybrid documentaries, experimental films, and narrative films in a non-fiction context. Co-programmed by Dennis Lim, director of programming at Film Society, and Rachael Rakes, a programmer at large at Film Society, this year's program includes films culled from festivals from around the world: Ben Rivers's What Means Something, Mauro Herce's Dead Slow Ahead, Brett Story's The Prison in Twelve Landscapes, Sergio Oksman's O Futebol, Ju Anqi's Poet on a Business Trip, Andrés Duque's Oleg and the Rare Arts, Roberto Minervini's The Other Side, Im Heung-soon, Factory Complex, Thom Anderson's The Thoughts That Once We Had, and Hassen Ferhani's A Roundabout in My Head, to name a few. FILM COMMENT Digital Editor Violet Lucca was joined by Lim and Rakes, as well as Eric Hynes, FILM COMMENT columnist and associate director of programming at the Museum of the Moving Image, to discuss the motivations behind the series, and the films themselves.
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