The twelfth entry in an on-going series of audiovisual essays by Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin. Mubi will be showing João Pedro Rodrigues's To Die Like a Man (2009) March 4 - April 2 and Two Drifters (2005) March 5 - April 3, 2016 in the United States.The concept that unifies the work of Portuguese filmmaker João Pedro Rodrigues (signed alone or in collaboration with João Rui Guerra da Mata) is that of shifting: a shifting of gender (in any direction from male to female, via all hybrid possibilities in-between), and of genre (romantic melodrama crossed with the fantastique, or documentary sliding over into fiction as in The Last Time I Saw Macao, 2012), even of species (confusion of human and animal realms in O Fantasma, 2000). Most gripping and beguiling of all is the director’s fondness for unexpectedly supernatural themes—all the better to blur the distinction between mortality and immortality, a key theme...
- 3/4/2016
- by Cristina Álvarez López & Adrian Martin
- MUBI
So the news for UK Twilight fans this week hasn’t been great. Monday brought the announcement that the London premiere of New Moon has been canceled. Summit will be holding the World Premiere in Los Angeles on November 16. While this is incredibly disappointing, it also brings up a question… what to do to get ready for New Moon? While it’s not a premiere, I do have an answer on how to get into the spirit. I know many fans plan to read the book again before the movie comes out, getting back to the reason we all fell in love with the saga in the first place. The Danger Magnet is hosting a New Moon discussion with a reading schedule that will run right up to November 19. If you are not familiar with The Danger Magnet’s book discussions, you are in for a real treat. Ana Cristina,...
- 9/25/2009
- by Eyes of Amber
- t5m.com
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