There are numerous images of transcendent beauty in Cielo, the feature debut from Canadian filmmaker Alison McAlpine, helmer of the 2008 short Second Sight. True to its title ("cielo" is Spanish for "sky" or "heaven"), the movie spends a good portion of its running time contemplating the firmament above Northern Chile's Atacama Desert, using time-lapse cameras (the Sony A7 and Atomos Shogun by night, the Sony FS7 by day) to create a visual symphony of the moon, stars, sun and clouds as they move through the wild blue yonder.
Seen on a big screen, these images — photographed by cinematographer...
Seen on a big screen, these images — photographed by cinematographer...
- 10/5/2017
- by Keith Uhlich
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Considering the esteemed level of curation at the New York Film Festival, which begins this Thursday at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, a comprehensive preview could mostly consist of the schedule.
There’s the gala slots (Last Flag Flying, Wonderstruck, and Wonder Wheel), Main Slate selections (featuring Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, The Square, Mudbound), two films from Film Twitter phenom Hong Sang-soo, and much more, as well as a 24-film Robert Mitchum retrospective and a delectable line-up of restorations.
So rather than single all of these out for our yearly preview, we’re looking at a handful of under-the-radar highlights from across the festival. Check them out below and return for our coverage.
Before We Vanish (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
There are few directors who would choose to take a semi-sincere approach to a lengthy pseudo-philosophical science-fiction film — especially not one that lightly pries into our fundamental psychological...
There’s the gala slots (Last Flag Flying, Wonderstruck, and Wonder Wheel), Main Slate selections (featuring Call Me By Your Name, Lady Bird, The Square, Mudbound), two films from Film Twitter phenom Hong Sang-soo, and much more, as well as a 24-film Robert Mitchum retrospective and a delectable line-up of restorations.
So rather than single all of these out for our yearly preview, we’re looking at a handful of under-the-radar highlights from across the festival. Check them out below and return for our coverage.
Before We Vanish (Kiyoshi Kurosawa)
There are few directors who would choose to take a semi-sincere approach to a lengthy pseudo-philosophical science-fiction film — especially not one that lightly pries into our fundamental psychological...
- 9/25/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
While await a proper release of Terrence Malick’s Voyage of Time, another documentary that looks at the awe and wonder of our world is, ahem, world premiering at the New York Film Festival. Cielo, the feature debut from Alison McAlpine (Second Sight), explores the heavens above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile.
Ahead of the world premiere next week, the first trailer has now arrived, which shows off stunning skyscapes and introduces the astronomers, fishermen, miners, and cowboys that take us on this journey. “Cielo itself is an act of reverence and awe, and its sense of wonder ranges from the intimate and human to the vast and inhuman,” says the official Nyff synopsis. Check out the preview below.
The first feature from Alison McAlpine, director of the beautiful 2008 “nonfiction ghost story” short Second Sight, is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens...
Ahead of the world premiere next week, the first trailer has now arrived, which shows off stunning skyscapes and introduces the astronomers, fishermen, miners, and cowboys that take us on this journey. “Cielo itself is an act of reverence and awe, and its sense of wonder ranges from the intimate and human to the vast and inhuman,” says the official Nyff synopsis. Check out the preview below.
The first feature from Alison McAlpine, director of the beautiful 2008 “nonfiction ghost story” short Second Sight, is a dialogue with the heavens—in this case, the heavens...
- 9/24/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Innovative documentary filmmaker Alison McAlpine is back in the indie film fold, nearly a decade after her impressive “nonfiction ghost story” short film “Second Sight” debuted in 2008. This time around, McAlpine is again gunning for distinct filmmaking, now trained literally to the heavens.
In her “Cielo,” McAlpine is focused on the skies above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, which will debut at the New York Film Festival next month. Details on the film are purposely slim, but its official Nyff page explains that “McAlpine keeps the vast galaxies above and beyond in a delicate balance with the earthbound world of people, gently alighting on the desert- and mountain-dwelling astronomers, fishermen, miners, and cowboys who live their lives with reverence and awe for the skies,” adding that the film “itself is an act of reverence and awe, and its sense of wonder ranges from the intimate and...
In her “Cielo,” McAlpine is focused on the skies above the Andes and the Atacama Desert in northern Chile, which will debut at the New York Film Festival next month. Details on the film are purposely slim, but its official Nyff page explains that “McAlpine keeps the vast galaxies above and beyond in a delicate balance with the earthbound world of people, gently alighting on the desert- and mountain-dwelling astronomers, fishermen, miners, and cowboys who live their lives with reverence and awe for the skies,” adding that the film “itself is an act of reverence and awe, and its sense of wonder ranges from the intimate and...
- 9/21/2017
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
Mo Perkins' "A Quiet Little Marriage" copped the grand jury award for best narrative feature at the 15th annual Slamdance Film Festival, which concluded Friday in Park City, Utah.
The indie-minded fest, which runs separate from but concurrently with Sundance gave its grand jury award for best documentary feature to Zachary Levy's "Strongman."
Gregory Viens' "Punching the Clown" earned both the audience award for best narrative feature and the IndieRoad Award.
Beth Toni Kruvant's "Heart of Stone" picked up the audience's documentary feature award. Audiences also voted Eva Flodstrom's "The Tides" best anarchy film, while Aaron Marshall and Erik Mauck's "Zombie Girl" and Frank Feldman's "Vapid Lovelies" tied for the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
Writers Awards went to Neil McGowan's "Numbered" for best screenplay and Mark Seidel's "Crybaby" for best short screenplay.
Richard Lopez was the recipient of the Kodak Vision Award for...
The indie-minded fest, which runs separate from but concurrently with Sundance gave its grand jury award for best documentary feature to Zachary Levy's "Strongman."
Gregory Viens' "Punching the Clown" earned both the audience award for best narrative feature and the IndieRoad Award.
Beth Toni Kruvant's "Heart of Stone" picked up the audience's documentary feature award. Audiences also voted Eva Flodstrom's "The Tides" best anarchy film, while Aaron Marshall and Erik Mauck's "Zombie Girl" and Frank Feldman's "Vapid Lovelies" tied for the Spirit of Slamdance Award.
Writers Awards went to Neil McGowan's "Numbered" for best screenplay and Mark Seidel's "Crybaby" for best short screenplay.
Richard Lopez was the recipient of the Kodak Vision Award for...
- 1/23/2009
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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