By Christopher Stipp
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Monogamy - DVD Review
Color me surprised at how much I liked this film.
At first glance you could see a movie about a photographer who takes clandestine pictures of clients who pay to be shot in the wild, an odd subset of humans who need to see what it’s like to be shown in their natural territory, as something Hitchcock would cook up when one of the clients takes it up a notch and gets a little freaky deekey, having a penchant for voyeurism.
Purposely antagonizing the guy, the sexualized client and photog share in a relationship that isn’t so much physical as it is cerebral. As, you see, the guy is getting married to Rashida Jones, a woman...
The Archives, Right Here
Check out my other column, This Week In Trailers, at SlashFilm.com and follow me on Twitter under the name: Stipp
Monogamy - DVD Review
Color me surprised at how much I liked this film.
At first glance you could see a movie about a photographer who takes clandestine pictures of clients who pay to be shot in the wild, an odd subset of humans who need to see what it’s like to be shown in their natural territory, as something Hitchcock would cook up when one of the clients takes it up a notch and gets a little freaky deekey, having a penchant for voyeurism.
Purposely antagonizing the guy, the sexualized client and photog share in a relationship that isn’t so much physical as it is cerebral. As, you see, the guy is getting married to Rashida Jones, a woman...
- 6/18/2011
- by Christopher Stipp
Most fan-docs are fairly remedial, but Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields is more sophisticated than the norm, in keeping with its subject. Directors Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara reportedly spent 10 years on the film, though that time span isn’t really reflected in the finished work, which jumps around in telling The Magnetic Fields’ story, relying heavily on just a few formal sit-down interviews. What sets Strange Powers apart is how Fix and O’Hara evoke the peculiar headspace Merritt occupies while he’s working. The movie features lots of scenes of him writing, recording ...
- 10/28/2010
- avclub.com
The Vancouver International Film Festival is my baby. In its 29th year, this is the event I look forward to every year. The lists I've kept through the year come out and I eagerly look through the list of titles in search of those little gems and every year Viff responds with a huge assortment of titles. This year's festival is no different.
Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).
There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.
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Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.
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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.
Some of the titles we're most eagerly anticipating include Tsumetai Nettaigyo’s Cold Fish (trailer), Gareth Edwards’ Monsters (trailer, review), Jo Sung-Hee’s apocalyptic road movie End of Animal, Carl Bessai’s Repeaters (trailer) and Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats (trailer, review).
There's loads more so be sure to check the titles (so far) after the break. Many more to be announced in the coming days.
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Altitude (Kaare Andrews), B.C.
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A weekend getaway aboard a small plane turns deadly for a rookie pilot and four teenage friends.
- 9/8/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Two lesbian dramas, Ned Farr's "A Marine Story" and James Kent's "The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister," earned jury awards Sunday as outstanding U.S. dramatic feature and outstanding international dramatic feature, respectively, at Outfest, the 28th Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
"Marine" also picked up the audience award for outstanding dramatic feature, and Dreya Weber was named outstanding actress in a feature as the fest handed out its prizes at its awards luncheon.
Kerthy Fix and Gail O'Hara's "Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt & The Magnetic Fields" took the jury prize for best documentary feature, and Michelle Lawler's "Forever's Gonna Start Tonight" copped the audience award for best feature doc.
An audience award also went to Jacob Chase's "The Four-Faced Liar," voted outstanding first U.S. dramatic feature film.
"Bearcity" earned two jury awards -- for outstanding feature actor Stephen Guarino and outstanding...
- 7/18/2010
- by By Gregg Kilday
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
I’ve got a major soft spot for the Magnetic Fields and frontman Stephin Merritt, mainly because the singer-songwriter penned one of my very favorite love songs, “The Book of Love.” Merritt is notoriously private, particularly when it comes to public reveals of his personal life in the interest of his music, so the very existence of Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields is a bit of a wonder. Filmmakers Kerthy Fix and Gail O’Hara spent a solid decade going behind-the-scenes with Merritt and his band, and the resulting work is both intimate and extensive.
Read more on Strange Powers, the Magnetic Fields documentary, gets nationwide release…...
Read more on Strange Powers, the Magnetic Fields documentary, gets nationwide release…...
- 5/10/2010
- by Kate Erbland
- GordonandtheWhale
Rating: 8/10
Directors: Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara
Cast: Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Peter Gabriel, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Silverman, Daniel Handler, Sam Davol, John Woo
Any Magnetic Fields fan is aware that Stephin Merritt is a very private man. His songs are the soundtrack to our heartbreaks and romances, but he only lets us into his life so far. If you’ve attended a Magnetic Fields performance, you get the impression that the gears are always working inside Merritt’s head; and though he doesn’t say much, his statements are short and to the point, their aim always dead on with a touch of sarcasm.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields…...
Directors: Kerthy Fix, Gail O’Hara
Cast: Stephin Merritt, Claudia Gonson, Peter Gabriel, Neil Gaiman, Sarah Silverman, Daniel Handler, Sam Davol, John Woo
Any Magnetic Fields fan is aware that Stephin Merritt is a very private man. His songs are the soundtrack to our heartbreaks and romances, but he only lets us into his life so far. If you’ve attended a Magnetic Fields performance, you get the impression that the gears are always working inside Merritt’s head; and though he doesn’t say much, his statements are short and to the point, their aim always dead on with a touch of sarcasm.
Read more on SXSW 2010 Review: Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt And The Magnetic Fields…...
- 3/29/2010
- by Ronnita Miller
- GordonandtheWhale
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