VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS The disheartened eye Mrs. Fang carries the name of its protagonist as its title for more than one reason. The opening shots give away the most obvious of them: as we see the main character moving around her house, the film promptly announces itself as a portrait of her. However, after the […]
Archives for November 2018
Nothing (Nada, 2017), Gabriel Martins
VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS A one and a one The short films directed by Gabriel Martins show a multi-faceted pattern of confrontation and negotiation between the director’s gaze and the conventions of different genres and modes of practice: the essay film (the wonderful Amazing World Remix, 2014), the multiplot gangster film (The Inside, 2010, co-directed with […]
The Two Irenes (As Duas Irenes, 2017), Fabio Meira
VERSÃO EM PORTUGUÊS Tonight there will be a screening of the excellent The Two Irenes, by Fabio Meira, at the Anthology Film Archives. The film screens at 7:15pm, as part of a series put together by Cinema Tropical, titled If You Can Screen it There: Premiering Contemporary Latin American Cinema. After the screening, I will be taking with director […]