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To all those Evangelions, Akiras, Mononokes and anime fans in general This is a respect piece that compiles numerous references to works that are important to me as an Artist and have shaped in many ways my view on creating visual content.
A man remembers his childhood memories of growing up with an annoying little sister in 1990s China. How would his life have been things had gone differently?
An epic secret world is revealed within an attic during a rainstorm.
A couple attempts to tear themselves limb from limb on a late afternoon stroll before entering a fluttery dimension.
The experimental film “sfumato” is based on a multi-channel video installation by Berlin-based artist Robert Seidel, pushing the limits of abstract painting in the digital age. In a time of complete virtualization of knowledge, work and monetary flows, painting finally can be in the same state of flux beyond the constraints of a physical material. The title refers to one of the four canonical painting modes of Renaissance art, a technique that emphasizes soft transition between colours and tones. By taking this concept of blurring clear lines and borders the spectral “all-over” composition offers a myriad of subtle gradations and erratic shifts of focal planes. “sfumato” unleashes a sublime moment of pure abstraction expanding the ideas of painting into an asymmetrical orchestration of video painting sequences. The source material is based on a convolute of analogue painting and drawing sketches by the artist, which were dissolved with a self-developed video synthesizer and fused into a continuous visual stream of prismatic colour volumes. “sfumato” is part of his ongoing research in the field of experimental, process-based “moving paintings”, which create a coherent and personal utopia of Robert Seidel, pointing towards the universal possibilities of art in the flow of history and its friction with today.
“remember your power”
Q&A with Gints Zilbalodis, director of FLOW, at Santa Barbara International Film Festival.
“The Italian Gaze” portrays the intoxicating beauty of Italy that many visitors still get looking at its landscapes, at thousands years of history, art and architecture, as well as it denounces the disillusionment, inner conflict, and hopes of an emigrant.
Roommates is the chronicle of four city dwellers pushed to the breaking point. On a day hot enough to liquidise an orange twinsicle, the inhabitants of apartment 6B bash their heads on the kitchen table and tie their necks in knots, driven psychotic by the heat.
Signe Baumane and five women in her family battle with depression and madness.
ROBOT DREAMS director/screenwriter/producer Pablo Berger discusses the film at the AMC Century City 15 in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 3, 2024. Video shot live on location, organized, assembled, written (via editing), & edited by TheMovieReport.com
Thought to be Inspired by Joni Mitchell’s relationship with Graham Nash, ‘River’ describes a relationship breakup during Christmas time.
If you HAD to kill your ex, how would you do it? “R.I.P.”, a digital show created and directed by Lena Greene and Lorraine Nicholson, asks real humans that question and they elicit some pretty creative responses. The interviews are then brought to life by Nicholson and Greene, who creatively illustrate the narration in any way they see fit.
In a side street hotel, on a night of searing neon and screaming sirens, two tender souls share old wounds.
If you HAD to kill your ex, how would you do it? “R.I.P.”, a digital show created and directed by Lena Greene and Lorraine Nicholson, asks real humans that question and they elicit some pretty creative responses. The interviews are then brought to life by Nicholson and Greene, who creatively illustrate the narration in any way they see fit.
Rick and Morty is Adult Swim’s most scientifically accurate animated comedy. Created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon, it catalogues the bizarre misadventures of a bored scientific genius/drunkard and his socially awkward grandson, Morty. Their exploits tend to have unintended consequences for Morty’s dysfunctional family, especially his unfailingly mediocre father, Jerry. Watch Rick and Morty battle everything from interdimensional customs agents to Cronenberg monsters.
Three Renees go on a quest to find God, who is also Renee. As they traverse the mountains and valleys of Renee, they discover all the great joys, sorrows, and mysteries of being Renee.
The story is set in a graphic design world where fonts are the main characters. They have unique properties: Bold makes everything thicker, Italic tilts things, Monospace equalizes objects by width, etc. Fonts team up to build a garden, and the five boxing wizards jump in quickly to inspect their work. A negative space storm flushes everything away, but Regular comes and fixes the garden.
In the spring of 1999, the Family Learning Channel commissioned animator Don Hertzfeldt to produce promotional segments for their network. The cartoons were completed in five weeks. The Family Learning Channel rejected all of them upon review, and they were never aired…
Got a problem? Don’t worry, there’s a pill for that! Quick Fix explores taking the easy way out, addiction, and the subsequent struggles that may follow.