Fests and events, 8/24.

"No wonder the upcoming series at the Museum of Fine Arts refers to Bohemian cinema as 'rare,'" writes Peter Keough in the Boston Phoenix. "But not non-existent. In recent years there's been a renaissance of sorts. I would suppose that this movement is being carried out by a small cadre of committed artists, if only because the same actors keep cropping up in different films in different roles, kind of like a Mike Leigh movie or a recurrent dream."

At Toronto's Doc Blog, programmer Thom Powers not only notes that Michael Moore will be bringing a teaser for Sicko to the fest but also has early word on another doc Moore's been editing, "a scrappy road trip movie following his two months of daily campaigning against George W Bush in the 2004 election."

"[A]nyone who thinks Almodóvar has lost his subversive edge should take another look at the last half hour of Talk to Her (2002), which suggests that only a gay man knows how to love a woman, while implicating that same nurturing man in the rape of a comatose young woman," writes Ella Taylor, previewing the Viva Pedro series. "What has changed is Almodóvar's tone... More than anything, and this is why I have yet to encounter a woman who regards Almodóvar as a sellout, the later movies extend this generous director's ongoing redefinition of femininity within melodrama, a form that has fallen so far off the Hollywood cliff that, aside from Todd Haynes (Far From Heaven), it's hard to think of an American director working successfully in the genre."

Also in the LA Weekly: "Welcome to the Roger Corman dream factory, where schlock is the business and business is still good." Scott Foundas tells his story and has a good chat with him, too. Roger Corman In Person: The Early Years: tomorrow through Sunday.

Susan King previews more Mods & Rockers for the Los Angeles Times.

The Audience Award-winners of the Melbourne International Film Festival were announced today and Matt Riviera's got 'em.

Posted by dwhudson at August 24, 2006 11:07 AM