Fests and events, 3/25.

"What exactly does one do when one lectures, and how is this practice related to other forms of cultural production?" Gleb Sidorkin on Thinking in Loop: Three videos on iconoclasm, ritual and immortality by Boris Groys, on view at apexart through Saturday.

Also in the Tisch Film Review: "Beginning April 1st, the French Institute/Alliance Francaise is hosting the series Jean Eustache's Circle for their weekly Cinéma Tuesdays screenings. This is tantalizing for several reasons." Alex Ross Perry lays 'em out.

"Maybe one shouldn't judge a country by its movies," writes Peter Keough. "Nonetheless, after following the MFA's Turkish Film Festival for the last seven years, I find this year's selection suggestive of a nation that has become more inward and regressive." Thursday through April 6.

Also in the Boston Phoenix, Jim Sullivan on opening night at the Boston Underground Film Festival.

IndieWIRE has the list of premieres slated for Film Forum throughout the summer.

SXSW roundup:

• For Premiere, Aaron Hillis talks with Crawford director David Madigliani - and with The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela writer-director Olaf de Fleur.

• Recent reviews from SXSW by Rumsey Taylor at Not Coming to a Theater Near You: The Lost Coast and Paper Covers Rock.

• Stephen Saito talks with René Pinnell and Claire Huie about their documentary on Eagle Pennell, The King of Texas.

At POV, Anne del Castillo recommends a few of the docs she caught at the San Francisco Asian American Film Festival.

Posted by dwhudson at March 25, 2008 4:10 PM