Fests and events, 5/15.

"He captured a society in flux, one making a jarring transition from contentment to discontentment, and he did so from uncommon perspectives," writes Steve Dollar, previewing Celebrating Robert Frank, an evening - this evening - at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. "One oft-cited review deemed his work a “meaningless blur.' But as Jack Kerouac (who served as narrator on Pull My Daisy) wrote in his introduction to the Grove Press edition of The Americans, published in 1959, 'Robert Frank. Swiss, unobtrusive, nice, with that little camera that he raises and snaps with one hand he sucked a sad poem right out of America onto film, taking rank among the great tragic poets of the world.'"

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"Beginning as a teenage prodigy amidst Andy Warhol's Factory, [Warren] Sonbert brought his Bolex camera to bear on his life, tastes and milieus. He's sometimes simplistically referred to as a 'diarist' filmmaker, though Sonbert developed more over time than the term implies. As his films moved from outsider pop to symphonic polyvalence, their overlaid and often contradictory tones and themes inscribed a uniquely capacious cinema." At SFR360, Max Goldberg previews tonight's screening at SF Camerawork, followed by two more Thursday evenings at Artists' Television Access. Presented by kino21. Update: Michael Guillén talks with kino21 co-curator Konrad Steiner.

Mike Everleth has the lineup for the Portland Women's Film Festival, opening tonight and running through Sunday.

"On Monday night, the worlds of media, fashion, and photography packed Chelsea Pier 60 for the International Center of Photography's annual Infinity Awards dinner," writes Patricia Bosworth in VF Daily. "Diane Keaton's entrance was unobtrusive.... Her latest book, Bill Wood's Business, coincides with a new exhibit she curated with [Marvin] Heiferman. Also called Bill Wood's Business, it opens today at ICP and will run through September."

"In conjunction with the run of Mister Lonely, the Belcourt is showing a retrospective of Harmony Korine's first two films, Gummo (May 22-23) and Julien Donkey-Boy (May 22 & 24) along with a making-of documentary on his current film." Jim Ridley has details in the Nashville Scene.

More from Boston at Not Coming to a Theater Near You: Victoria Large on Nerdcore Rising.

Posted by dwhudson at May 15, 2008 9:44 AM