Fests and events, 5/24.

"Brooklyn Bridge marked the debut of the popular mythmaker and PBS stalwart Ken Burns," notes Nicolas Rapold in the New York Sun. "If something's American, and historical, and big, Mr Burns has 'done' it." Brooklyn Bridge screens at BAM this afternoon, the 125th anniversary of the NYC landmark. Related online browsing: Magnum photos of the Bridge at Slate.

"The ongoing decline of the Spike & Mike festivals, with their crappy computer animation and pointlessly scatological gags, has been offset by the growing excellence of Mike Judge's Animation Show, so successful that this year Judge has actually commissioned work from four artists," writes JR Jones in the Chicago Reader. At the Music Box through Thursday.

DK Holm previews another entry in his summertime festival, launching this coming Thursday: Dark of the Sun.

Mike Everleth has another lineup: "Presented by Video Inferno, the first ever H3R3TIC Film Festival in Amsterdam is a four-day celebration of alternative ways of thinking and living. Dedicated to Guy Debord, Robert Anton Wilson and Albert Hofmann, screenings will take place in nine different locations all over the city. Most of the films seem to be documentaries of extremely colorful characters, but there are some outré fictional films thrown into the mix." May 29 through June 1.

Seattle's off and running and the Siffblog springs to action.

At SF360, Robert Avila has an overview of the San Francisco Arts Festival, running through June 8.

"Well, there's the dance... the Madison. And there's the mad sprint through the Louvre... nine minutes, the new record. But for me there's no set piece in Band of Outsiders that can equal the dazzling effect that is Anna Karina's face." Reverse Shot's robbiefreeling. Godard's 60s runs through June 5.

Posted by dwhudson at May 24, 2008 11:41 AM