Films by Pierre Creton, Ghassan Salhab and Mariano Llinás are among the line-up of the FIDMarseille international film festival in France (June 25-30).
The international competition features 13 world premieres and one international premiere, including Night Is Day from Lebanese filmmaker Salhab which chronicles the uprising in Lebanon.
French filmmaker Creton, who won the Sacd prize for best French-language feature at last year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, co-directs with Vincent Barré on 7 Walks With Mark Brown, described as an essay on attention and friendship.
Also in competition is Kunst De Farbe from Argentina, 1985 screenwriter Llinás exploring themes of music, painting and cinema.
The international competition features 13 world premieres and one international premiere, including Night Is Day from Lebanese filmmaker Salhab which chronicles the uprising in Lebanon.
French filmmaker Creton, who won the Sacd prize for best French-language feature at last year’s Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, co-directs with Vincent Barré on 7 Walks With Mark Brown, described as an essay on attention and friendship.
Also in competition is Kunst De Farbe from Argentina, 1985 screenwriter Llinás exploring themes of music, painting and cinema.
- 6/6/2024
- ScreenDaily
No matter what stylistic mode Waxahatchee’s Katie Crutchfield is working in, from the emo-infused indie-folk of 2013’s Cerulean Salt to the sterling, country-tinged heartland rock of 2020’s Saint Cloud, her music boasts a persuasive, authorial presence. Her moniker is derived from the Alabama town where she grew up—“named after a city y’ain’t never seen,” she muses on the title track of Tigers Blood—and the album, like much of her discography, is stocked with scenes of vividly rendered rural life.
What’s perhaps most striking about Crutchfield’s music is that it dares to wrestle with honest depictions of its milieu. Tigers Blood is reflective without being overly sentimental. She pushes beyond idyllic small-town imagery, exploring the recklessness of youth and the privilege that comes with it: “Drank someone else’s juice and left only the rind,” she sings on “Tigers Blood.”
The way Crutchfield’s...
What’s perhaps most striking about Crutchfield’s music is that it dares to wrestle with honest depictions of its milieu. Tigers Blood is reflective without being overly sentimental. She pushes beyond idyllic small-town imagery, exploring the recklessness of youth and the privilege that comes with it: “Drank someone else’s juice and left only the rind,” she sings on “Tigers Blood.”
The way Crutchfield’s...
- 3/16/2024
- by Charles Lyons-Burt
- Slant Magazine
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