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NEWS
- Best known for iconic roles in The Seventh Seal and The Exorcist, Max von Sydow has died at the age of 90.
- In light of increasing reports on the Covid-19 outbreak, this year's edition of SXSW has been cancelled, bringing with it the heartbreaking layoffs of one third of its employees.
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
- For the entire month of March, Leilah Weinraub's Shakedown is exclusively available on Pornhub, where Weinraub hopes to reach women audiences. A chat window will be open for users to discuss the film, and Weinraub will drop in once a week to join the conversation. Read Sarah-Tai Black's review of the film upon its 2018 theatrical release here.
- A new trailer for Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always, which follows a young girl as she traverses to New York City for an abortion.
- Cinema Guild has released the official trailer for Kazik Radwanski's Anne at 13,000 ft, starring Deragh Campbell as a self-destructive daycare worker. From Fernando F. Croce's review of the film, which premiered at TIFF: "In Campbell’s fierce performance, the self-destructive unpredictability of the heroine carries a feeling of unruly need that seems to burn right through her pale skin."
RECOMMENDED READING
- In the time of Covid-19, Wesley Morris returns to Steven Soderbergh's Contagion, the "No. 1 movie in our psyches."
- The March 2020 issue of Another Gaze, available for pre-order, includes essays on Susan Sontag's filmmaking career, Ben Rivers & Anocha Suwichakornpong, and Agnieszka Holland’s Spoor.
- Bong Joon-ho and Kelly Reichardt discuss aspect ratios, visiting forests in Portland, and being fans of one another's work.
- "Quincy Jones's catalog of cinematic soundscapes [...] reminds us of a time before filmmakers felt compelled to pander to the lowest common denominators of public taste, a time that gave us adventurous film music that ambitiously flirted with both the commercial and the avant-garde." Carol Cooper provides an overview of Quincy Jones's work as a Hollywood composer.
- The White Review has translated writer Virginie Despentes's breakdown of the Césars awards and the wider implications of Roman Polanski's win for Best Director.
RECENTLY ON THE NOTEBOOK
- MUBI's series "Apocalypse Now" is showing February 29 – April 13, 2020 in the United States. Danielle Burgos appraises the series, which include Mick Jackson's Threads, Ubaldo Ragona and Sidney Salkow's The Last Man On Earth, and Geoff Murphy's The Quiet Earth.
- Alexander Nanau discusses his documentary Collective, which is screening at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, running March 12 - 20, 2020.
- For the Current Debate, Leonardo Goi looks into assessments of this year's Berlinale, which consider the new leadership and curatorial vision of executive director Mariette Rissenbeek and artistic director Carlo Chatrian.