Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.
NEWS
Lav Diaz's When the Waves Are Gone.
- Lav Diaz has reportedly begun production on his latest, When the Waves Are Gone. According to Epicmedia, the film is a "re-intepretation of The Count of Monte Cristo [that] revolves around a prisoner freed after thirty years, embarking on a bloody trail of revenge against his best friend to reclaim all that he has lost."
RECOMMENDED VIEWING
- The official trailer for Karim Aïnouz's Invisible Life, which follows a pair of sisters separated by love, art, and family. Read our review of the film here.
RECOMMENDED READING
Sally Potter's Orlando.
- In response to BBC's recent poll of the "100 greatest films directed by women," Notebook contributor Willow Maclay delves into why and how such a survey—which omits films like Barbara Hammer's Dyketactics and Sally Potter's Orlando—points to the barriers faced by queer women.
- Elsewhere, on Another Gaze, Elena Garfinkel has written a manifesto calling for the elimination of lists altogether, arguing that ultimately, "lists of films will not write new film histories."
- Filmmaker Magazine has provided an overview of Jia Zhangke and Zhang Yimou's rich and career-spanning conversation at Jia's latest edition of the Pingyao Film Festival.
- Over at Vulture, Calum Marsh catches up with American auteur Whit Stillman regarding his long-gestating project The Cosmopolitans and the winding road of his career as a writer-director.
RECOMMENDED LISTENING
Kelly Reichardt & Kristen Stewart on the set of Certain Women.
- Notebook contributor Florence Scott-Anderton gathers music featured in the regionalist films of director Kelly Reichardt in this becalming mix for NTS.
RECENTLY ON THE NOTEBOOK
- Indie director Trey Edward Shults talks about his new film Waves—its personal roots, the collaboration with actor Kelvin Harrison Jr., breakout star Taylor Russell, and much more.
- "The call for bodily authenticity overlooks how cinema has always depersonalized the body via advancements in artificialization." Kelley Dong explores the practice and ethics of the now commonplace process of de-aging.
- Sean Gilman argues that Fruit Chan's apocalyptic The Midnight After encapsulates the 2010s.
EXTRAS
- Open Memory Box is a new archive home to what is said to be the largest digitized collection of home movies from East Germany. 415 hours of footage is to be found herein, captured by families documenting life behind the Iron Curtain.