In this essay from a student in MIT’s Open Documentary Lab, new VR projects from Sundance illustrate the potential of the medium to instigate change. Source: How New VR [ … ]
Category: magical realism
“The Film Is Quite Literally Magic and Realism”: Editor Cyndi Trissel on Marvelous and the Black Hole | Filmmaker Magazine
Kate Tsang’s debut film Marvelous and the Black Hole follows thirteen-year-old Sammy Ko (Miya Cech), who struggles with delinquency shortly after the death of her mother. After meeting Margot (Rhea [ … ]
Winter Wonderland: A Rundown of This Season’s Art Exhibitions | Flagpole
Local art galleries were in no way immune to the pandemic’s shutdown of brick-and-mortar spaces, leaving a slew of exhibitions modified into digital formats, postponed or canceled altogether in its [ … ]
‘Night Of The Kings’ Director Philippe Lacôte Interview — Contenders – Deadline
DeadlineDirector Philippe Lacôte is back as the representative from Ivory Coast for the International Feature Film Oscar with Night of the Kings, a story about storytelling. It’s set in the [ … ]
‘Toorbos’ Review: South Africa’s Handsome, Satisfying Oscar Submission – Variety
You can take the girl out of the woods, but you can’t take the woods out of the girl — unless, of course, you take the woods away altogether. Such [ … ]
Where the Buffalo Roam Produces Animated Docuseries “Being Human Is” For Google | SHOOTonline
Where the Buffalo Roam (WTBR) produced all five episodes of this animated docuseries for Google Marketing, pooling together artists and creative companies ac Source: Where the Buffalo Roam Produces Animated [ … ]
Magical Realism with Claire Taylor – SLUG Magazine
As a book artist, Claire Taylor combines “creative nonfiction, illustration and biology” as she examines the intersections between humans and nature. Source: Magical Realism with Claire Taylor – SLUG Magazine
‘In the Red and Brown Water’ a remarkable debut for New Orleans’ newest drama company | Entertainment/Life | nola.com
“In the Red and Brown Water” is a play that relies on unexpected juxtapositions. It is drama instilled with poetry; it is Louisiana by way of West Africa; it is [ … ]
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Book Review: ‘The Winter Sisters’ by Tim Westover | Blogcritics
In his novel ‘The Winter Sisters’ Tim Westover explores the boundaries of medical science and superstition with a magical-realist look at small-town antebellum Southern life. Source: Book Review: ‘The Winter [ … ]
The Baghdad Clock: A searing coming of age story in Iraq during conflict
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‘Dollface’ actor Beth Grant says Cat Lady the most positive character she’s ever played; story about women restoring friendships | MEAWW
The veteran actor told MEA WorldWide (MEAWW), “This is a story of a young woman who finds her way back to these friendships. She never stopped loving these women and [ … ]
UI student artist to be honored for breadth, depth of multidisciplinary work | Art | news-gazette.com
Unit 4 art teacher Shannon Percoco nominated Keenan Dailey for the Student ACE Award he’ll get today ‘for creating multifaceted, impressive and thought-provoking work that speaks to a variety of [ … ]
Of Strangers and Bees by Hamid Ismailov review – Avicenna in the modern world | Books | The Guardian
Three winning tales of exile featuring a wandering philosopher, a penniless writer and a bee forced from its hive Source: Of Strangers and Bees by Hamid Ismailov review – Avicenna [ … ]
Strange magic – Winnipeg Free Press
Many musicians live by the common two-year-long, write-record-release-tour album cycle. Every two years, they release a new record, tour, and then start the process over again. Source: Strange magic – [ … ]
Da Vinci in Manila: cause for celebration | Inquirer Lifestyle
The illegitimate son of a peasant woman and a notary, contemporary of Michelangelo, and close friend of King Francis I of France, Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) is considered one of [ … ]
This play means healing: Exploring the parallels between colonization in Canada and the Philippines | CBC Arts
Nine years in the making, Jo SiMalaya Alcampo’s Hilot Means Healer celebrates Indigenous spirituality and resistance in times of occupation. Source: This play means healing: Exploring the parallels between colonization [ … ]