Film: Real Housewives, Virtual Festivals, Black Westerns

“I think this is going to become much more normal.” Hannah Woodhead reports on the current state of f

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“I think this is going to become much more normal.” Hannah Woodhead reports on the current state of film festivals, which remain confined to the virtual space due to COVID-19. Also worth reading: reviews and articles on the Real Housewives, the ancient art of truffle hunting, Black Westerns, and more. Enjoy!– Dan Schindel, Associate Editor for Documentary

Film Festivals and Real Housewives

An outdoor screening at the 2020 New York Film Festival

Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced film festivals to go virtual. Hannah Woodhead talked to representatives at TIFF, NYFF, and Sundance to learn about how they pulled it off, and the impacts of this shift.Meanwhile, Kyle Turner explores performance through the lens of the various Real Housewives iterations, demonstrating the growing self-awareness of reality television.

Latest Reviews

The Inheritance Brings a Playful, French New Wave-Feel to Black Liberation Ephraim Asili’s first feature both documents and models what it means to unlearn and re-think. Yasmina Price

A Film That Tests Assumptions About Race, Rape, and Power “Test Pattern” chronicles a biracial courtship and coupledom as a means of probing larger power asymmetries. Eileen G'Sell

In the Forests of Italy, Old Men Search for Truffles With Their Dogs The documentary The Truffle Hunters looks at a dying way of life. Dan Schindel

SPONSORED SAAM Highlights Cecilia Vicuña, Coco Fusco, and Mariam Ghani at Third Women Filmmakers Festival From March 1 to 21, watch online screenings hosted by the Smithsonian American Art Museum and attend weekly conversations with the artists and museum curators.

What to Stream

From "Posse"

Criterion Channel has a terrific new curated program about Black Westerns. I rounded up some films from it to watch.This week, Film at Lincoln Center is finishing up its annual Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. Don’t miss the latest movies from France!Solange Knowles’s visual album When I Get Home is now available to stream on Criterion Channel. Check out Lucas Fagen’s review of the original album.

Have you ever wondered how many LEGO gears you could successfully chain together, all run by a single motor? No, you haven’t? Well … too bad, because I’m the one in charge of this newsletter, and I love LEGO stuff. So take a look at this video from the always-riveting Brick Experiment Channel.

Making the Longest 1:1 Lego Gear Train

Until theaters are safe again, be well!

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