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Tag Archives: PFA
Big Screen Berkeley: Up close in North Korea
On rare occasions, the North Korean government has granted European filmmakers permission to film inside The Hermit Kingdom, and the results are almost always fascinating. In Austria’s Hana, dul, sed, a new documentary screening at Pacific Film Archive this coming Thursday at 7:00 pm as part of the ongoing San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, four members of the North Korean women’s national soccer team get the up close and personal treatment—but their country’s pariah status … Continue reading »
Tagged Hana dul sed, Kim Jong-il, Kim-il Sung, North Korea, PFA, women's soccer
Big Screen Berkeley: Pick of the flicks
If you’re in the mood for an old-fashioned drama bereft of flashy gimmicks and nausea-inducing shaky-cam, you may want to plan on spending the evening of Thursday March 4 at Pacific Film Archive. The Archive will be screening director Jan Troell’s Everlasting Moments, a Scandinavian co-production with primary funding supplied by Copenhagen’s Final Cut Productions.
Troell is best known for his pastoral tales of Swedish immigrant life in late nineteenth century Minnesota, The Emigrants and The New Land, which … Continue reading »
Big Screen Berkeley: Gilliam’s still got it
After the tempered enthusiasm I offered it last week, I’m delighted to report that Terry Gilliam’s latest film, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, is the director’s best in ages.
This comes as something of a relief after his two previous misfires—the off-kilter The Brothers Grimm, a film with some great set-pieces but little story and even less heart; and the squirm-inducing Tideland, which, if nothing else, at least proved conclusively that heroin addiction and parenting don’t mix.
I’d go so … Continue reading »
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