BART CHAT 7/22/19
Hi all,
We had a great time at the Dallas Medianale Part II last week: great work, a great space, the people were inspired by what they saw and the performances were amazing. Thanks to all who helped make this happen.
This week, the Asian Film Festival Dallas continues strong. On Monday, when you are reading this, we co-sponsor the documentary short program that is at the Angelika at 1:30. I hope to see you there. I have not seen the program, but in years past it has been very strong. Some other films I would recommend are Bento Harassment, Long time No Sea, Jeronimo, Misma Swindler, How to Live in this World and Go Back to China. So, there are my picks.
Coming up next month is The Women’s Texas Film Festival, which will have programs at Methodist Hospital, which is a new venue.
For VAD, our next programs will be our cat and dog festival coming up in August and the 24 Hour Video Race, also in August.
Most of the films worlds oxygen will be sucked up by Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, which I am looking forward to and I have heard good things, but who knows? It will be playing many places but some theatres will be showing film prints, so go to those if you can.
At the Alamo, they are showing The Blair Witch Project, which was novel in its day, but I have no interest in revisiting that. The Tuesday film at The Magnolia is the Marx Brothers’ A Night at the Opera. I have not seen a Marx Brothers’ film in quite a while, and I think that might really be fun, as well as a great escape from the heat.
Speaking of The Magnolia Theater they have been showing lots of documentaries lately. They are currently showing Maiden, which we discussed on The Fog of Truth. They are also showing Leonard and Marianne, and indie film about Leonard Cohen, which has got to be interesting as Nick Broomfield, who has filmed many docs about musicians and other cool people, directs.
In another programming, Monday night EarthX is showing Into the Canyon at the Angelika and it is free. In other screenings, you can see Henri Cartier-Bresson: The Impassioned Eye this Sunday at the PDNB gallery at 2:00 PM.
That is what I know, folks. I’ll be in town all week before I head to the University Film and Video Association Conference. So, if you need me for something, better catch me this week. #WomenTxFF #Herstory #Diverstory #AFFD #Ilovesubtitles #MockingbirdStation #AngelikaDallas #asiansinfilm #asianfilm
Bart Weiss
Artistic Director, Dallas VideoFest