In Plain Sight Film

Substack featuring weekly film writing from an auteurist perspective. Podcasts on Spotify and Substack. Contributors: Tony G. Huang (@Tghuang) and Aret Frost.

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More Naruse episodes are on the way! Here are the links to our podcast pages on Spotify and Apple Podcasts. We’ll pin this post for future reference.
Spotify: https://t.co/ZSpeOZd7dS
Apple: https://t.co/JTjYf0V0lk

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Milagros Mumenthaler’s THE CURRENTS uses striking sensorial touches to express the main character’s dissociative state, but the underlying drama doesn’t hold the same power as the expressionism. https://t.co/7BLg82R1h5

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SILENT FRIEND is Ildikó Enyedi’s dreamlike contemplation of the connection between humans and plant consciousness. Tony takes issue with the film’s cross-cutting between its different narratives, but appreciates the spiritual dimensions of the film. https://t.co/vVsBS6cLLg

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On Wed 5/20, @mezzaninefilm screens the US premiere of the restoration of Ghassan Salhab’s PHANTOM BEIRUT (1998) at @2220Arts via @Several_Futures. Aret examines the film’s portrait of former revolutionaries in the waning days of the Lebanese Civil War. https://t.co/Z11zl6Ic5a

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Ahead of tomorrow’s Canadian theatrical release, Tony reviews THE LAST ONE FOR THE ROAD, Francesco Sossai’s road comedy in which two middle-aged layabouts bring a shy architecture student on a meandering journey through the Italian countryside. https://t.co/2IPXQZpO1B

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@billycarpy @gunnerpunner Last year Dembele won the Balon D’or with 1,730 league minutes. Salah had 3,371.

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In Radu Jude’s KONTINENTAL ‘25, a woman dealing with a guilty conscience struggles to find the peace of mind she yearns for. Jude pits the gravity of her struggle against the comic aspects of the often flippant culture that she is surrounded by. https://t.co/95HqJz7Fvu

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With the arrival of spring, Tony is inspired to check out A TALE OF SPRINGTIME, the first entry in Eric Rohmer’s “Tales of the Four Seasons” series. Tony discusses Rohmer’s approach to sequencing shots and his attention to the smallest of details. https://t.co/xYgEdOjEtM

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Here is a complete list of upcoming screenings in Canada.

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Ahead of tomorrow’s Canadian theatrical release for Hong Sangsoo’s WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU, Tony praises Hong’s structural coup that boldly recontextualizes the film’s treatment of its characters. https://t.co/btatMB0Hk3

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WHAT DOES THAT NATURE SAY TO YOU opens in Montreal at @cinemathequeqc tomorrow. Starting on April 2, the film will screen in Toronto at @TIFF_NET Lightbox and in Vancouver at @theCinematheque.

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It’s our one year anniversary here at In Plain Sight! Thank you to our subscribers and those who have given us their feedback. If you would like to help us celebrate by becoming our 100th subscriber, that option is now available to you. It’s free! https://t.co/Tdt2tGqLS3

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THE BRIDE!, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s take on the Bride of Frankenstein story, uses the source material to riff on forms of rebellion against social norms. Ultimately the film’s portrayal of the titular bride’s defiant posturing is shallow and uninspired. https://t.co/UUA3Hs5f7d

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@BugmanMD Didn’t know he had a translation of DEVILS. I’m due for a reread on both, so I might check them out. Thanks for the intel!

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Sirat coasts on a surprisingly utopian vibe for a post-apocalyptic desert journey. But when the danger finally arrives, it feels like punitive gesture rather than a way of further developing the film’s character beats. https://t.co/TONlLGQRDc

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And if you happen to be attending the silent film program tonight at the Egyptian, which includes EVERY-NIGHT DREAMS and APART FROM YOU, make sure to listen to our podcast episode on those films and 1931’s FLUNKY, WORK HARD! : https://t.co/yvQpiJCbLQ

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The Mikio Naruse retrospective in LA is underway and @am_cinematheque has chosen a strong selection of films to screen. In advance of tomorrow’s screening of OLDER BROTHER, YOUNGER SISTER at the Los Feliz Theatre, Tony writes about this underseen gem. https://t.co/3u4xydPCWY

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Writer-director Jocelyne Saab's powerful films about life during the devastating Lebanese Civil War are set to screen via @Several_Futures. Saab’s 1985 film THE RAZOR’S EDGE starts tomorrow at @filmcenter and her BEIRUT TRILOGY starts on February 27. https://t.co/tDs0M3qwG1

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As the latest in a long line of WUTHERING HEIGHTS adaptations hits theaters, Tony turns to HURLEVENT, Jacques Rivette’s 1985 take on the novel, for this week’s review. https://t.co/UZRUBAQXu5

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Just announced! 🇯🇵 Mikio Naruse 28-Film Retrospective in 35mm + Live Benshi Performance.

We’re proud to partner with The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles & The Yanai Initiative for Globalizing Japanese Humanities in presenting this historic series:
https://t.co/p2tEQDjN9o