John Woo Bullet Ballets is coming to GOMA this month!
Few filmmakers have been as influential on the genre of action cinema as Hong Kong filmmaker John Woo. Renowned for his ‘heroic bloodshed’ films – potent blends of high operatic drama and hyper-stylised gunplay – Woo integrated elements of wuxia cinema and religious iconography in his redefinition of the form. From his breakthrough A Better Tomorrow 1986 to the balletic violence of The Killer 1989, as well as the bloody melodrama of Bullet in the Head 1990 and the breathtaking ...
Charles Burnett L.A. Rebel Retrospective is coming to GOMA!
Born in Mississippi, Burnett moved to the Watts neighbourhood of Los Angeles as a child. During his college years, he became a leading figure of the 'L.A. Rebellion,' a group of filmmakers that first emerged from UCLA in the late 1960s. This loose collective worked together to create an alternative to Hollywood fantasy, with filmmaking that drew on cinéma vérité and Italian neorealism to capture the rhythms and details of contemporary Black life.
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Queensland Film Festival returns to Brisbane this month!
Taking place at the Elizabeth Picture Theatre, New Farm Cinemas, the Gallery of Modern Art and the Institute of Modern Art, the festival is also proud to shine a spotlight on female talent in its fourth year — from the pioneering Věra Chytilová to the rising local talent of Alena Lodkina, more than 80-percent of the films programmed are directed or co-directed by women.
Once again offering a carefully curated, propulsive showcase of cinematic excellence, QFF 2018 opens with a night ...
Shirley Clarke and the New York beat Exhibition at GoMA
A dancer turned video artist and filmmaker, her work pushed beyond the boundaries of fiction and non-fiction and explored the space in-between. Her love of jazz found its way into many of her films, the improvisational rhythms matching the kinetic energy of her camerawork. With fellow filmmaker Jonas Mekas, Clarke was instrumental in the formation of the New American Cinema Group, now the largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world.
This program ...
Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival 2014
That’s the inaugural Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival (BAPFF) by the numbers, however the figures only tell part of the story.
At the festival’s heart is a celebration of diversity, both in a region that covers one third of the globe, and in the incredible selection of films awaiting your discovery.
BAPFF champions the best of Asia Pacific filmmaking, bringing films and filmmakers to Brisbane to create a unique celebration of the art of cinema.
Award winners? BAPFF will screen ...
Forbidden Hollywood: The Wild Days of pre-Code Cinema Movie Festival
‘Forbidden Hollywood’ celebrates this unique period of creative freedom which ended with the reinstatement of traditional moral values through the Motion Picture Production Code in 1934.
Following the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Depression, struggling Hollywood studios sought to attract audiences by creating films that pushed the boundaries of social acceptability. With a gleeful mix of realism and glamour, these films tackled issues of sexuality and crime, social criticisms ...
