Check in with MoMA’s next Live Q&A to ask Film Curator Dave Kehr your questions about films and what it’s like to be a film curator. Watch the trailer for more information!

I watched \”Haute Cuisine\” on Netflix the other day – a film that starts out in Antarctica and tells the story of how the main character got there via the kitchens of the Élysée Palace … I don\’t know why the subject of Antarctica is coming my way so much …

Film Screening: Tongues Untied | Live Art & Film | South London Gallery

http://www.southlondongallery.org/page/tongues-untied

The SLG’s live art & film programme is an integral part of its visual arts programme presenting an expanded reflection on performance art through event-based projects involving p…

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Has anyone seen any of these? High definition films about artists and their work. In theaters.

Watched a film on Netflix last night called “Holy Motors”. I’m still sorting through it, it’s sticking with me. But here is a SPOILER ALERT, ie: the best scene in the movie. That may also be so because of what came before and after it and where it sat in the movie:

Lovely read about one of my favorite actresses. The first time I encountered her on screen was in the film “Orlando”, which is still in my Top Ten Films Ever list.

Tilda Swinton–GQ Woman of the Year

http://www.gq.com/moty/2014/tilda-swinton-woman-of-the-year

She played wildly different characters in three of the…

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A reminder about my favorite director, Wong Kar-wai. I guess The Grandmaster is just being released in Britain this week. If you haven’t ever seen any of his work, a few of his movies are streaming on Netflix, including The Grandmaster!

How Wong Kar-wai became the grandmaster of Chinese cinema |…

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