In collaboration with the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Shalimar Preuss's Strange Says the Angel (2017) is showing exclusively on Mubi from July 2 - August 1, 2017 as part of the series Competing at Oberhausen.In summer 2013, I met three generations of a family in the French Basque Country. Their daily life and family stories intertwined with a river running next to the house. The pristine landscape felt like Eden, calling for myth-making: lush greenery, morning fog lingering on the river, mild climate. Yet death’s shadow also spreads here: the salmon no longer spawn here as they long did, the river bed's been excavated for gravel, inducing violent flooding, and other ills manifest themselves: for example, a child recently died from drinking tap water.For a few days of the summers 2014 and 2015, the members of this family became my film’s non-professional actors. They generously offered their spirit, body and soul whose infinitely unique tones,...
- 7/2/2017
- MUBI
Chuck Berry’s Chuck, his first album in 38 years, will come out this year. It’s hard to say whether Berry recorded it — with his longtime backing band — knowing that his remaining time was limited, but he did include a dedication to his wife Themetta in the album’s release statement: “My darlin’, I’m growing old! I’ve worked on this record for a long time. Now I can hang up my shoes!”
However the record turns out, it will be impossible to listen to it without Berry’s death coloring how we enjoy the music. Given that the...
However the record turns out, it will be impossible to listen to it without Berry’s death coloring how we enjoy the music. Given that the...
- 3/21/2017
- by Alex Heigl
- PEOPLE.com
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