Get Low in Christianity Today and The New Yorker
Get Low (Aaron Schneider, 2009, Chris Provenzano / C. Gaby Mitchell screenplay) might be considered the third in the Robert Duvall Faith Trilogy, following Tender Mercies (Bruce Beresford, 1983, Horton Foote screenplay) and The Apostle (Robert Duvall, 1997, Robert Duvall screenplay). It pales somewhat in comparison with its predecessors, but is nevertheless well worth seeing,... Read More
Alice in Under(whelming)land
Helena Bonham Carter in Alice in Wonderland Maybe Tim Burton and I just don’t get along. I have a deep, deep love of the darkly comic, which might explain why my favorite childhood books included Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (and its Great Glass Elevator sequel), Sideways Stories from Wayside School, the Mary Poppins series, and, yes, Alice In Wonderland (along with Through... Read More
A Cinema of Listening and Looking: A Filmwell Conversation with Lee Isaac Chung, Part Two
< Read Part One of this interview with Munyurangabo director Lee Issac Chung PART TWO What did you learn about filmmaking through this experience that will be useful to you in future projects? I often feel like I have forgotten much of what I learned through the experience. I recently shot another film, and it felt like a first film all over again. Maybe it’s good to... Read More
A Cinema of Listening and Looking: A Filmwell Conversation with Lee Isaac Chung, Part One
Munyurangabo is looking for revenge. American moviegoers didn’t let the title Ratatouille stop them. But can they pronounce Munyurangabo? So try this: moo – new – ra – NGA – bo. When I asked director Lee Isaac Chung how I should pronounce the title, he told me that he asked his friends in Rwanda. “I am told that there are no accents for the syllables,”... Read More
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