A Musical Masterpiece: The Bard Percussion Studio Recital Spring 2021
Sep01

A Musical Masterpiece: The Bard Percussion Studio Recital Spring 2021

By Rhea Mursalin The Bard Percussion Studio Recital, presented by the Bard College Conservatory of Music, unfolds as a cinematic experience through the lens of percussion mastery. This musical showcase, divided into four distinct parts, is a mesmerizing journey that can be viewed as a conventional concert and a musical masterpiece. The talented performers of the Bard College Conservatory of Music are a testament to unparalleled...

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Buscando algo más profundo: Una revisión del pronóstico del tiempo de Xiaojing Wang
Sep01

Buscando algo más profundo: Una revisión del pronóstico del tiempo de Xiaojing Wang

By Zachary Klein Xiaojing Wang’s Weather Forecast is contemplative. Las tomas largas y los planos amplios evocan inicialmente el fenómeno conocido como cine lento., pero a medida que la película disminuye, Está claro que las similitudes son sólo superficiales.. Aunque no carece totalmente de mérito, Weather Forecast ends up being a meandering short film in search of an ethereal truth about humanity and ultimately just comes out as a twee story about faith in… something....

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A Review of Huanshuo Wang’s Film Attraction
Sep01

A Review of Huanshuo Wang’s Film Attraction

By Alex Silverman Attraction is written, dirigido, editado, produced, and cinematographed by Huanshuo Wang. It was made as a final project for the 2022 NYU Tisch Summer High School Filmmakers Workshop. Taking place in China, we find a young high school boy who discovers a deaf girl who has feelings for him. What follows are several attempts to impress the girl, but every plan he has seems to fail. It isn’t until he’s finally about to...

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El mejor verano de todos los tiempos – Una historia de amor para una audiencia desatendida
Sep01

El mejor verano de todos los tiempos – Una historia de amor para una audiencia desatendida

By Zachary Klein Best Summer Ever comes from an honest place. Co-Directors Michael Parks Randa and Lauren Smitelli have a history with Zeno Mountain Farm, the camp where some of the film was shot. A brief glimpse at the website for the farm reveals the film to be a community effort – familiar faces pop up everywhere, from the film’s antagonist played by Madeline Rhodes to the main star Shannon DeVido. The energy comes through in the...

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Historias en movimiento: A Review of Battery Dance’s Dancing for Trust: Brema
Sep01

Historias en movimiento: A Review of Battery Dance’s Dancing for Trust: Brema

By Teresa Matuzak The mini-documentary Dancing for Trust: Bremen from Battery Dance waltzes into a world of movement and abstract expressionism as students learn to tell their stories through dance. Desde 2006, Battery Dance has organized week-long camps that teach students in and around the German city of Bremen new dance techniques, expressions, and movements that allow them to tell their stories physically. Through clips and...

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